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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Bruce Warren Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bradley Kent Shepard, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Andrew Tucker, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrey V Filippov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Bruce Warren Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bradley Kent Shepard, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Andrew Tucker, Wilmington, NC (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for producing an optical fiber that includes a method for producing an optical fiber, said method comprising: (i) drawing a bare optical fiber from a preform along a first pathway at a rate of at least 10 m/sec; (ii) contacting said bare optical fiber with a region of fluid in a fluid bearing and redirecting said bare optical fiber along a second pathway as said bare optical fiber is drawn across said region of fluid cushion; (iii) coating the bare optical fiber; and (iv) irradiating said coated fiber in at least one irradiation zone to at least partially cure said coating, while subjecting the optical fiber to UV light.