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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Klaus Gerstner, Mainz, DE;
Armin Plichta, Sponheim, DE;
Dirk Schlatterbeck, Mainz, DE;
Michael Weisser, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Peter Brix, Mainz, DE;
Martin Sommer, Ockenheim, DE;
Robert A. Rubino, Jr., Tolland, CT (US);
Jeffrey A. Bonja, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Richard Strack, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Inka Henze, Udenheim, DE;
Paul Arsenault, Southbridge, MA (US);
Klaus Gerstner, Mainz, DE;
Armin Plichta, Sponheim, DE;
Dirk Schlatterbeck, Mainz, DE;
Michael Weisser, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Peter Brix, Mainz, DE;
Martin Sommer, Ockenheim, DE;
Robert A. Rubino, Jr., Tolland, CT (US);
Jeffrey A. Bonja, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Richard Strack, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Inka Henze, Udenheim, DE;
Paul Arsenault, Southbridge, MA (US);
Other;
Carl-Zeiss Stiftung, Mainz and Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
A mesh () is placed around a bundle () of fused glass fibers. The bundle is then immersed in a leaching bath (). The ends of the bundle are protected from the bath fluid by furrules (). Some of the glass of the bundle is leached out, so as to provide a flexible fiber bundle.