Abstract: A portable liquid dispensing device which includes a liquid cartridge containing a prefilled desired liquid supported within the dispensing device. A dispensing mechanism is positioned within the device for engagement with the liquid cartridge for dispensing a desired amount of liquid from the liquid cartridge to an outlet exiting the device. An actuator button is also provided for actuating the dispensing mechanism and dispensing the desired amount of liquid through the outlet of the dispensing device. The dispensing mechanism includes a central shaft with a first end engaged with the actuator button, a second end is positioned adjacent the outlet, and a plunger assembly is supported on the central shaft intermediate the first and second ends for substantially sealed engagement with an internal surface of the liquid cartridge and central shaft to move the plunger assembly and liquid toward the outlet upon actuation of the actuator button.

Abstract: A bag-in-keg container for a carbonated beverage has a container body C, a flexible bag B within the container body, and a valve closure V attached to the container body. The valve closure includes a gas inlet port (11), a liquid dispensing port (12), and spring-loaded valve member (6) to sealably close the gas inlet and liquid dispensing ports. An adapter (20) sealingly attached to the flexible bag B incorporates a bag PRV (26) to vent gas pressure from within the flexible bag. A container PRV (40) vents gas pressure from between the container body C and the flexible bag B. The bag PRV has a valve shuttle with one side exposed to gas pressure within the flexible bag B and an opposite side exposed to gas pressure within a sealed plenum chamber (37). The bag PRV therefore operates at a fixed pressure independent of the differential pressure between the bag and the outer container.

Abstract: A mouthwash dispensing system including: a bottle with a threaded neck (150) defining an opening (140) and configured to hold a liquid; a dispenser (340) including a receiving orifice (380) and a receiving protrusion (390); and a spring-actuated adapter, including: an adapter orifice (250); a valve stem (220, 260) including a spring (270) and a seal (280), wherein the spring (270) is configured to bias the seal (280) to move the spring-actuated adapter to a closed position; a threaded adapter (230) configured to couple the spring-actuated adapter to the threaded neck (150); and a friction-fit adapter configured to couple the spring-actuated adapter to the dispenser (340); wherein, when the spring-actuated adapter is coupled to the dispenser (340), the receiving protrusion (390) moves the spring-actuated adapter to an open position to allow the liquid to flow from the bottle through the adapter orifice (250) and into the dispenser (340).

Abstract: A beer dispensing faucet is configured to be attached to a shank connector. The shank connector has a connecting member and an internal passageway having an outlet opening positioned within the connecting member. The dispensing faucet has a housing defining a central conduit having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The housing defines a valve seat in the central conduit and further has an aperture in communication with the central conduit. The inlet opening is dimensioned to correspond in size to the outlet opening of the internal passageway and further configured to be positioned in confronting relation to the outlet opening of the internal passageway. The housing has a connecting member configured to cooperate and connect to the connecting member of the shank connector. A valve stem is positioned in the aperture. The valve stem has a first position wherein the valve stem is engaged with valve seat to define a closed faucet position.

Abstract: A multi-composition product dispenser capable of concurrently dispensing at least a first and second composition is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a springless pump (100) mounted on a container and used for pumping a product contained in the container. The springless pump (100) may include a movable part having at least a pressing head (110) and/or a piston rod (150) and a stationary part having at least a threaded sleeve (120). Further, the springless pump (100) may have a restoring mechanism, including a transmission component (130), the transmission component (130) being connected to the movable part and a bearing component (140), the bearing component (140) being formed on or fixedly connected to the stationary part, and the transmission component (130) being rigid and being supported on the bearing component (140). The springless pump (100) allows a user to easily restore same.

Abstract: The collapsible tubing caulking gun comprises a handle, a trigger, a squeegee, a tube grip, and a nozzle support. The collapsible tubing caulking gun may dispense caulk from a collapsible tube. Activation of the trigger may force the collapsible tube rearwards through the squeegee resulting in the caulk being forced out of the collapsible tube via a nozzle. The collapsible tube may be retained between the tube grip which retains a sealed end of the collapsible tube and the nozzle support which retains the nozzle of the collapsible tube.

Abstract: In a dispenser for dispensing at least two liquid or pasty substances from receptacles to a dispenser head, constant delivery pumps are connected therebetween to compensate for viscosity variations and keep a given mixing ratio constant.

Abstract: An aerosol spray can has a can body, a valve assembly, a dip-tube assembly and a rigid tube. The valve assembly is mounted on the can body. The dip-tube assembly is connected to the valve assembly and has a head end channel-linked to the valve assembly. The dip-tube assembly has a flexible tube and a weight piece. The two ends of the flexible tube are connected to the valve assembly and the weight piece respectively. The rigid tube is sleeved around the flexible tube to constrain excessive bending of the flexible tube. The flexible tube protrudes from the rigid tube. The weight of the weight piece drives the tail end freely toward the ground. Therefore, the tail end stays submerged under a liquid product when less than a half of the liquid product is left inside the can body even when the can body is tilted or horizontal.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly for an appliance includes a dispenser and a mounting panel positioned below the dispenser, the mounting panel defining a sliding pocket and a locking indentation. A tray assembly is slidably mounted to the mounting panel within the sliding pocket and includes a drip tray defining a locking flange for receipt within the sliding pocket and a plunger mechanism movably mounted to the drip tray for moving a locking pin between an engaged position where the vertical position of the drip tray is locked and a disengaged position where the drip tray is movable along the vertical direction.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser that includes low cost electronic components that can read and write to the tag of a refill cartridge. In one embodiment, the reader utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. In another embodiment, the controller utilizes an internal comparator to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. The dispenser in both embodiments also includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag of the refill cartridge. A dispenser according to the invention also includes the capability to read and/or write to tags upon cartridges employed by the dispenser, and augmenting the operation of the dispenser as a function thereof.

Abstract: A molding head includes: an outer casing unit that has a top wall portion which is installed above a discharge hole and in which a plurality of shaping holes are formed, and that causes a molding surface of the top wall portion to discharge the content which has passed through the shaping holes; and an inner plate that is disposed inside the outer casing unit and defines a dispersion chamber between the inner plate and a supply surface of the top wall portion, in which a guide protrusion portion with which the content collides to be introduced to openings of the shaping holes on the molding surface side is formed on at least one of inner surfaces of the plurality of shaping holes, or in at least one of circumferential opening edge portions of the plurality of shaping holes on the supply surface side.

Abstract: The present invention is a device for dispensing a mixture of a first fluid and a second fluid, suited to be applied to a container holding said fluids. The device comprises a mixing chamber for these fluids, a suction tube suited to draw the second fluid in order to convey it into the mixing chamber and a tank-chamber arranged between the suction tube and the mixing chamber. The device also deviates a quantity of the first fluid coming from the suction tube towards the tank-chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flowable edible product dispensing apparatus, including: a programmable controller; a touchscreen interface including an indicator of at least one edible item for selection, the operator interface in communication with the programmable controller, being wirelessly connected to the internet, and being operable to associate the at least one edible item with the least one flowable edible and/or inedible product; and the dispensing system dispenses an amount of the at least one flowable edible and/or inedible product associated with the selected edible item when the at least one edible and/or inedible item is selected.

Abstract: A dispensing system may be provided. The dispensing system may comprise a control architecture internal to the dispensing system. The dispensing system may further comprise an internal portion internal to the dispensing system. The internal portion may be configured to provide an internal ingredient under the control of the control architecture. An external portion may be external to the dispensing system. The external portion may be configured to provide an external ingredient to the dispensing system. The external portion may be under the control of the control architecture.

Abstract: This invention discloses a fluid discharge system and the squeezer thereof. The squeezer includes a pair of rolling shafts, a driving device, and a mounting bracket, wherein the pair of rolling shafts is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket. Each rolling shaft has a mounting part at each of both ends and a squeezing segment located between the mounting parts. A pair of rolling shafts can operatively clamp an object to be clamped between the squeezing segments and can rotate oppositely through a driving device to apply a squeezing force to the object clamped. The squeezing segment includes a supporting shaft and an elastic body provided around the supporting shaft. The squeezer also has a protective device for protecting the elastic body at the end of the squeezing segment. The discharge system provided by this invention is a zero-residue discharge system needing not to hanging the liner bag, and has a simple structure, a good manufacturing process, simple operation, and cost savings.

Abstract: A device and method for dispensing a flowable medium has a housing with an interior space and a rod mounted in the housing that is movable between a first end position and a second end position and passes through a diaphragm mounted in a sealed manner in the housing radially on the outside and in the rod radially on the inside. The diaphragm divides the interior space into a first cavity and a second cavity separated from the first cavity in a fluid tight manner. The flowable medium can flow through at least one channel that opens into the first cavity, and is dispensed through a dispensing opening. A sealing section of the rod closes the dispensing opening in the first end position and is at a distance from the dispensing opening in the second end position. A pressure medium acts on the diaphragm in the second cavity.

Abstract: A cock (10) that receives and discharges the carbonated water from a nozzle (70) includes: a first flow path (4S); and a second flow path (46). A flow path transverse Closs-section has an annular shape. The second flow path has an outer diameter larger than that of the first flow path and having a flow path cross-sectional area smaller than that of the first flow path; and a shaft (50) which forms the inner circumferential surface of the second flow path. the shaft having a ring-shaped groove (52) formed over the outer circumference of the shaft in a part of the second flow path that is connected to the first flow path, wherein a longitudinal center axis line (C1) of the first flow path is nonparallel to and does not intersect with a longitudinal center axis line (C2) of the second flow path.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for defining a PWM drive signal having a defined voltage potential. The PWM drive signal has a plurality of “on” portions and a plurality of “off” portions that define a first duty cycle for regulating, at least in part, a flow rate of a pump assembly. At least a portion of the “on” portions of the PWM drive signal are pulse width modulated to define a second duty cycle for the at least a portion of the “on” portions of the PWM drive signal. The second duty cycle regulates, at least in part, the percentage of the defined voltage potential applied to the pump assembly.

Abstract: A liquid pouring member capable of effectively preventing the liquid from spouting upon opening. An inner plug includes a nozzle, a base to be engaged with an opening of a container, and a hollow cylindrical skirt. The nozzle includes a nozzle upper part extending from an upper surface of the base and a nozzle lower part extending from a lower surface of the base. The nozzle upper part includes an outlet port, and the nozzle lower part includes an inlet port. An inner passage is formed from the inlet port to the outlet port while penetrating therethrough. The nozzle lower part is formed in a radial inner side of the hollow cylindrical skirt, and includes an end portion with an inclined surface. The inlet port is formed in the inclined surface.