Glass manufacturing – Fiber making apparatus – Having coating or treating means
Patent
1997-06-03
1999-08-24
Hoffmann, John
Glass manufacturing
Fiber making apparatus
Having coating or treating means
65432, 118753, 261DIG56, C03B 37027
Patent
active
059420200
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a device for blocking the ingress of air on the surface of a moving member such as an optical fiber. The blocking of air is achieved by the establishment of a low pressure zone at the entry point of the fiber, the lower pressure zone being created by the injection of an inert gas in a direction opposite the direction of travel of the fiber. The invention is particularly useful in preventing the ingress of air into a UV curing apparatus for curing the ink on an optical fiber. There is also provided a method for reducing such ingress of air.
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Hoffmann John
Tensor Machinery Limited
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