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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:
Apr. 29, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Pasternack, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Timothy E Bishop, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Orvid R Cutler, Jr, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Assignee:
DeSoto, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
522 31 ; 525476 ; 427 541 ; 522100 ; 522111 ;
Abstract
Freshly drawn optical glass fiber is protected by coating it with an ultraviolet-initiated, cationically curable liquid coating composition comprising a cationically curable polyepoxide, a polysiloxane carrying a plurality of hydroxyalkyl groups, and a photoinitiator and/or photosensitizer for an ultraviolet-activated cationic cure. The coatings are of low modulus and retain a low modulus at temperatures as low as -60.degree. C.