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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:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 101 ; 19-026 ; 65 13 ; 242 / ; 425 66 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber drawing apparatus which includes a heating furnace which fuses a forward end of an optical fiber preform for drawing an optical fiber, and a screening portion which applies tension to the optical fiber through in-line, for guarantee of its strength. The screening portion further includes a suction device disposed along a passage of the optical fiber running through it for sucking in the optical fiber.