Class 65/486 - Winder or puller movement (e.g., drawing sensor, etc.)

Subclass of Class 65 - Glass manufacturing
Definition: Apparatus including means to wind or pull the fiber, filament,
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 12/21/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7854150	Device and method for drawing optical fibers A device for making up a plurality of synchronously produced individual optical fibers includes a drawing installation for drawing the fibers and a take-up winder for winding up the fibers on a take-up spool. The drawing installation provides an identical and consta...	12/21/2010
6848276	Optical fiber manufacture method, preform manufacture method, and preform manufacture apparatus A method for manufacturing an optical fiber comprises setting a heating condition for heating a glass rod, which is a parent material of the optical fiber, and an elongating speed of the glass rod based on a prescribed numerical value which changes with a progress o...	02/01/2005
6386001	Optical fiber manufacture method including elongating a preform in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction A method for manufacturing an optical fiber comprises setting a heating condition for heating a glass rod, which is a parent material of the optical fiber, and an elongating speed of the glass rod based on a prescribed numerical value which changes with a...	05/14/2002
6370919	Method of setting parameters for welding optical waveguides by determining the reduction of a construction diameter A test optical fiber section (F) that resides under tensile stress (F) is heated in at least one longitudinal location so that a constriction (Ɗd) of its outside circumference forms thereat. This constriction (Ɗd) is acquired and utilized for setting we...	04/16/2002
6371394	Method for winding a fibre element having different longitudinal portions Method for winding a fiber element onto a support. The fiber element having at least two longitudinal portions (Pi) with different characteristics. The method including the steps of supplying the fiber element to the support and associating wit...	04/16/2002
6354113	Fiber optic draw furnace featuring a fiber optic preform heating and fiber drawing programmable logic controller The present invention provides a fiber optic draw furnace having a fiber optic heating and draw control system that controls the heating of a fiber optic preform which is partially melted by a furnace and the drawing of an optical fiber from the fiber opt...	03/12/2002
6178778	Method of stretching an optical fiber preform with monitoring the diameter at two locations In the manufacturing of optical fiber preform with excellent accuracy of outer diameter made of the rod as drawn from synthetic quartz ingot, the outer diameter measuring devices 67 and 68 measure the outer diameters of the cone 2 and rod 3 drawn from the...	01/30/2001
6138480	Apparatus for controlling optical fiber diameter based on initial gob movement Disclosed is a method of controlling the diameter of a glass rod drawn from a glass preform. The diameter control begins as soon as a glass gob begins to move away from a heated portion of the preform. The velocity of the gob is measured and furnace tempe...	10/31/2000
6098428	Process for drawing glass fiber using prediction of future geometric parameter of the fiber A glass blank is sent to a heating zone where it is softened region by region and drawn continuously in a controlled manner as a drawing bulb is formed. Estimates of at least one controlled variable are predicted free of dead time; in addition, at least o...	08/08/2000
6003341	Device for making fiber couplers automatically A system for automated production of a fiber optic device includes a chamber regulating an environment and/or atmosphere within for the automated production of the fiber optic device. The system also includes a sealable input port, communicating with the ...	12/21/1999
5942019	Elongating apparatus and method for glass preform and furnace body for elongating apparatus A furnace body for a glass preform elongating apparatus which makes an elongated body by passing the glass preform through the furnace body and elongating the glass preform while heating the glass preform, the furnace body comprising a furnace core tube s...	08/24/1999
5931984	Device for drawing down an optical fiber preform A device for drawing down an optical fiber preform (2) connected at one end to a feed rod (3) having an equal or smaller diameter. A chamber (11) in which the preform is drawn has an upper part (11A) with an opening (12). The opening engages the preform t...	08/03/1999
5710432	Non-contact tension measurement of moving fiber using traveling wave time-of-flight analysis The invention provides an optical fiber producing apparatus having non-contact fiber tension monitoring, comprising: a traveling wave wavelet transformation processor and a time-of-flight fiber tension processor. The traveling wave transformation processo...	01/20/1998
5679127	Apparatus for drawing glass from a containment vessel to make optical fiber preforms A method and apparatus are provided for drawing a self-aligned core fiber free of surface contamination and inserting the core fiber into a cladding material to make an optical fiber preform. Single or multi-mode optical fibers having high quality core-cl...	10/21/1997
5624474	Optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus which measures a vertical load with three cells An optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus which continuously monitors the weight of a preform during manufacturing by a load cell without increasing the offset amount of the preform. The preform manufacturing apparatus includes a rotary chuck unit ...	04/29/1997
5454846	Process and device for making up a composite thread An apparatus and process for the production of a composite thread of glass and of organic material wherein continuous filaments of thermoplastic organic material are mixed in the form of a sheet with a bundle or sheet of glass filaments, with the speed of...	10/03/1995
5449393	Method and apparatus for detecting irregular part of optical fiber A method and apparatus are provided for detecting irregular portions of an optical fiber which arise due to microscopic bubbles, bruises, and the like during an optical fiber drawing process. The present invention operates by varying the pulling rate of a...	09/12/1995
5443610	Apparatus for controlling fiber diameter during drawing A system for controlling the drawing of a hermetically-coated optical waveguide fiber from a preform is provided in which two measurements of fiber diameter are made and combined into an overall control signal. The first measurement is made on bare fiber ...	08/22/1995
5401290	Apparatus for VAD with a vibration detector to eliminate natural vibrations An apparatus for producing a glass preform by VAD, includes a rotational drive device for rotating soot material, a detection device for detecting vibrations of the soot material, and a control device for controlling rotational speed of the rotational dri...	03/28/1995
5346521	Apparatus and method for fabricating optical fiber coupler An apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber coupler having a well-controlled quality and an improved packaged strength is provided. The apparatus includes a holding device holding thereon a quartz tube sleeving therein an optical fiber strand having a s...	09/13/1994
4801324	Method for optical fibre manufacture In the manufacture of high quality optical fibre for telecommunications, a preform (1) is advanced towards a furnace (9) until a tip detector (5) automatically stops the preform (1) at a predetermined position (11) in front of the furnace to provide a ref...	01/31/1989
4793840	Optical fibre manufacture Optical fibre (4) is drawn from a preform (1) by a capstan (5), and a control circuit (22) drives the capstan and the preform at respective predetermined rates during ramp-up. The capstan drive rate is modified (controller 31) in response to deviations fr...	12/27/1988
4523938	Method of and apparatus for continuously monitoring diameter variations of an optical fiber being drawn An optical fiber, being drawn from a preform and wound upon a reel, passes between parallel plates of a capacitor connected in a measuring circuit which, from the capacitance variations due to changes in fiber diameter, controls a reel-driving motor to mi...	06/18/1985
4511791	Electronic balance meter The bushing temperature measurement device is a microprocessor based sensor which determines the temperature across a multi-segment electrical resistance heated glass fiber producing bushing. The temperature change is determined by calculating the change ...	04/16/1985
4373943	Multiple fiber forming machine A multiple fiber formation machine permits a simultaneous drawing of a plurality of N optical fibers and then a linear multifiber stranding. It comprises a first drawing assembly for a plurality of N fibers constituted by N regulatable preformed supports,...	02/15/1983
4321072	Method for automatic centering of an optical fiber within a primary protective cladding and a device employed for carrying out said method Highly accurate centering of an optical fiber within a primary cladding deposited by a coating device is carried out by automatic regulation during the fiber-drawing process in order to optimize the mechanical properties of the fiber. The position of the ...	03/23/1982
4317666	Process and apparatus for controlling the drawing of an optical fibre from a glass preform In the drawing of an optical fibre from a glass preform or gathering mould maintained at an appropriate temperature, a process and a system is described for controlling and regulating the characteristics of the optical fibre. To this purpose the fibre for...	03/02/1982
4285712	Apparatus and method for the production of glass fibers The invention relates to apparatus and method for producing fibers from heat-softened mineral material, such as glass. More specifically, this invention relates to method of, and apparatus for, producing glass fibers from an electrically heated bushing ha...	08/25/1981
4234329	Method for the production of mineral fibers with unitary fiber length characteristics A sample of mineral fibers is dispersed in a liquid and viscosity of the dispersion is measured. The viscosity value provides a rapid measure of the length of the fibers. The measurement is sufficiently rapid that adjustments can be made to operating cond...	11/18/1980
4230284	Method and apparatus for collecting strands Method and apparatus are provided for the initiation of attenuation and collection of a strand by an operator remote from the winder wherein an interim advancement means, a movable member adapted to move the strand from a first zone spaced from a collet t...	10/28/1980
4222758	Apparatus for processing filaments Apparatus for producing continuous glass filaments is provided to facilitate the start-up or restart of a system wherein said filaments are attenuated by means of a rotatable member in contact with said filaments as a plurality of spaced apart bundles hav...	09/16/1980
4194896	Method and apparatus for forming glass filaments Method and apparatus for forming glass filaments are provided by (a) a plurality of spaced apart forming sections wherein each section is comprised of (i) a feeder adapted to supply a plurality of streams of glass to be attenuated into continuous filament...	03/25/1980
4163653	Method and apparatus for forming and collecting discrete fibers and/or strands Method and apparatus for forming discrete segments of fibrous glass comprises supplying a plurality of streams of molten glass; attenuating the streams into filaments and cutting the continuous filaments into discrete segments by a forming means; position...	08/07/1979
4149865	Apparatus and method for the drawing of glass fiber An apparatus and method for use with a bushing assembly of the type wherein glass fibers are drawn through an orifice plate having a flat undersurface against which bulk gas is directed to effect cooling and fiber attentuation. A selectively adjustable bu...	04/17/1979
4148218	Apparatus for applying tensile stress to fiber First and second tractor assemblies apply a preset tension to incremental lengths of fiber which moves continuously through the apparatus. The apparatus performs the functions of fiber pulling and non-destructive testing of all of the fiber. Each tractor ...	04/10/1979
4147526	Glass fiber producing and collecting apparatus An improved microcomputer controlled winder for attenuating a plurality of streams of molten glass issuing from a bushing into fibers and for collecting a strand of such attenuated fibers into a package. A constant speed motor drives a winder collet throu...	04/03/1979
4146376	Microcomputer controlled winder An improved microcomputer controlled winder for attenuating a plurality of streams of molten glass issuing from a bushing into fibers and for collecting a strand of such attenuated fibers into a package. The microcomputer controls the winder speed in acco...	03/27/1979
4145201	Glass fiber producing and collecting apparatus This is an improvement to current processes and apparatus for producing monofilament glass fibers from a single or a multitude of streams of molten or plastic glass, being drawn through an orifice feeder into fibers and collected on a winder. A speed cont...	03/20/1979
4130248	Method and apparatus for packaging multistrand roving The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for producing a roving package of strands of attenuated glass fibers or filaments, the method and apparatus involving segregating the fibers or filaments into bundles or strands in spaced relation and the ...	12/19/1978
4033741	Method and apparatus for forming containerized glass strand package A novel method and apparatus for forming a containerized package of glass fiber strand is disclosed. The method comprises impinging attenuated glass fiber strand onto a rotating surface, swirling the glass strand due to its inertial forces upon impingemen...	07/05/1977

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Class 65/486 - Winder or puller movement (e.g., drawing sensor, etc.)