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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. 31, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin A Chandross, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Debra A Fleming, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US);
David W Johnson, Jr, Bedminster, NJ (US);
John B MacChesney, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Frederick W Walz, Jr, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-311 ; 65 181 ; 65 184 ; 65901 ; 501 12 ; 501 54 ;
Abstract
Lowered cost fabrication including preparation of large bodies of void-free, high-silica glass, depends upon gellation of an aqueous sol of colloidal silica particles, followed by drying and firing of such gel. Freedom from cracks in the dried gel is the consequence of included polymeric material which wets the particles. The polymeric material is removed by thermal decomposition attended upon temperature attained in firing.