US4804246A
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Light-transmitting fiber of glass core and clad of cured copolymer of fluoroolefin and alkyl ether
Assignee: AGC Inc
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Filing: 1987-03-31
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Granted: 1989-02-14
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Expires: 2007-03-31
Abstract
Abstract A plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber consisting essentially of a core of quartz glass or optical glass and a clad of plastic material, characterized in that said clad of plastic material is a cured body of a solvent-soluble fluoroolefin polymer having curable sites.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeyoshi Kobayashi
- 👤 Seiji Munekata
- 👤 Masao Unoki
- 👤 Toshio Iwamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 09:09
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C25/00; C03C25/10; C03C25/104; C03C25/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber consisting essentially of a core of quartz glass or optical glass and a clad of plastic material, characterized in that said clad of plastic material is a cured product obtained by curing a solvent-soluble copolymer of a fluoroolefin with an alkyl vinyl ether having curable sites and containing at least 10% by weight of fluorine based on the fluoroolefin units.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber consisting essentially of a core of quartz glass or optical glass and a clad of plastic material, characterized in that said clad of plastic material is a cured product obtained by curing a solvent-soluble copolymer of a fluoroolefin with an alkyl vinyl ether having curable sites and containing at least 10% by weight of fluorine based on the fluoroolefin units.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 1, wherein said curable sites are at least one kind of curable sites selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups, epoxy groups, carboxyl groups, acid amide groups, ester groups, unsaturated bonds, active hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 1, wherein said solvent-soluble copolymer having curable sites is a copolymer of a fluoroolefin with an alkyl vinyl ether and comprises from 30 to 70 mol % of the fluoroolefin unit and from 30 to 70 mol % of the vinyl ether unit, and the polymer further contains not more than 30 mol % of a hydroxyalkyl vinyl ether unit or a glycidyl vinyl ether unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 1, wherein the clad of plastic material is a cured body of composition comprising a solvent-soluble fluoroolefin polymer having curable sites and a surfactant and/or a silane coupling agent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 4, wherein the composition for the clad contains both the surfactant and the silane coupling agent, and the contact angle to the glass is not higher than 40°.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 4, wherein the composition for the clad contains from 0.01 to 1% by weight of the surfactant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 4, wherein the composition for the clad contains from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the silane coupling agent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 1, wherein the clad has a thickness of at most 15 μm, and is provided thereon with a cushioning layer to attenuate an external stress.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber according to claim 1, wherein the clad of plastic material is a copolymer of a fluoroolefin having a refractive index not higher than 1.45.
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