Abstract: Machine (1) for distributing a product stored in a container (30) comprising a storage zone (2) delimiting locations (4) for housing a container (30), a metering station (5) delimiting a chamber (6) housing a support (7) for accepting a collecting vessel (33), this support (7) being positioned vertically in line with an opening (8) providing access to the chamber (6), which opening is arranged in an upper part (61) of the chamber (6), the machine (1) further comprising a system (10) for emptying each location (4) for housing a container (30) through the opening (8) providing access to the chamber (6), and a unit (14) for controlling the machine (1). The metering station (5) comprises a sensor (13) for detecting the presence of a collecting vessel (33) inside said chamber (6).

Abstract: Machine (1) for distributing a product stored in a container (30) comprising a storage zone (2) delimiting locations (4) for housing a container (30), a metering station (5) delimiting a chamber (6) housing a support (7) for accepting a collecting vessel (33), this support (7) being positioned vertically in line with an opening (8) providing access to the chamber (6), which opening is arranged in an upper part (61) of the chamber (6), the machine (1) further comprising a system (10) for emptying each location (4) for housing a container (30) through the opening (8) providing access to the chamber (6), and a unit (14) for controlling the machine (1). The metering station (5) comprises a sensor (13) for detecting the presence of a collecting vessel (33) inside said chamber (6).

Abstract: A method of assisting in refilling a container (11) with liquid, the container comprising a flexible pouch that is refillable with liquid, outer packaging (15) for the pouch, and a valve (16) for opening/closing the pouch, said pouch being a compressible pouch that can be shrunk inside the outer packaging (15) under the action of pressure exerted on the outside surface of the pouch, and said valve (16) comprising a valve body (17) provided with an orifice (18) and a shutter for the orifice (18) mounted to move inside the valve body (17) between an open position and a closed position for the orifice (18) so as to enable the pouch to be emptied when the pouch is in the compressed state and the orifice (18) of the valve (16) is open. In order to refill the pouch subsequently with liquid, said method comprises a step of opening the orifice (18) of the valve (16), and a step of inflating the pouch by blowing gas into the inside of the pouch via the orifice (18) of the valve (16) in the open position.

Abstract: A control device (1) for controlling opening/closing of a valve (16) of a valved container (11), said valve (16) comprising a valve body (17) provided with an orifice (18), a shutter (19) for shutting the orifice (18), the shutter being made at least in part out of a magnetic material, and a return member (20) for returning the shutter (19) of the valve (16) into the closed position of said orifice (18), said device (1) including at least one location (3) for receiving the valve (16) of said container (11), said location (3) comprising a housing (31) into which the valve (16) of the container (11) is suitable for being inserted, and a control system (5) for controlling opening of the valve (16), which system is suitable for being positioned at least in part around said location (3), said control system (5) being configured to hold the shutter (19) of the valve (16) in a position in which the orifice (18) of the valve (16) is open when the valve (16) is in its state in position in said location (3).

Abstract: A stirrer device (1a, 1b) includes at least one shaft (13), a first blade-type stirrer assembly (3) and a second blade-type stirrer assembly (2), characterized in that the blade-type stirrer assemblies are movable relative to each other in the axial direction. Also provided is a method of adjusting the above stirrer device.

Abstract: A storage device for storing, selecting, and dispensing a plurality of products, each of which is packaged in a container provided with an expulsion orifice, the device including at least one products-carrier wheel that is centrally hollow and has a horizontal axis, and drive elements for driving the wheel in rotation. The device further includes a base on which the wheel is suitable, via the drive elements for driving the wheel in rotation, for standing merely by bearing against the base, the drive elements including at least two rotary circular members, at least one of the members being a driven member, these rotary circular members, incorporated into the base such that, when the wheel is bearing on the base, are tangential to the wheel, and extend on either side of a diametrical plane of the wheel, with their axes of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel.

Abstract: This device includes metering valves (31, 32, 33)arranged in at least one circumferential row in such a manner that the valves of a circumferential row follow a circular path (TC1, TC2, TC3) during rotation of the dispenser device. It further includes a cleaner system for cleaning the valves and including at least one stationary dry brush (41, 42, 51, 52, 60) that is arranged on at least one circular path (TC1, TC2, TC3) in such a manner as to come into rubbing contact against the valves of at least one circumferential row of valves.

Abstract: A stirrer device (1a, 1b) includes at least one shaft (13), a first blade-type stirrer assembly (3) and a second blade-type stirrer assembly (2), characterized in that the blade-type stirrer assemblies are movable relative to each other in the axial direction. Also provided is a method of adjusting the above stirrer device.

Abstract: A quick-coupling connector, particularly for pipes of climate-control, refrigeration and similar systems, comprising a first connector portion adapted to be connected to an end of a male pipe and a second connector portion adapted to be connected to an end of a female portion, the first and second connector portions being adapted to be connected to each other, at least one elastomeric element being interposed between the end of the male pipe and the end of the female portion when the male pipe and the female portion are connected one inside the other.