US3323886A
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Radiation absorption heating of a bundle of glass fibers
Assignee: American Optical Corp
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Filing: 1963-05-01
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Granted: 1967-06-06
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Expires: 1983-05-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick R Hays
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 22:53
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/04; G02B6/06; G02B6/08; C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/10; C03B37/14; C03B37/15; H; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/86; H01J29/89; H01J29/892
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A FUSED BUNDLE OF GLASS FIBERS WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES THE STEPS OF ARRANGING IN COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER AS A BUNDLE A NUMBER OF FIRST GLASS FIBERS HAVING ONE COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION FOR RADIATED ENERGY AND A NUMBER OF SECOND FIBERS AT LEAST A PORTION OF EACH OF WHICH HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION FOR SAID RADIATED HEAT ENERGY WHEREBY SAID PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND FIBERS WILL ABSORB GREATER AMOUNTS OF RADIATED HEAT ENERGY APPLIED EXTERNALLY TO SAID BUNDLE THAN WILL SAID FIRST FIBERS AND AT LEAST SOME OF SAID GREATER AMOUNTS OF HEAT ENERGY WILL BECOME RERADIATED TO RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT FIRST FIBERS, DURING SAID STEP OF ARRANGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FIBERS PLACING SAID SECOND FIBERS AMONG SAID FIRST FIBERS IN PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING QUANTITIES AND MUTUAL PROXIMITY RELATIVE TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID BUNDLE TOWARDS ITS CENTER SUCH THAT RADIATED HEAT ENERGY ABSORBED BY SAID SECOND FIBERS AND RERADIATED THEREFROM SUPPLEMENTS HEAT PRODUCED IN SAID FIRST FIBERS TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM HEATING THROUGHOUT SAID BUNDLE AND, AFTER SUCH ARRANGING IS COMPLETED, APPLYING TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BUNDLE RADIANT HEAT ENERGY OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO UNIFORMLY FUSE ALL SAID FIBERS TOGETHER.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
205 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A FUSED BUNDLE OF GLASS FIBERS WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES THE STEPS OF ARRANGING IN COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER AS A BUNDLE A NUMBER OF FIRST GLASS FIBERS HAVING ONE COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION FOR RADIATED ENERGY AND A NUMBER OF SECOND FIBERS AT LEAST A PORTION OF EACH OF WHICH HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION FOR SAID RADIATED HEAT ENERGY WHEREBY SAID PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND FIBERS WILL ABSORB GREATER AMOUNTS OF RADIATED HEAT ENERGY APPLIED EXTERNALLY TO SAID BUNDLE THAN WILL SAID FIRST FIBERS AND AT LEAST SOME OF SAID GREATER AMOUNTS OF HEAT ENERGY WILL BECOME RERADIATED TO RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT FIRST FIBERS, DURING SAID STEP OF ARRANGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FIBERS PLACING SAID SECOND FIBERS AMONG SAID FIRST FIBERS IN PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING QUANTITIES AND MUTUAL PROXIMITY RELATIVE TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID BUNDLE TOWARDS ITS CENTER SUCH THAT RADIATED HEAT ENERGY ABSORBED BY SAID SECOND FIBERS AND RERADIATED THEREFROM SUPPLEMENTS HEAT PRODUCED IN SAID FIRST FIBERS TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM HEATING THROUGHOUT SAID BUNDLE AND, AFTER SUCH ARRANGING IS COMPLETED, APPLYING TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BUNDLE RADIANT HEAT ENERGY OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO UNIFORMLY FUSE ALL SAID FIBERS TOGETHER.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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