Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a dispensing assembly for dispensing articles, such as disposable gloves, and methods of manufacturing same. The dispensing assembly includes a container having a plurality of exterior panels. The exterior panels define an internal chamber and an dispenser opening on the container. The dispensing assembly also includes an article dispensing component housed within the internal chamber. The article dispensing component includes a first panel and a second panel configured together to form an article storage area. The article storage area is configured to receive a plurality of articles. In addition, the first panel is stationary and the second panel is biased towards the first panel via one or more flexible members. Further, the first and second panels include one or more aligned recesses configured to receive the one or more flexible members.

Abstract: Provided herein is a printing apparatus including a printhead movable between a first position and a second position. The printhead includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate define at least a first burn line and a second burn line, respectively, of heating elements disposed adjacent to a first edge and a second edge, respectively of the printhead. A printhead bracket receives the printhead in one of the first position or the second position. In the first position, the heating elements of the first burn line perform a printing operation and the printhead bracket is configured to preclude operation of the heating elements of the second burn line. In the second position, the heating elements of the second burn line perform a printing operation, and the printhead bracket is configured to preclude operation of the heating elements of the first burn line.

Abstract: The present invention provides an unmanned watercraft capable of sufficiently cooling equipment that generates a large amount of heat, capable of cooling such equipment without using energy in the watercraft, and capable of improving mean time between failures (MTBF) of a cooling device. An unmanned watercraft 1 has a cooling structure CS for cooling a central processing unit CPU1 for image recognition and a central processing unit CPU2 for control that constitute a central processing unit CPU as a heat-generating body. The cooling structure CS includes a waterproof container 7 that accommodates the heat-generating body (an insulating envelope that surrounds the heat-generating body in an electrically insulated state). The waterproof container 7 is arranged outside a submerged part 3 of the unmanned watercraft 1 so as to be in contact with water present outside the unmanned watercraft 1, the submerged part 3 being submerged in water.

Abstract: A system includes a verifier that is operationally integrated with a printer so as to configure one or more elements of the verifier to have a handshake arrangement with one or more elements of the printer when verifying a print quality of a barcode image during printing of the barcode image by the printer. The handshake arrangement can include various unidirectional and/or bidirectional communication signals that are propagated between the verifier and the printer so as to optimize various operational factors such as paper print speed, barcode image verification speed, and barcode verification result intimation. Barcode result intimation can include features such as providing a paper printout indicative of an unacceptable barcode image quality and/or providing a status message upon a display.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to managing resource utilization in cloud service infrastructure. A device can monitor the cloud service. The cloud service can be configured with an automatic scaling function based on a threshold. The device can determine, based on the monitoring, that a utilization value of the cloud service during a time interval exceeds the threshold. The device can generate, using a policy based on the utilization value and the threshold, an instruction to disable the automatic scaling function of the cloud service by the one or more servers. The device can transmit the instruction to the one or more servers via a second cloud application programming interface. The device can generate, responsive to the policy, a service ticket data structure with an indication of the utilization value and the time interval. The device can provide the service ticket data structure to an electronic board.

Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle includes an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle includes a suspended body, a plurality of elongated legs configured to enable the autonomous vehicle to maneuver around obstacles in a parking structure and to enable the suspended body to be suspended over the electric vehicle, a charging system configured to charge the electric vehicle, and a plurality of sensors acquiring data regarding an environment around the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle includes programming to utilize the data regarding the environment around the autonomous vehicle to automatically move to the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A system for managing heat in a mobile charger configured to provide power to an electric vehicle includes the mobile charger. The mobile charger includes a fuel cell stack, a heat reservoir, and a liquid coolant system including one or more liquid coolant loops configured to transfer heat between the fuel cell stack and the heat reservoir. The mobile charger further includes a computerized processor which is programmed to selectively control the liquid coolant system in one of a plurality of a thermal management modes configured to selectively remove heat from the fuel cell stack and provide heat to the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: A movable system includes a movable platform that includes a motorized drive to cause the movable platform to move in position, and a compartment located in an interior part of the movable platform; and an LIDAR system mounted to the movable platform including a probe fiber laser module located on the movable platform and producing pulsed probe laser light and scan the pulsed probe laser light out for optically sensing presence of one or more objects in the surrounding area based on detection of reflected probe laser light from the one or more objects. The probe fiber laser module includes a base laser module located inside the enclosure of the compartment and remote laser modules distributed at the platform instrument holding portions to scan the pulsed probe laser light out for optically sensing presence of one or more objects in the surrounding area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of e-cigarettes, and provides an atomizer and an e-cigarette that is obtained by connecting the atomizer to an electronic battery rod. The atomizer includes an electrode component and a heating component. An air passage for discharging an aerosol and a holding base for holding the heating component are disposed inside the liquid storage apparatus. An accommodating part is disposed in the holding base, and the heating component is fixedly accommodated inside the accommodating part. According to the present invention, the accommodating part is disposed in the holding base, and the heating component is disposed inside the accommodating part, so that the heating component does not fall off or leak e-liquid due to vibration, high temperature, and inclination.

Abstract: A balance bike conversion system may include first and second protective inserts, each having an interface adapted to engage opposite ends of a bicycle bottom bracket. A connector may be adapted to connect the first and second protective inserts, and may be adapted to adjust the distance between the inserts, thereby accommodating variability in the width of the bottom bracket. The system may further include adapters to enable the system to be used with bicycles having bottom brackets with different diameters, and may use an elastomeric gasket to accommodate larger bottom brackets. The protective inserts and/or adapters may provide mechanical support to the bottom bracket, thereby protecting it from damage.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a forming and transporting apparatus for conveying rod-like articles and for forming groups of the rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, comprising transport units, whereas a transport unit comprises a transport carriage adapted to move along a path, and a transport tray provided with a number of transport grooves adapted to hold the rod-like articles, whereas the tray is fastened to the transport carriage, whereas the transport tray is divided into two transport sections which are adapted to change the reciprocal position between an open configuration in which the transport grooves are situated substantially in one plane and a closed configuration in which the transport grooves are situated in two planes being substantially parallel to each other.

Abstract: A beverage communication network having a brewer, stands, and servers atop the stands, in which the brewer and the stands communicate in accordance with a suitable wired or wireless communication protocol, such as Bluetooth® Low Energy. The brewer can monitor the status of the servers, including the freshness and temperature of the beverage contained within the servers, the equipment status of the servers, and communication signal quality in the network. The status of the servers can be displayed to an on-site user through a tablet computer coupled to the brewer or to a remote user through a computer connected to the Internet.

Abstract: A system and method for treating water containing at least one contaminant. The system and method include a water treatment module such as a reverse osmosis unit. An electrochemical contaminant detection system is positioned in the waste water stream of the water treatment module. The contaminant detection system includes a contaminant sensor and a water quality sensor module. The contaminant sensor measures the concentration of the contaminant in the waste water stream and the water quality sensor module measures one or more water quality parameters of the waste water stream. A processor uses an algorithm to determine the concentration of the contaminant in the feed water based on the measurements of the contaminant sensor and water quality sensor module.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a water purifier and a water production method thereof, relating to the technical field of water processing, the water purifier comprising: a reverse osmosis membrane device comprising a raw water port, a purified water port and a waste water port; a water storage device which is provided therein with a first chamber of which a volume can be adjusted, the first chamber being communicated with the raw water port and the purified water port, respectively; in the cleaning mode, the first chamber is disconnected from the purified water port, the first chamber is communicated with the raw water port, and the purified water flows into the first chamber from the raw water port of the reverse osmosis membrane device and is discharged from the waste water port of the reverse osmosis membrane device; in the water production mode, and the first chamber is communicated with the purified water port, the first chamber is disconnected from the raw water port.

Abstract: A foaming unit for producing foam from a mixture of gas and liquid. The foaming unit comprising a housing, a slide, a foaming element, an inlet for the mixture of gas and liquid and an outlet, the slide and the housing being movable relative to each other, the foaming element being arranged hydraulically between the inlet and the outlet, wherein an active volume of the foaming element can be adjusted by changing the relative position of a control edge and an end face of the foaming element.

Abstract: A fluid manifold is capable of channeling and monitoring fluid flow within a fluid distribution system. The manifold includes one or more input lumens. Each input lumen associated with a respective inlet port. The manifold also includes a plurality of output lumens such that each output lumen is associated with a respective outlet port and at least one input lumen is coupled to two or more output lumens. The manifold also includes one or more flow sensors capable of measuring fluid flow parameters of fluid flowing through at least one of the one or more input lumens and the plurality of output lumens. In some implementations, a flow sensor can be mounted to each output lumen of the manifold.

Abstract: A sterilization wrap system with features for protecting a sterilization wrap and/or a sterilization tray of the sterilization wrap system is provided. Such features include strap or belt protectors, edge protectors, corner protectors, and/or expandable protectors, which each may provide protection of one or more areas of the sterilization wrap and/or tray when positioned against an outer surface of the wrap and/or between an inner surface of the wrap and a container for holding implements to be sterilized. A size-selectable protection system also is provided. The size-selectable protection system provides a material having a plurality of perforations such that a length of the material may be selected and detached from the rest of the material. The selected length of material may be used with a sterilization wrap system to protect a sterilization wrap and/or sterilization tray from cuts, tears, or the like.