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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:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas O Mensah, Big Flats, NY (US);
Dale R Powers, Painted Post, NY (US);
Clement D Burton, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 73160 ; 7386241 ; 250559 ;
Abstract
A non-contact system for monitoring the tension in an optical waveguide fiber during drawing is provided. The system comprises: (a) means for sensing the motion of the fiber in a direction transverse to the direction in which the fiber is moving; (b) means for analyzing the sensed motion to determine at least one frequency component thereof; and (c) means for monitoring the frequency component so determined so as to monitor the tension in the fiber.