APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBRE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C03B37/12 G02B6/02 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used to produce optical fibre by drawing optical fibre from an optical fibre workpiece. The apparatus has a unit for forming optical fibre without cladding, a coating unit, a first direction changer and a winding apparatus. The first direction changer, which first changes the direction of movement of the optical fibre, is a rotating component having an outer surface which is formed around its axis of rotation and is in contact with optical fibre coming out of the coating unit. When viewed in the cross-section, which includes the axis of rotation, the outer surface has a flat shape with predetermined width, wherein the optical fibre is allowed to freely move in the direction of the width of the outer surface. According to the method of producing optical fibre, the contact angle, which is centralised relative the axis of rotation, between the first direction changer and the optical fibre ranges from 10° to 80°.

EFFECT: prevention of one-directional twisting of optical fibre and high eccentricity.

9 cl, 11 dwg