IP Library Granted Patent US 4,486,214
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US 4,486,214 · App. 06/559,603

Methods of and apparatus for collapsing a preform tube into a preform from which lightguide fiber is drawn

Inventors: Brian Lynch, John B. MacChesney, Fred P. Partus, Jay R. Simpson
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Granted: Dec 4, 1984 Filed: Dec 8, 1983
Inventors
Brian Lynch
John B. MacChesney
Fred P. Partus
Jay R. Simpson
Assignees (at issue)
AT&T Technologies Incorporated
AT&T Bell Laboratories

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Patent No.
US 4,486,214
App. No.
06/559,603
Filed
1983-12-08
Granted
1984-12-04
Kind
A