公开(公告)号：US20230312390A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18207376

申请日：2023-06-08

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC分类号： C03B37/012 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

CPC分类号： C03B37/01257 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

摘要： A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.

公开(公告)号：US20240360024A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18637553

申请日：2024-04-17

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Steven Treavis Arndt ,  Raymond David Groh ,  Ashley Anne Holman ,  Spencer Thomas Kingsbury

IPC分类号： C03B37/018 ,  C03B37/03

CPC分类号： C03B37/01846 ,  C03B37/01853 ,  C03B37/032

摘要： A method of manufacturing including: (a) a first vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a first porous glass body of a glass former and a doping constituent onto a substrate; (b) a cleaning step after the first vapor deposition step, the cleaning step comprising exposing the first porous glass body to a cleaning gas at a cleaning temperature for a cleaning period of time, the cleaning gas (i) removing a metal or metal oxide from the first porous glass body, (ii) changing an oxidation state of a metal or metal oxide within the first porous glass body, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (c) a second vapor deposition step after the cleaning step, the second vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a second porous glass body of the glass former onto the first porous glass body resulting in a porous preform for an optical fiber.

公开(公告)号：US11713272B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US16799185

申请日：2020-02-24

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC分类号： C03B37/012 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

CPC分类号： C03B37/01257 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

摘要： A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.

公开(公告)号：US20200283329A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16799185

申请日：2020-02-24

申请人： CORNING INCORPORATED

发明人： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC分类号： C03B37/012

摘要： A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.