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Quartz glass envelope tube

US4437727A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 1982
Grant dateMar 20, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1317
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A quartz glass envelope tube for the preparation of a light guide fiber blank, the tube being in the form of a laminate in which the inner layer consists essentially of quartz glass made from rock crystal and the outer layer of synthetic quartz glass. Good mechanical properties, especially tensile strength, are thereby achieved.

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