Electric heating – Microwave heating – Tunnel furnace
Patent
1979-02-09
1981-05-12
Corbin, John K.
Electric heating
Microwave heating
Tunnel furnace
65 4B, 219121PX, G02B 514, B23K 900
Patent
active
042668522
ABSTRACT:
A system for welding fiber optic waveguides together. The ends of the two fibers to be joined together are accurately, collinearly aligned in a vertical orientation and subjected to a controlled, diffuse arc to effect welding and thermal conditioning. A front-surfaced mirror mounted at a 45.degree. angle to the optical axis of a stereomicroscope mounted for viewing the junction of the ends provides two orthogonal views of the interface during the alignment operation.
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Higgins Robert W.
Robichaud Roger E.
Carlson Dean E.
Corbin John K.
Denny James E.
Koch John A.
Lee John D.
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