GB2305663B - Optical fibre spinning apparatus and method - Google Patents

Optical fibre spinning apparatus and method

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Publication number
GB2305663B
GB2305663B GB9619314A GB9619314A GB2305663B GB 2305663 B GB2305663 B GB 2305663B GB 9619314 A GB9619314 A GB 9619314A GB 9619314 A GB9619314 A GB 9619314A GB 2305663 B GB2305663 B GB 2305663B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
spinning apparatus
fibre spinning
optical
spinning
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9619314A
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GB9619314D0 (en
GB2305663A (en
Inventor
Mun-Hyun Do
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from KR1019950033105A external-priority patent/KR0165211B1/en
Application filed by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd filed Critical Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority to GB9721800A priority Critical patent/GB2315267B/en
Publication of GB9619314D0 publication Critical patent/GB9619314D0/en
Publication of GB2305663A publication Critical patent/GB2305663A/en
Application granted granted Critical
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/02—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor
    • C03B37/025—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments, e.g. drawing fibres from preforms
    • C03B37/027—Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. glass optical fibres
    • C03B37/02736—Means for supporting, rotating or feeding the tubes, rods, fibres or filaments to be drawn, e.g. fibre draw towers, preform alignment, butt-joining preforms or dummy parts during feeding
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/02—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor
    • C03B37/025—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments, e.g. drawing fibres from preforms
    • C03B37/029—Furnaces therefor
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2205/00—Fibre drawing or extruding details
    • C03B2205/60—Optical fibre draw furnaces
    • C03B2205/90—Manipulating the gas flow through the furnace other than by use of upper or lower seals, e.g. by modification of the core tube shape or by using baffles
GB9619314A 1995-09-29 1996-09-16 Optical fibre spinning apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related GB2305663B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9721800A GB2315267B (en) 1995-09-29 1996-09-16 Optical fibre spinning apparatus and method

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1019950033105A KR0165211B1 (en) 1995-09-29 1995-09-29 Apparatus for drawing optical fiber
GBGB9612126.4A GB9612126D0 (en) 1995-09-29 1996-06-10 Optical fibre spinning apparatus and method

Publications (3)

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GB9619314D0 GB9619314D0 (en) 1996-10-30
GB2305663A GB2305663A (en) 1997-04-16
GB2305663B true GB2305663B (en) 1998-12-02

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Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2339195A (en) 1998-07-08 2000-01-19 Pirelli General Plc Take up apparatus for drawn optical fibre comprising two rotating bobbins
FR2802916B1 (en) * 1999-12-27 2002-03-15 Cit Alcatel PREFORM INPUT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPTICAL FIBER DRAWING OVEN, OVEN HAVING SUCH ARRANGEMENT AND PREFORM EQUIPPED TO COOPERATE WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2212151A (en) * 1987-11-12 1989-07-19 Stc Plc Silicon dust remover
US4966615A (en) * 1987-09-08 1990-10-30 Oy Nokia Ab Apparatus for cooling an optical fiber

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4966615A (en) * 1987-09-08 1990-10-30 Oy Nokia Ab Apparatus for cooling an optical fiber
GB2212151A (en) * 1987-11-12 1989-07-19 Stc Plc Silicon dust remover

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GB2305663A (en) 1997-04-16

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