Patent ID: 9708701
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B05C,C04B,C22C,C23C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A device for metal coating of fibers by liquid means, comprising: a crucible containing a liquid metal bath through which a fiber is drawn to be coated with the metal; a cooling system positioned downstream from the liquid metal bath to solidify a metal sheath created around the fiber by capillarity, wherein the cooling system comprises at least one tube comprising an oblique lateral face oriented toward the fiber, on the downstream side of said tube relative to the motion of the fiber, and a nozzle provided in said face which is oriented toward the fiber, for ejecting a compressed gas shaped to eject the gas in a direction making an angle of less than 30° with a travel direction of the coated fiber and positioned at a distance of less than 5 mm from the liquid metal bath, and wherein the system is sized to solidify the metal on the periphery of the coated fiber over a length of no more than 200 mm.