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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Le Sergent, Marcoussis, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Fibres Optiques, Bezons Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-311 ; 5128 / ; 65-2 ; 65 29 ; 65 61 ; 65109 ; 65162 ;
Abstract
A cylindrical piece of glass (4) is subjected to heating passes on a glassmaker's lathe. Possible opto-geometrical defects of said piece of glass are detected and measured and then said defects are corrected by machining the outside surface thereof during a correction pass performed on the same glassmaker's lathe.