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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Steven Bruce Dawes, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas H Jennings, Corning, NY (US);
Nicolas Leblond, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Steven Bruce Dawes, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas H Jennings, Corning, NY (US);
Nicolas LeBlond, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making an optical fiber preform. The apparatus has an outer wall and an inner wall. The outer wall surrounds the inner wall and the inner wall surrounds an inner cavity of the apparatus. A consolidated glass rod is deposited in the inner cavity after which particulate glass material, such as glass soot, is deposited in the inner cavity around the glass rod. A radially inward pressure is applied against the particulate glass material to pressurize the particulate glass material against the glass rod.