IP Library Granted Patent US 7,662,439
Granted Patent B2
US 7,662,439 · App. 10/544,933 · Granted Feb 16, 2010

Method for feeding liquid to a flame spraying apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,662,439
App. No.
10/544,933
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a liquid feeding device for feeding liquid in a flame spraying apparatus that is arranged for treating an optical fiber structure, as well as a flame spraying apparatus in which liquid feeding is arranged according to the invention. Liquid is supplied to an unpressurized space in a pressure generating part substantially in a constant flow. In the pressure generating part the pressure of liquid is generated by means of gravity influencing the liquid, and the pressurized liquid is arranged to be supplied to the flame spraying at a substantially constant pressure and at a constant flow rate.

Claims (5)

1. A method for feeding liquid in a flame spraying apparatus arranged for treating an optical fiber structure, the method comprising:

feeding liquid to an unpressurized space substantially in a constant flow to maintain a substantially constant level of the liquid in the unpressurized space,

generating pressure in the liquid by gravity influencing the liquid, and

arranging the liquid to be fed to the flame spraying at a substantially constant pressure and at a constant flow rate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure of the liquid is generated in such a manner that the liquid is fed to a pressure generating part generating the pressure from a first plane, and removed from said pressure generating part from a second plane that is positioned below the first plane.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2018
From: NLIGHT, INC.
To: PACIFIC WESTERN BANK
Reel/Frame 047291/0833 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2005
From: SARKILAHTI, SIMO; TAMMELA, SIMO
To: LIEKKI OY
Reel/Frame 017574/0116 →