Class 65/508 - Having means to shape or modify

Subclass of Class 65 - Glass manufacturing
Definition: Apparatus including means to mold or fashion the newly formed
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 06/14/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7958753	Apparatus and method for producing an end of an optical fiber bundle and improved optical fiber bundle made with same A method and apparatus are described, which permit a simple, rapid manufacture of an end of an optical fiber bundle. According to the method a metallic sleeve is placed on an end section of the bundle, the end section with the sleeve on it is positioned in a shaping...	06/14/2011
7694536	Manufacturing apparatus of porous glass base material and glass base material for optical fiber A manufacturing apparatus of a porous glass base material is provided. The manufacturing apparatus includes a burner repeatedly moving back and forthreciprocating in a direction along a longitudinal direction of an axis-rotating base member glass rod, where the burn...	04/13/2010
7290408	Apparatus for supporting a preform having a supporting core The invention relates to apparatus for supporting a preform manufactured in an installation for manufacturing or building up preforms having supporting cores, said installation including at least rotation means having a horizontal axis of rotation and two mounting p...	11/06/2007
7089765	Method of making a jacketed preform for optical fibers using OVD On the basis of a known process for the production of a preform for an optical fiber for optical data transmission technology, the productivity of the process for the production of complex refractive index profiles is to be improved by providing a quartz glass subst...	08/15/2006
6487880	Optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus Disclosed are an optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus and method in which processes for shrinking and closing a deposited tube are conducted using a device suitable for those processes, which device is other than the device used in a deposition p...	12/03/2002
6143219	Method and apparatus for producing gas occlusion-free and void-free compounds and composites The present invention discloses a generic method for producing void and gas occlusion free materials, as well as apparatuses for batch and continuous production of same. This generic method can be utilized in the production of a wide variety of polymeric ...	11/07/2000
6009635	Method and apparatus for producing gas occlusion-free and void-free compounds and composites The present invention discloses a generic method for producing void and gas occlusion free materials, as well as apparatuses for batch and continuous production of same. This generic method can be utilized in the production of a wide variety of polymeric ...	01/04/2000
5970752	High temperature, grooved filament guide which is coated with a thermally conductive material A flame attenuation apparatus for forming flame attenuated fibers, preferably glass fibers, includes means for providing continuous filaments; burner means for providing a high temperature, high energy stream of combustion gases; means for feeding the con...	10/26/1999
5935292	Annealing mold and retainer for making a fiber optic current sensor An annealing mold and fiber retaining device includes a fiber holding plate having fiber channels and an annealing insert. Retainers are provided for attachment to the plate to retain fibers in the channels. After annealing, the annealing insert is replac...	08/10/1999
5492552	Holder for annealing fiber optic coils A holder for annealing a fiber optic coil uses a silica ring on a silica substrate, or silica tubular coil, either of which may be directly incorporated into a coil subassembly for a Faraday-effect current sensor. The ring may be formed in a silica plate ...	02/20/1996
5395412	Method and apparatus for the treatment of fiber pieces A method and apparatus for the treatment of fiber pieces, with which the fiber pieces (24) in a gas/solid mix are fed through a transport line (11) into a heating device (14). Inside the heating device (14) the exposed ends of the fiber pieces (24) are ro...	03/07/1995
5342425	Fabrication of fused fibre devices Apparatus for fabricating fused optical fibre devices comprises a furnace provided with an electric heating element (5). A heat-distributing insert (7) is provided within the heating element (5), the heating element and the insert being sized and shaped t...	08/30/1994
5205851	Method and apparatus for producing optical fiber coupler In a method of producing an optical fiber coupler, in which glass portions of a plurality of optical fibers are heated so as to be fusion bonded to each other and then, are heated so as to be stretched, the improvement comprising: a gas burner which acts ...	04/27/1993
5192350	Method of flame finishing optical fiber preforms A cylindrical piece of glass (4) is subjected to heating passes on a glassmaker's lathe. Possible opto-geometrical defects of said piece of glass are detected and measured and then said defects are corrected by machining the outside surface thereof during...	03/09/1993
5030266	Apparatus for adjusting the configuration of optical substrates In order to provide a substrate such as an optical preform rod (24) which is suitable for insertion into a tube and which has a transverse cross section that is substantially circular and disposed concentrically about a longitudinal axis of the substrate ...	07/09/1991
4950319	Heating oven for preparing optical waveguide fibers A heating oven is provided for processing glass materials from which optical waveguide fibers are prepared. The oven includes a vertically oriented, elongated cylindrical muffle for receiving the glass material which is to be processed. The supporting str...	08/21/1990
4906267	Heating oven for preparing optical waveguide fibers A heating oven is provided for processing glass materials, e.g., porous glass preforms, from which optical waveguide fibers are prepared. The oven includes a stationary elongated chamber, e.g., a silica muffle, for receiving the glass material which is to...	03/06/1990
4842628	Method of verifying a porous article made out of glass soot and furnace for carrying out the method A method of vitrifying a porous cylindrical article made out of glass soot, especially for manufacturing a preliminary blank for optical fibers. The article is heat-treated in a furnace in a vacuum or in an atmosphere that contains helium. The porous arti...	06/27/1989
4741748	Heating oven for preparing optical waveguide fibers A heating oven for processing glass materials from which optical waveguide fibers are prepared is provided which comprises: (a) an elongated chamber for receiving the glass material to be processed; and (b) means for heating the chamber, said means comprising ...	05/03/1988
4565558	Apparatus for the manufacture of constructions in fibers An apparatus for manufacturing constrictions in fibers characterized by a stretching device for stretching the fiber and a heating device for brief local heating of the stretched fiber to a softening temperature. To improve the reliability and reproducibi...	01/21/1986
4404717	Environmental control of needled mat production A process is described for improving needling efficiency in the preparation of continuous fiber glass strand needled mat involving subjecting the continuous glass strand mat to environmental treatments before and during needling to control mat moisture an...	09/20/1983
4011069	Apparatus for making fiber optic devices Apparatus having a headstock and tailstock between which a shortened fiber optic image-inverter is formed by twisting and axially compressing a heated bundle of light-conducting fibers held by endpieces respectively supported in said headstock and tailsto...	03/08/1977
3986853	Control system for the drawing of glass fibers A control system for use in combination 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. The system controls...	10/19/1976

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