US 11,987,518 B2
Methods and systems for cooling optical fiber
Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Horseheads, NY (US); and Chunfeng Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,170, filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387894 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. C03B 37/027 (2006.01); C03B 37/03 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 37/02718 (2013.01) [C03B 37/032 (2013.01); C03B 2205/55 (2013.01); C03B 2205/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooling device, comprising:
a plurality of bodies, each body having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface;
an opening within each of the plurality of bodies extending from the top surface through the body to the bottom surface, wherein the opening is configured to pass an optical fiber through the body along a fiber conveyance pathway;
one or more air inlets within the body; and
one or more air outlets within the body configured to direct air to contact the optical fiber as it passes through the opening, wherein the air flowing out of the one or more openings has an average velocity of about 20 m/s to about 350 m/s, and wherein the one or more air inlets are fluidly coupled to the air outlets via one or more slots that extend through the body oriented orthogonal to the fiber conveyance pathway.