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John Joseph Costello, III0
Steven Joseph Gregorski0
Andrey V Filippov0
Bruce Warren Reding0
James Henry Faler0
John Christopher Thomas0
Date of Patent
May 10, 2011
0Patent Application Number
119867640
Date Filed
November 26, 2007
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Patent abstract
Methods for producing optical fibers along nonlinear paths include incorporating fluid bearings. An optical fiber is drawn from a preform along a first pathway, contacted with a region of fluid cushion of a fluid bearing, and redirected along a second pathway as the fiber is drawn across said region of fluid cushion.
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