Filament cooler
US5568728A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B2205/50
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A filament cooler suitable for cooling freshly drawn optical fibre preparatory for being coated with a protective plastics coating has a water-cooled body member provided with a through hole opening out abruptly into a succession of spherical chambers in which a cyclonic gas flow is induced by the tangential injection of helium.
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