Abstract: A device for mounting sales labels is used to easily mount sales labels onto shelving systems of retail stores. The device comprises a label housing unit, one or more spring-loaded attachment legs and a lever. The device has a first disengaged position where the device may be easily mounted onto a channel on the shelving system and a second engaged position where the device is locked in place on the channel.

Abstract: An insulating cup sleeve has a flat, elongated blank with straight top and bottom edges and end edges, and has a plurality of transverse slits that cut into the blank, spaced apart from each other and cut at least partway across the height of the blank, which slits serve to expand the sleeve around the circumference of the cup when the slits are situated along the upward edge of the sleeve. The transverse slits terminate at a larger area cut-out that disperses the tearing pressure at the end of the slit. The new insulating cup sleeve uses about 13.4% less material and takes up about 19.4% less physical space than the prior art sleeve, thus constituting substantial savings on materials and production cost, as well as on transportation and storage.

Abstract: An insulating cup sleeve has a flat, elongated blank with straight top and bottom edges and end edges, and has a plurality of transverse slits that cut into the blank, spaced apart from each other and cut at least partway across the height of the blank, which slits serve to expand the sleeve around the circumference of the cup when the slits are situated along the upward edge of the sleeve. The transverse slits terminate at a larger area cut-out that disperses the tearing pressure at the end of the slit. The new insulating cup sleeve uses about 13.4% less material and takes up about 19.4% less physical space than the prior art sleeve, thus constituting substantial savings on materials and production cost, as well as on transportation and storage.

Abstract: Two ribbon cables are partially stripped of their covering to reveal a window of optical fibers. The bare optical fibers are slightly bent and overlapped so that they define an interior channel. A rod is passed through the interior channel to temporarily hold the bare fibers in place. The bare fibers are placed on a v-groove substrate and a cover is pressed on top of the substrate. Adhesives are applied to hold the ribbon cables and bare fibers in place. The bare fibers are cleaved to form a half-pitch optical fiber array.