Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses for screen testing an optical fiber and methods for using the same
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Application No.: US15402468Application Date: 2017-01-10
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Publication No.: US10031045B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Kirk Patton Bumgarner , Aditya Kaimal , Michael Terry Murphy , Bruce Warren Reding
- Applicant: Corning Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Kevin L. Bray
- Main IPC: G01M11/08
- IPC: G01M11/08 ; C03B37/03 ; G01N3/08

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an apparatus for screen testing an optical fiber includes a fiber conveyance pathway, a capstan having an outer circumference and a fiber contact region extending around the outer circumference, the fiber contact region having a durometer hardness of less than or equal to about 40 Shore A, where the capstan is positioned adjacent to the fiber conveyance pathway such that when the optical fiber is directed over the fiber conveyance pathway, the optical fiber engages with the fiber contact region, and a pinch belt positioned adjacent to the fiber conveyance pathway such that the fiber conveyance pathway extends between the pinch belt and the fiber contact region, where the pinch belt is engagable with the fiber contact region such that, when the optical fiber is directed over the fiber conveyance pathway, the optical fiber is impinged between the pinch belt and the fiber contact region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170131177A1 APPARATUSES FOR SCREEN TESTING AN OPTICAL FIBER AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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