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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore F Morse, Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-312 ; 65 182 ;
Abstract
Various CVD processes are known whereby glass particles are flowed toward or over a substrate on which they are to be deposited. Because the substrate is cooler than the stream in which the particles are flowing, the thermophoretic force directs the particles toward the substrate. In accordance with the invention a beam of laser light is propagated over the surface in the vicinity of the stream of particles. The particles and/or a component within the stream absorbs the laser energy to induce within the stream of particles a temperature gradient whereby temperature increases with increased distance from the substrate surface.