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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Vaughan Morrill, Jr., Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Inventor:
Vaughan Morrill, Jr., Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Quartz, LLC, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for making high precision glass forms (). A glass rod () is pushed into a melting tube () and the glass form is pulled from the chamber. Preferably, both the push rate and the pull rate are controlled. Fiber optic glass ferrules and other components manufactured by the use of this invention have precision dimensions that fall well within the tight dimensional tolerances required for ferrules and others.