Glass manufacturing – Processes of manufacturing fibers – filaments – or preforms – Process of manufacturing optical fibers – waveguides – or...
Patent
1998-05-14
1999-08-17
Hoffmann, John
Glass manufacturing
Processes of manufacturing fibers, filaments, or preforms
Process of manufacturing optical fibers, waveguides, or...
65410, 156174, C03B 37028
Patent
active
059388129
ABSTRACT:
A method for constructing a glass fiber imaging bundle includes drawing a continuous glass fiber from a dispenser. The dispenser is mounted for movement parallel to a drum having first, second, and third areas around the drum's circumference. The fiber is affixed to the drum at a location in the first area. The drum continuously rotates during the present process as the fiber is wound around the surface of the drum in the second area. The dispenser moves from a location adjacent to the first area to a location adjacent the third area. Once a ribbon is created, the fiber is dispensed to a location in the third area. The fiber is affixed to the surface of the drum in the third area, and the fiber is then dispensed from the third area to a second location in the first area. The fiber transversing the second area is cut and removed from the surface of the drum. The fiber is then dispensed from the second location in the first area towards the second area and the above steps are repeated to form a plurality of layers of fiber around the surface of the drum in the second area to form a fiber bundle in the second area. The fiber bundle in the second area is formed in a channel. The channel and the bundle are then removed from the drum when the bundle is completed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3033731 (1962-05-01), Cole
patent: 3215029 (1965-11-01), Woodcock
Amorphous Materials, Inc.
Hoffmann John
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