Systems and methods for producing optical fiber preforms
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsKirk Patton Bumgarner, Stephen Mitchell Carlton, Elena Alekseevna Chizhova-Notkina, Robert James Davis, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Bradley Kent Shepard
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Abstract
A lathe system for producing an optical fiber preform, the lathe system including a rotating bait rod, a burner box configured to deposit silica-containing soot on the rotating bait rod, a hood configured to direct airflow within the lathe system through an exhaust, and a perforated floor configured to expel air within the lathe system as a plurality of air jets from a bottom portion of the lathe system to a top portion of the lathe system.
Claims20
A lathe system for producing an optical fiber preform, the lathe system comprising:
- a rotating bait rod;
- a burner box configured to deposit silica-containing soot on the rotating bait rod;
- a hood configured to direct airflow within the lathe system through an exhaust;
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- a perforated floor configured to expel air within the lathe system as a plurality of air jets from a bottom portion of the lathe system to a top portion of the lathe system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.