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Multi-electrode system with vibrating electrodes

US7985029B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

3SAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

Robert G. Wiley · Frankfort, US
Brett Clark · Whites Creek, US
Jared C. Meitzler · Spring Hill, US
Clyde J. Troutman · Spring Hill, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2010
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/262
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to vibrate. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. The system can be used for processing many types of fibers, such processing including, as examples, stripping, splicing, annealing, tapering, and so on. Corresponding fiber processing methods are also provided.

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