Apparatus and method for forming an optical fiber
US6189343A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S118/19
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a optical fiber which includes a furnace for softening an optical fiber blank; a tractor for drawing the optical fiber from the softened optical fiber blank; and a first applicator for applying a coating of a first coating material to the optical fiber, the first applicator having a rotatable die.
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