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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chester A Chang, Wilmington, NC (US);
Kirk A Hoover, Wilmington, NC (US);
Sharon Jones, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bruce W Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael J Todt, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4271632 ; 427299 ; 427348 ; 427358 ; 4273855 ; 4274347 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for coating an optical wave guide fiber with a liquid polymer coating includes pressurizing a chamber with a process fluid and venting the process fluid along, and in a direction opposite the direction of travel of, the incoming fiber, to strip particles from the incoming fiber before the particles enter the die assembly.