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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Fujii, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/012 (2006.01); C03B 37/025 (2006.01); C03B 37/014 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/0124 (2013.01); C03B 37/01466 (2013.01); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11);
Abstract
A glass base material elongating method of elongating a glass base material to make a diameter of the glass base material smaller by connecting a pulling dummy at an end of the glass base material and then gripping and pulling the pulling dummy with a pair of rollers that grip or release the pulling dummy is provided. The method includes forming a rough surface part on the pulling dummy before elongating the glass base material. The rough surface part may be formed by grinding the pulling dummy. Also, the rough surface part of the pulling dummy may have a roughness of 5 μm or more.