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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Toshihiro Mikami, Tochigi, JP;
Yukio Kohmura, Aichi, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber preform suspending and supporting apparatus able to prevent deformation of a pin placed in a high temperature environment and able to support a porous optical fiber preform without adversely influencing supports of the pin and without causing inclination relative to the vertical line of a main shaft, wherein a movable connector is fitted into an enlarged-diameter portion of the lower end of a main shaft, this enlarged-diameter portion is connected with the movable connector by a pin so that the movable connector is able to swing around the pin, a holding portion including a supporting portion is formed integrally at the bottom of the movable connector to hold an enlarged-diameter portion of the upper end of a starting preform, and the diameter of the pin is in the range of 20% to 50% of the outside diameter of the enlarged-diameter portion of the lower end of the main shaft, and an optical fiber processing apparatus including the same.