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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Telecommunications Cable, Claremont, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118420 ; 118 50 ; 118405 ; 425113 ; 4251311 ; 425815 ; 264 85 ; 65443 ; 65447 ; 65529 ; 65530 ;
Abstract
A bubble stripping and coating apparatus for stripping entrained gas from the surface of a fiber, then coating the fiber with a coating material having a bubble stripping and coater body and a die assembly. The bubble stripping and coater body has a bubble stripping gas entrance for providing a bubble stripping argon gas to a bubble stripping gas chamber for stripping entrained gas from the fiber and having a die assembly bore. The die assembly is arranged in the die assembly bore, and has a guide die having a lower guide die opening with a diameter of less than 0.016 inches.