Process for producing optical fiber preform
US6324871A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P40/57
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a process for producing an optical fiber preform, a starting member and a glass synthesizing burner are reciprocated relative to each other so that fine glass particles synthesized with the burner are deposited layer by layer on the starting member, and a heating power of the glass synthesizing burner in a nonsteady outside diameter portion at either end of the soot preform is adjusted to control the temperature of the nonsteady outside diameter portion at either end against local elevation. The starting member is formed of a transparent glass rod that is held within a vessel and rotatable about its own axis, the burner is fitted on a lateral side of the vessel at right angles to the rotating axis of the starting member and is movable towards or away from the starting member.
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