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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Marco Korsten, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Marco Korsten, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Draka Comteq, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/025 (2006.01); C03B 37/029 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optical fiber, wherein a preform is placed in a draw tower, which draw tower comprises a furnace in which one end of a preform is heated, after which an optical fiber is drawn from the heated end, wherein the heating and/or cooling of the draw furnace takes place with a maximum temperature gradient of 15° C./minute.