Apparatus and method for forming optical fiber coating
US5997942A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03C25/18
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and method for coating an optical wave guide fiber with a liquid polymer coating includes pressurizing a chamber with a process fluid and venting the process fluid along, and in a direction opposite the direction of travel of, the incoming fiber, to strip particles from the incoming fiber before the particles enter the die assembly.
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