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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
John Joseph Costello, Iii, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
James Henry Faler, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Steven Joseph Gregorski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Bruce Warren Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
John Christopher Thomas, Elmira, NY (US);
John Joseph Costello, III, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
James Henry Faler, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Steven Joseph Gregorski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Bruce Warren Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
John Christopher Thomas, Elmira, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for producing optical fibers along nonlinear paths include incorporating fluid bearings. An optical fiber is drawn from a preform along a first pathway, contacted with a region of fluid cushion of a fluid bearing, and redirected along a second pathway as the fiber is drawn across said region of fluid cushion.