Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake caliper and a brake disc. The brake caliper is attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad. The brake disc is attached to the lower arm of the upper arm and the lower arm that is farther from the brake pad in the front view, has a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad.

Abstract: A tap dispenser assembly for use with a fluid container including a tap body, a spring button, and a valve. The tap body includes an attachment portion, a dispensing portion, and a fluid channel with an upper wall and a lower wall. The dispensing portion includes a valve stem guide and a guide support. The guide support is above the lower wall and/or the upper wall. The valve is connected to the spring button and is slidingly inserted into the valve stem guide. The tap dispenser assembly has a closed position where the spring button is not depressed and the valve seals the dispensing portion and an open position where the spring button is depressed and the seal between the valve and dispensing portion is broken, allowing fluid to flow from the tap dispenser assembly.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.

Abstract: Adsorbent materials adsorb large quantities of inert permanent gases and maintain the initial pressure inside aerosol packages throughout the useful life of the packages, thus acting as propellants.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve for dispensing flowable product from a container under pressure, the valve comprising a stem, a seal coupled to the stem, and a mounting cup configured to mount the valve to the container, wherein each of the stem, seal, and mounting cup comprises a recyclable plastic, and wherein the valve is free from a gasket configured to surround an opening of the container to form a seal between the valve and the container. Also provided herein is a container for dispensing a flowable product under pressure comprising the valve as described above.

Abstract: A cylindrical shaped container for aerosol system, having a body for housing a first component substances, a dome-shaped disk arranged at one end of the body; a mounting cup arranged at other end of the body to accommodate a first valve assembly, and an inner compartment joined hermetically to the first valve assembly. The inner compartment is positioned within the body for housing a second component substances. The second component substances are injected via the first valve assembly having a valve housing. The valve housing houses a bottom inner sleeve on one end of the valve housing, and a protrusion lever on the other end.

Abstract: A discharge head for the nasal application of pharmaceutical liquid from a pressure reservoir which has an outlet valve with a valve connector, to which force can be applied counter to a spring force in order to open the outlet valve. The discharge head has a nasal applicator which extends outward from an actuating surface and at the end of which a discharge opening is provided. The discharge opening is connected in a fluid-communicating manner to a hollow tube through an applicator channel of the nasal applicator, for connection to the pressure reservoir. The nasal applicator has an inner component connected integrally to the actuating surface and an outer component separate from the inner component and attached to the inner component in a surrounding manner. The discharge opening is provided in the outer component, and the outer component and the inner component together bound the applicator channel.

Abstract: The valve (1) includes a valve body (10) having a cavity and bearing against a seal (40) provided with a central opening, and a seat (20) movable in the cavity, the seat bearing against the seal in the closed position and being spaced apart from the seal in the open position. The seat has a cavity bearing against the seal in the closed position, and spaced apart from the seal in the open position. A rod (60) is fixed in a non-detachable manner in the cavity, forming a seat/rod assembly, which rod is traversed, in its portion located inside the cavity, by windows (612) that open into the outlet channel, the free end of the rod protruding out of the cavity by passing through the central opening of the seal.

Abstract: A pressurized container assembly includes a pressurized container, a valve, and a shearing chamber. A flowable product and propellant are also provided within the container. The propellant is substantially non-soluble in the flowable product. Methods of producing a foamed flowable product using shearing chambers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A seal to prevent fluid transfer using double diameters to provide a tighter seal is disclosed. The double diameter seal has a body with a first diameter containing an upper contact area and a second diameter forming a lower contact point. A notch extends into the body between the upper contact area and the lower contact point for a predetermined distance to form a transition point. In use, the first diameter is dimensioned to place a portion of the length of the upper contact area in sliding engagement adjacent to a length of the first surface. The second diameter dimensioned to place the lower contact point contacting an angled second surface of a valve.

Abstract: An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump housing may include an integral vapor trap.

Abstract: A tap dispenser assembly for use with a fluid container including a tap body, a spring button, and a valve. The tap body includes an attachment portion, a dispensing portion, and a fluid channel with an upper wall and a lower wall. The dispensing portion includes a valve stem guide and a guide support. The guide support is above the lower wall and/or the upper wall. The valve is connected to the spring button and is slidingly inserted into the valve stem guide. The tap dispenser assembly has a closed position where the spring button is not depressed and the valve seals the dispensing portion and an open position where the spring button is depressed and the seal between the valve and dispensing portion is broken, allowing fluid to flow from the tap dispenser assembly.

Abstract: A smart personal safety device includes a chemical irritant that may be dispersed by a user in the event of a threat by an attacker. The smart personal safety device includes an alert signal sent when the user activates the smart personal safety device, sending an alert signal to a mobile device for security alert management by software contained on the mobile device.

Abstract: Adsorbent materials adsorb large quantities of inert permanent gases and maintain the initial pressure inside aerosol packages throughout the useful life of the packages, thus acting as propellants.

Abstract: A spray device includes a bottle portion, a sleeve, and an engine. The engine includes a spring that when compressed pressurizes a chamber containing a dispensable amount of fluid from the bottle portion. The sleeve and the engine are configured to be torquable onto the bottle without compressing the spring. Rotation of the sleeve relative to the bottle by a user pressurizes a chamber containing fluid from the bottle. Auditory and/or tactile feedback is provided to the user during rotation of the sleeve thereby allowing the user to select an amount of the fluid to be dispensed. The engine includes a main spring that when compressed pressurizes a chamber containing a dispensable amount of fluid from the bottle. The spring is enclosed between a cup and a cap, which have been fused together.

Abstract: A method of predicting electrostatic charges in a liquid container is provided. The method includes generating a computer geometric model of the liquid container according to a design of the liquid container and generating executable code to reproduce fluid dynamics and electrostatic charge conservation during transfer of liquid into the liquid container. The method includes executing a simulating application to at least: perform a simulation of the transfer of liquid into the liquid container subject to the fluid dynamics and electrostatic charge conservation to produce a prediction of electrostatic charges in the liquid container during the transfer of liquid; and iterate the simulation to update the electrostatic charge conservation. The method includes outputting the prediction of electrostatic charges in the liquid container to enable certification of the design of the liquid container.

Abstract: A volatile organic compound (VOC) free low radiant flux radiation curable composition for aerosol containers including an acrylate-terminated compound component, a thiol monomer or oligomer component, a photoinitiator component, a surface additive component, and an ethanol-based reducer, wherein the composition does not include an acetone component. Moreover, other implementations are directed towards methods of using the aerosol containers to apply the UV Curable Composition.

Abstract: A valve arrangement for dispensing a fluid is proposed. The valve arrangement comprises a valve plate for fixing the valve arrangement to a container, a valve housing and a fixing part for fixing the valve housing to the valve plate. The fixing part is welded with the valve plate. Furthermore, a dispensing apparatus with a container and a valve arrangement as well as a production method are proposed.

Abstract: A system and method to spray fluid from a container at different mass flow rates is provided. The system includes an actuator rotatable to select a mass flow rate and a valve having dual orifices that are selectively unsealed when the actuator is depressed according to the mass flow rate selection to effect dispensing of fluid.

Abstract: A replacement aerosol nozzle assembly includes a coupler that is attachable around a neck of an aerosol container. A plunger is slidably attached to the coupler to engage a broken spray nozzle on the aerosol container when the coupler is attached to the neck of the aerosol container. A conduit is integrated into the plunger and the conduit fluidly engages the broken spray nozzle when the coupler is attached to the aerosol container. In this way the conduit is placed in fluid communication with an interior of the aerosol container. The plunger urges the broken spray nozzle downwardly when the plunger is depressed to spray contents of the aerosol container.

Abstract: An electromagnetic locate device configured for removable attachment to a handheld paint marking device includes an elongated element extending substantially a length of the handheld paint marking device, a channel extending longitudinally along the elongated element, the channel configured for accepting at least a portion of the handheld paint marking device, fasteners located on the elongated element, the fasteners configured to fasten the handheld paint marking device to the elongated element, electromagnetic antennas located along a length of the elongated element, the electromagnetic antennas configured for producing electromagnetic data responsive to an electromagnetic field emanating from a buried asset, and a housing coupled to a top of the elongated element, the housing including a processor communicably coupled to the electromagnetic antennas and configured to process the electromagnetic data from the electromagnetic antennas, so as to produce buried asset data, and a display for displaying said bur

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve for dispensing flowable product from a container under pressure, the valve comprising a stem, a seal coupled to the stem, and a mounting cup configured to mount the valve to the container, wherein each of the stem, seal, and mounting cup comprises a recyclable plastic, and wherein the valve is free from a gasket configured to surround an opening of the container to form a seal between the valve and the container. Also provided herein is a container for dispensing a flowable product under pressure comprising the valve as described above.

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser comprising a pressurised aerosol can and a closure comprising an aerosol valve held within a retention chassis, the retention chassis being associated with a flexible sealing collar designed to radially surround the retention chassis and to seal against the edge of an opening in the aerosol can, wherein the retention chassis is axially moveable relative to the sealing collar and wherein the sealing collar is of outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the opening in the aerosol can and is sufficiently flexible to flex through the opening in the aerosol can when the retention chassis is in a first axial position relative to the sealing collar and wherein the sealing collar is firmly held against the edge of the opening in the aerosol can when the retention chassis is in a second axial position relative to the sealing collar.

Abstract: A discharge container includes a container body that contains contents, a discharger that has a stem, an exterior portion, and a diffusion wall portion. The forming hole includes a central forming hole formed in a central region of the top wall portion and an outer forming hole formed in an outer region. The diffusion chamber internally has a diffusion member located so as to face the diffusion wall portion and located so as to overlap a whole region of at least the central region in the top wall portion in the upward-downward direction, in a plan view when viewed in a container axis direction. The diffusion member is configured to diffuse the contents supplied from the stem outward in the radial direction through a gap between the diffusion member and the diffusion wall portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modified spray head suitable for use with an aerosol composition. Preferably the spray head is suitable for use with an automatic aerosol dispensing device. The spray comprises a single piece of moulded plastic and an angled output section.

Abstract: The present application relates to a device for extracting liquid from a container. The device includes: an extracting unit for extracting the liquid from the container; a hose, where one end of the hose is connected to the extracting unit through a penetration hole formed on a container cover of the container; and a fixing block, including a through hole, where the through hole is connected to the other end of the hose; and one or more abutting members, where one end of the abutting member abuts against the container cover, the other end abuts against the fixing block, and the fixing block abuts against the inner bottom of the container with the through hole facing the inner bottom of the container. The fixing block includes a communicating portion formed on its surface that is opposite to a surface to which the hose is connected, and the through hole of the fixing block is in communicating with the fluid in the container through the communicating portion.

Abstract: Methods and systems for co-extruding multiple polymeric material flow streams into a mold cavity to produce a molded plastic article having an injection-formed aperture in gate region of the article are disclosed herein. A method includes providing a valve pin having a distal portion with a first diameter and a mid-portion with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and providing a mold defining a cavity corresponding to a shape of a resulting molded plastic article. The mold has a recess aligned with a gate region of the mold, extending into the mold and configured to receive the distal portion of the valve pin when the distal portion of the valve pin extends beyond the gate region.

Abstract: An aerosol container having an open neck at the top and a closed end bottom longitudinally spaced therefrom. The container has a valve cup and bag. The valve cup and bag are integral. The valve cup is attachable to the neck in sealing relationship. This arrangement provides for propellant to be disposed intermediate the container and bag. Product can be disposed in the bag for selective dispensing by a user actuated valve.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener driving tool fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell, fuel cell adapter, and fuel cell adapter cap for a combustion-powered fastener driving tool. The fuel cell, the fuel cell adapter, and the fuel cell adapter cap enable both the fuel cell adapter and the fuel cell adapter cap to be attached to a fuel cell and particularly a sealing member of the fuel cell in one efficient step. This single step process can be done manually or automatically, and is substantially more efficient and less time-consuming than the known fuel cell assemblies.

Abstract: A cup/valve assembly for an aerosol container, made up of a cup, a valve body, a stem, a spring, and an inner seal. The stem comprises a bulge on its outer cylindrical face and an inner conduit which has an upper opening at its upper end and at least one lateral orifice at its lower end between the bulge and the upper opening of the inner conduit. The valve body has an opening at its upper end. The valve body is fixed to a central opening (23) of the cup leaving the opening in the cylindrical portion free, and the stem is retained in the valve body by a retaining ring (5) that surrounds, without tightening, the stem, and is fixed to the cup, the inner seal (13) being interposed between the retaining ring (5) and the top edge of the cylindrical portion of the valve body.

Abstract: A dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product is described herein. The head includes a body having a housing that is provided with an anvil around which a nozzle is mounted. The nozzle includes an outlet orifice to place the housing in communication with the exterior, and wherein the head includes a membrane added around the periphery of the anvil in the housing in such a way as to form between the membrane and the nozzle a path for dispensing the product.

Abstract: A fixed spray application system generally includes tubing, one or more spray heads, one or more brackets, one or more connectors and one or more fluid reservoirs. One or more of the spray heads may be suspended from a tube below one of the connectors and below one of the reservoirs. A tube may extend from below one of the reservoirs to another spray head supported by one of the brackets. In use, the system may be suspended from trellis wires in an agricultural field. Water, pesticides or other liquids are supplied to the system through the tubing. The size of the reservoirs and the volume of tubing can be selected to hold the desired amount of liquid for a given application. After the system is primed with liquid, the tubing is connected to a source of pressurized air. The air is supplied to the system at a sufficient pressure so as to force the liquid from the system through the spray heads.

Abstract: A ring (10) for arranging around a valve body (21) of a fluid dispenser valve (20) that is mounted by means of a fastener capsule (50), such as a crimpable capsule, on a reservoir (1) containing fluid to be dispensed, said ring (10) being made as a single piece including at least one inner portion (100, 110) that co-operates with said valve body (21), and a radial flange (11) that forms a neck gasket that extends between the neck of the reservoir (1) and the fastener capsule (50).

Abstract: A container includes a detachable bottom and a liquid dispensing hand pump. A lid is provided which secures over the open surface of the bottom when removed from the container upper portion. When not in use, the lid secures to the base of the removable bottom.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a double container that allows easy manufacturing with a molding device not significantly different from conventional devices and that can, at a lower cost than the processing cost of conventional technology, very easily and reliably form, in a comparatively rigid outer container and in a double container that allows, inside the outer container, capacity to be varied with respect to the amount of content, an opening for allowing external air to enter. When a pair of partial molds are brought near each other in order to form a split mold, at least part of the mating faces of the pair of partial molds forms a projection by sandwiching a small outer diameter portion of a parison, a gap that passes between the double container is created by cutting off the projection, and the gap is opened and expanded by screwing on a cap.

Abstract: A plastic pressure container including a main body portion and a finish portion defining a mouth, the finish portion has an inner surface, an outer surface and an upper rim proximate the mouth. The inner surface has an inner undercut defined therein proximate the upper rim, and the inner undercut has a curved shape in cross-section. The outer surface has an outer undercut defined therein proximate the upper rim, and the outer undercut has a polygonal shape in cross-section. The inner undercut defines a first depth relative to an inner diameter D2 proximate the mouth and the outer undercut defines a second depth relative to an outer diameter D3 proximate the mouth. The second depth is different than the first depth.

Abstract: A container comprising a body portion and a neck portion, the neck portion having a pump dispenser thereon, the pump dispenser comprising a pump mechanism, a dip tube on one end of the pump mechanism, a pump outlet on another end of the pump mechanism, the dip tube extending downwardly from the pump mechanism into the body portion, the body portion containing a first liquid, the dip tube having a central bore along which the first liquid is pumped from the body portion when the pump mechanism is actuated, and a reservoir containing a second liquid, the reservoir communicating with the dip tube and adapted to introduce the second liquid into the first liquid within the pump mechanism or dip tube under the action of first liquid flowing through the dip tube.

Abstract: The invention is a method for manufacturing a sealing joint, comprising coupling a first joint element (14) and a second joint element (20) to each other, and in the course of the coupling applying a first joint element (14) being made of metal and comprising a receiving neck (15) having a receiving aperture (13), and a second joint element (20) having a connecting neck (10) with a shape fitting into the receiving neck (15), being made of plastic comprising at least 90 wt % polymer, and being provided with a protrusion (12) formed around the connecting neck (10) and having a larger periphery than the receiving aperture (13), and manufacturing out of the material of the protrusion (12) in a high-elastic state of the polymer a round-formed sealing collar (28) providing a gas-tight seal between the connecting neck (10) and the receiving neck (15) by pressing the connecting neck (10) into the receiving aperture (13) by means of a force parallel with a longitudinal axis of the receiving neck (15), and by applying

Abstract: System and parts for fast filling of containers, like aerosol containers, in which a valve is fixed into the container by being clicked-in and does not need a mounting cup. A mouth of the container extends toward the inside of the container with a sharp or rounded edge, in which pressurizing propellant is filled when passing between the valve and a wall of the container when overcoming the resistance of an external lip gasket.

Abstract: A dispensing system includes a conduit having a volumetric capacity between an internal discharge orifice for receipt of a flow of pressurized fluid from a valving assembly and an external discharge orifice. The dispensing system further includes a volume of pressurized fluid and a sensor. The fluid has a volumetric flow rate of about 0.05 ml/ms to about 15 ml/ms when released into the conduit from the internal discharge orifice. The sensor detects a sound at the external discharge orifice.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical active substances, active substance mixtures and formulations for use as an aerosol in propellant-containing [1.1.1.2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) or 1.1.1.2.3.3.3-heptafluoropropane(HFC-227)] metered-dose aerosols and the metered-dose aerosols for administering these active substances, active substance mixtures and formulations.

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials with no flammable product/propellant present.

Abstract: A pressurized container usable for a pressurizable contain, such as an aerosol dispenser, an aerosol dispenser made therewith and preform therefor. The preform/container/dispenser has a neck at the top. The neck has upper and lower portions. The lower portion transitions into a shoulder, which flares outwardly. The shoulder, in turn, transitions into a sidewall. The lower neck portion/shoulder and/or upper part of the sidewall are cystallized. The invention also comprises a preform for making such a pressurizable container and an aerosol dispenser made therewith.

Abstract: A popcorn patch article has a flexible substrate with a sticky surface and a facing surface opposite the sticky surface, and an acoustic texture captured on the facing surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A ring for arranging around a valve body of a fluid dispenser valve that is mounted by a fastener capsule, such as a crimpable capsule, on a reservoir containing fluid to be dispensed. The ring is made as a single piece including at least one inner portion that co-operates with the valve body, and a radial flange that forms a neck gasket that extends between the neck of the reservoir and the fastener capsule.

Abstract: A time-delay actuator assembly is disclosed that can dispense chemicals from an aerosol container. The time-delay actuator assembly is mountable to the aerosol container and includes an inner cap, an outer cap adjacent the inner cap, a retainer coupled to the outer cap, a biasing member, and a time-delay member between the inner cap and the outer cap that resists essentially axial movement between the inner cap and the outer cap when the outer cap has been rotated to align a guide member with an essentially axial section of a guide track, thereby causing a time-delay between when the guide member is aligned with the essentially axial section and when chemicals are dispensed from the aerosol container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating an optical lens coated onto at least one of the main surfaces thereof with an outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating, and for making it capable of undergoing an edging process, comprising a step of treating the peripheral area of said coated main surface which results in the removal of the hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating and/or in the modification of said coating that lowers the hydrophobic character thereof, and a step of depositing a temporary polymeric coating onto said main surface of the lens so as to cover at least partially the hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating and the peripheral area treated during the previous step, in order to provide an optical lens having onto at least one of the main surfaces thereof an outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating and, in direct contact with said hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating, a temporary polymeric coating adhering to the surface of the coated lens.

Abstract: A package (52) is provided for containing and dispensing a fluent product. The package (52) defines a longitudinal axis (23), and includes a fitment body (18), and a collapsible pouch (12) for containing a fluent product to be dispensed, the pouch (12) defined by at least two opposing, flexible, web portions (24), and gusset portion (42). The fitment body (18) extends from a dispensing end (33) of the pouch (12) with the fitment body (18) being sandwiched between the flexible web portions (24), and the flexible web portions (24) being welded to each other and to the fitment body (18) at an end seal (32). An improved, robust corner seal construction (54) is provided where each of the flexible web portions (24) is joined to the gusset portion (42).

Abstract: A washer nozzle (1) includes a nozzle body (2), a nozzle tip (11) which is mounted within the nozzle body (2), and a nozzle holder (15) having a head portion (9) for storing the nozzle body (2) and also has a supply portion (10) for supplying a cleaning liquid. The nozzle body (2) has a partitioning plate (4) configured to partition the spray orifice into two-tiered parts, and also has a guide portion (3) for guiding liquid spray. The nozzle body (2) of the washer nozzle (1) is configured so that the relative angle between upper liquid spray and lower liquid spray can be changed by making the length (a) of a guide region variable, the guide region extending in the direction of the center axis (c) of the nozzle body from the front end surface of the partition plate to the front end surface of the guide portion (3).