DRAWING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER

To provide a drawing method of an optical fiber that suppresses large fluctuation of the glass diameter of an optical fiber drawn immediately before termination of fiber drawing in drawing the optical fiber using a drawing apparatus equipped with an upper-chimney-type housing having a chimney at the...

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Hauptverfasser: YONEZAWA KAZUYASU, KAWASAKI KIICHIRO
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Zusammenfassung:To provide a drawing method of an optical fiber that suppresses large fluctuation of the glass diameter of an optical fiber drawn immediately before termination of fiber drawing in drawing the optical fiber using a drawing apparatus equipped with an upper-chimney-type housing having a chimney at the upper part of the furnace core part.SOLUTION: One or more shield plates 4-7 are movably attached to a dummy rod 3 inserted thereinto, wherein the shield plates are constructed so that the inside members 4b-7b are arranged on the outside members 4a-7a. A windshield plate 11 is installed between the lowest shield plate 7 and the top edge of an optical fiber preform G. As drawing of an optical fiber G1 proceeds and the optical fiber preform G goes down, the outside members 4a-7a are hung on the reduced part 24a-24d of the inner diameter of a chimney part 22. The thus hung shield plates 4-7 partitions vertically the space of the chimney part 22. The optical fiber is drawn so that the windshield plate 11 goes down while keeping the distance to the top edge of an optical fiber preform G constant.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】炉心部の上部に煙突部が設けられた上煙突型の筐体を有する線引装置を用いて光ファイバの線引きを行う場合、線引き終了間際に線引きされた光ファイバのガラス径の変動が大きくなることを抑制することができる、光ファイバの線引き方法を提供する。【解決手段】内側部材4b〜7bが外側部材4a〜7aの上に載るように構成された一つ以上の遮蔽板4〜7を、ダミー棒3に挿通して移動可能に取り付けると共に、一番下の遮蔽板7と光ファイバ母材Gの上端との間に風防板11を取付けて、光ファイバG1の線引きが進行して光ファイバ母材Gが下降するのに伴い、外側部材4a〜7aが煙突部22内の内径縮径部24a〜24dに係止されることにより遮蔽板4〜7が係止されて、係止された遮蔽板4〜7により煙突部22の空間が上下に遮蔽され、風防板11が光ファイバ母材Gの上端との距離を一定に保って下降するように、光ファイバを線引きする。【選択図】図1