Abstract: A lid is disclosed having a spring mechanism that pushes up an activator lever while also lifting up a flow stopper that keeps fluid from the mug and out through the lid. A button in the side of the lid activates the lever. This button can be locked in either the open or closed position. The open architecture allows for easy disassembly and deep cleaning of all of the parts of the lid. Due to the design of the lid, a mug can be filled without having to remove the lid. Similarly, the user does not have to touch any part of the lid from which water flows. This makes the use of this lid more sanitary.

Abstract: A lid is disclosed having a spring mechanism that pushes up an activator lever while also lifting up a flow stopper that keeps fluid from the mug and out through the lid. Due to the design of the lid, a mug can be filled without having to remove the lid. Similarly, the user does not have to touch any part of the lid from which water flows. This makes the use of this lid more sanitary.

Abstract: A plastic bag dispenser is disclosed. The plastic bag dispenser contains an elastic cord which has a first a first end and a second end. There is also a first spindle, which has the ability to connect to the first end of said elastic cord, and a second spindle, which has the ability to connect to the second end of the elastic cord, such that when the first spindle is connected to the first end of said elastic end and the second spindle is connected to the second end of the elastic cord, there exists the ability to hold a roll of plastic bags between the first spindle and the second spindle without the roll of plastic bags unraveling. The adjustable elastic cord secures the plastic bags to the roll on which the plastic bags are wrapped and serve to act as a pressure element to easily tear off a perforated bag.

Abstract: A plastic bag dispenser is disclosed. The plastic bag dispenser contains an elastic cord which has a first a first end and a second end. There is also a first spindle, which has the the ability to connect to the first end of said elastic cord, and a second spindle, which has the ability to connect to the second end of the elastic cord, such that when the first spindle is connected to the first end of said elastic end and the second spindle is connected to the second end of the elastic cord, there exists the ability to hold a roll of plastic bags between the first spindle and the second spindle without the roll of plastic bags unraveling. The adjustable elastic cord secures the plastic bags to the roll on which the plastic bags are wrapped and serve to act as a pressure element to easily tear off a perforated bag.

Abstract: A flexible coffee lid having memory having memory is disclosed. The d coffee lid comprises a circumferential cap structure, which in turn comprises aid circumferential cap structure comprises a a vent hole positioned on a platform for supporting the vent hole, a b) a drink hole, the drink hole positioned 180 degrees from the vent hole, the drink hole positioned on a platform for supporting the drink hole; c) a diaphragm centrally located on the upper platform; and a rotatable flexible sealing closure element that has the ability to seal both the vent hole and the drink hole, said rotatable flexible. The lid also has a diaphragm.

Abstract: A shoreline erosion mitigation device placed in a body of water including a multiplicity of high density polyethylene pipes each of a given length and diameter with each pipe being generally cylindrical in shape and having a hollow interior, the multiplicity of high density polyethylene pipes arranged in approximately parallel rows with adjacent pipes connected together by a system using clamps and flexible links, which leaves a space between adjacent pipes so that by increasing or decreasing the number, length and/or diameter of the pipes and/or the number of clamps, the design of the device is adjusted to accommodate differing shoreline conditions. When a wave having a given force traveling from the body of water towards the shoreline encounters the device, the force of the wave is reduced by causing the water to travel over the device and through the spaces between adjacent pipes before reaching the shoreline.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an optical filter, characterized in that it comprises effecting the following steps on an optical waveguide (10): controlling the varying interior profile of the waveguide, preferably by melt-drawing, and writing a Bragg grating (20), using techniques allowing independent control of longitudinal variation of the Bragg wavelength and longitudinal variation of the exterior profile of the waveguide.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modeling an optical fiber amplifier, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting in: establishing (100) the speed equations and the propagation equations of physical phenomena or effects involved in an optical fiber amplifier; obtaining (112) exact analytic solutions for the propagation equations of signals in the fiber, discretizing them, and interpolating them along the fiber; solving (120) the previously discretized speed equations by injecting into them solutions obtained from the propagation equations; and delivering (130) the performance parameters of the fiber in terms of amplification.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for re-cladding an optical fiber (10) at least partly stripped over part of its length (16). The invention is characterised in that it comprises steps which consist in: placing a flexible tube (20) on the zone (16) of stripped fiber, injecting a polymer material (40) into the tube (20), through an axial end thereof, and polymerising the injected material (40) so that it adheres to the outer surface of the zone (16) of stripped fiber and to the inner surface of the tube (20), over the entire length of the tube (20). The invention also concerns the resulting optical fibers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modeling an optical fiber amplifier, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting in: establishing (100) the speed equations and the propagation equations of physical phenomena or effects involved in an optical fiber amplifier; obtaining (112) exact analytic solutions for the propagation equations of signals in the fiber, discretizing them, and interpolating them along the fiber; solving (120) the previously discretized speed equations by injecting into them solutions obtained from the propagation equations; and delivering (130) the performance parameters of the fiber in terms of amplification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical-fiber device comprising at least one component (11) integrated into the fiber (10), and a support assembly on which the fiber (10) is fixed at two points (1322, 1332) situated respectively on either side of the integrated component (11), which support comprises at least two elements (120, 130, 132) possessing different thermal-expansion coefficients which are arranged functionally in series between the two points of fixing of the fiber, characterized in that the interface (131, 133) between the two elements (120, 130, 132) possessing different thermal-expansion coefficients is at least substantially perpendicular to the axis of the fiber (10), and in that the means for support of the optical fiber (10) comprise a support assembly consisting of three pieces (130, 120 and 132) arranged in series, in a Z-shaped geometry.

Abstract: The invention concerns an optical device comprising an optical fiber including at least an integrated component, a support including two fixing zones wherein the optical fiber is fixed respectively at the two zones located on either side of the component. The invention is characterized in that the support comprises, between the two fixing zones, at least a linking beam capable of bending and the device further comprises means for imposing a controlled bending to the beam, adapted to adjust the distance between the two fixing zones.

Abstract: The present invention is hand operated food grinding apparatus into which is designed a series of opposing parallel ridges to enable the food item such as garlic, peppercorn, spices, coffee etc. to be ground into coarsely ground portions or finely ground portions depending on the arrangement and design of the opposing parallel ridges. The hand grinding apparatus has a base having an upper surface made of a series of parallel ridges separated by parallel groves wherein each of the parallel ridges has a flat upper surface, and also comprises a top member having a lower surface made of an opposing series of parallel ridges separated by parallel grooves wherein each of the parallel ridges has a surface, and wherein a respective ridge of the base member is aligned with a respective ridge of a top member or a respective ridge of a base member is offset from a respective ridge or a top member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to apparatus for depositing thin layers. The technical field of the invention is that of manufacturing thin layer optical devices. In the invention, apparatus for depositing thin layers on a plurality of substrates comprises means for producing a light beam for monitoring the optical thicknesses of the substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exposure method for producing a Bragg grating on a photosensitive guide (120) or optical fiber (120), in which method the guide (the fiber) (120) is scanned by a light beam (300) and means (100, 220, 230) are provided for modulating the exposure time along the guide (the fiber) by varying the speed at which the beam (300) moves along the guide (the fiber) (120) so that it is located opposite each location of the guide (the fiber) (120) for a time period that varies with the location, the method including the step of disposing in front of the guide (the fiber) (110) a system (140) adapted to create interference fringes on the guide (the fiber) (120) and to scan the beam (300) over the interference system (140) at a speed that is modulated along the system (140), and furthermore the step of having the beam scan the guide (the fiber) (120) at a modulated speed without the interference system (140) on the path of the beam (300), the scanning with the interference system (140) being eff