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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:
Aug. 02, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee L Blyler, Jr, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Arthur C Hart, Jr, Chester, NJ (US);
Richard C Progelhof, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-31 ; 65-311 ; 65 12 ;
Abstract
The speed at which optical fibers can be drawn and coated is significantly increased by efficiently stripping the gas boundary layer entrained by the moving fiber. The stripping is periodically repeated to ensure that the entrained flow is not re-established.