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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
James Henry Faler, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bruce Warren Reding, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bradley Kent Shepard, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Andrew Tucker, Wilmington, NC (US);
James Henry Faler, Wilmington, NC (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 a coated optical fiber may include drawing an optical fiber from a draw furnace along a first vertical pathway. The optical fiber may then be routed through at least one fluid bearing thereby redirecting the optical fiber along a second vertical pathway. Thereafter, a thermoplastic coating may be applied to the optical fiber with a thermoplastic coating system. The optical fiber may then be wound onto a fiber storage spool with a fiber take-up system. The fiber take-up system may be space apart from the thermoplastic coating system such that the thermoplastic coating may be cooled before the optical fiber is wound onto the fiber storage spool.