Abstract: The disclosure relates to a capsule filling machine for filling two-part capsules each having an upper capsule portion and a lower capsule portion. The capsule filling machine includes a main drive unit for operating the capsule filling machine and at least one capsule segment for conveying the capsules. The capsule segment includes a lower segment portion for receiving the lower capsule portion and an upper segment portion for receiving the upper capsule portion. The lower segment portion and the upper segment portion are constructed to be able to be moved relative to each other. The capsule segment is operatively connected to the main drive unit in such a manner that the relative movement of the lower segment portion and upper segment portion with respect to each other is effected by the main drive unit.

Abstract: An automatic touchless dispenser capable of providing one or more crispy and fresh food products to customers independent of the type of food product or container.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rain-guard device for a nozzle that can prevent the cargo being loaded aboard from getting wet with rainwater. A nozzle rain-guard device 30 has a nozzle cover 31, which covers an outer periphery of a nozzle 8 of a shiploader 1, and a chute cover, which is provided in a lower end part of the nozzle 8, and covers a chute 22 provided on a hatch opening 13 from above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure storage device (10) for storing a medium (M) under pressure, comprising: at least a first pressure vessel (B1) having a first valve device (V1), and a second pressure vessel (B2) having a second valve device (V2); at least one feed line (Z) and/or one discharge line (A), which is connected to the first valve device (V1) and to the second valve device (V2); a control device (SE), which is connected to the first valve device (V1) and to the second valve device (V2) to open and/or close same and is configured to control filling and/or emptying of the first pressure vessel (B1) and of the second pressure vessel (B2) with and/or of the medium such that the pressure in the first pressure vessel (B1) and in the second pressure vessel (B2) is at or below a predefined pressure level.

Abstract: A liquid supplying system includes a tank, a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, a sleeve portion, and a liquid bottle. The first and second tubular portions have inner ends positioned inside a storage chamber of the tank, and outer ends positioned outside of the storage chamber. The first and second tubular portions are positioned inside the sleeve portion. The sleeve portion includes a first screw portion and a first engagement portion. The liquid bottle includes an outer sleeve connectable to the sleeve portion. The sleeve portion includes a second screw portion threadingly engageable with the first screw portion, and a second engagement portion engageable with the first engagement portion. The first engagement portion can guide the second engagement portion to move in a direction parallel to a center axis of the sleeve portion during connection of the outer sleeve to the sleeve portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for transporting fuel and carbon dioxide (CO2) in a dual-fluid vessel thereby minimizing transportation between locations are disclosed. In an embodiment, the dual-fluid vessel has an outer shell with two or more inner compartments, positioned within the outer shell, including a first inner compartment for storing CO2 and a second inner compartment for storing fuel. The dual-fluid vessel may connect or attach to a transportation vehicle to thereby allow transportation of the fuel and CO2. Insulation may provide temperature regulation for the fuel and CO2 when positioned in the respective first and second inner compartments. One or more ports having an opening in and through the outer shell and a fluid pathway to one or more of the first inner compartment or the second inner compartment may provide fluid communication through the opening and fluid pathway for loading/offloading the fuel and/or CO2.

Abstract: Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods to allow a user to off-load exhaust captured in an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device and to allow for a delivery vehicle or other transportation mechanism to obtain and transport the exhaust. The systems and methods may involve one or more exhaust pumps, each with an exhaust nozzle corresponding to a vehicle exhaust port. Upon engagement with the vehicle exhaust port, the exhaust nozzle may create an air-tight seal between the exhaust nozzle and the vehicle exhaust port. A first pipe may be configured to transport captured exhaust therethrough from the exhaust nozzle to. The captured exhaust may be at least temporarily stored in an exhaust holding tank connected to and in fluid communication with the first pipe.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a Hair Pigment Dispensing (“HPD”) device that may be connected to the internet and intended for professional hairstylists to prepare their hair color formulations. Hair dying is a process that can take several hours and requires precise measurements, high attention to detail, and informed decision making. Not to mention, hair dying requires a large inventory of products to be readily available to the hairstylist. The present invention aims to decrease errors in product measurement, inventory size, and time spent mixing hair color ingredients to improve the overall experience for both the hairstylist and the client. Furthermore, the present invention provides the advantage of storing data from various client mixtures either locally or within a cloud server so that a customer can receive uniform coloring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a loading head arrangement (1, 5, 15), including a telescopic loading head (5) for loading pourable bulk materials (6) onto railway cars (20), wherein the loading head (5) sealingly rests on a filling opening (11) arranged at the railway car (20) by way of at least one seal (25, 26), and wherein the seal (25, 26) is designed as a double seal and has a first upper sealing ring (25), which rests on a horizontal flange (11a) of the filling opening (11), and a second lower sealing ring (26), which sealingly conforms to a vertical flange (11b) of the filling opening (11).

Abstract: A method for filling a batch of gas bottles with a gas mixture, wherein the gas mixture may have of a single constituent in a matrix or a plurality of constituents in a matrix, which matrix has of one or more base gases, in which a real-time analysis of all the constituents of the gas mixture is carried out at the exit of a mixing chamber and before it enters a compression stage.

Abstract: A capless closure is provided for a tank filler pipe. The capless closure permits a fuel pump nozzle to be inserted into the tank filler pipe without first removing a fuel cap from the outer end of the tank filler pipe.

Abstract: A hydrogen gas filling device includes a reception circuit, a difference calculation circuit, a filling speed calculation circuit, an accumulator, and a filing machine. The reception circuit is configured to receive, from a vehicle equipped with a tank to be filled with hydrogen gas and powered by the hydrogen gas, a value of a parameter of the vehicle. The difference calculation circuit is configured to calculate a difference between a predetermined value and the value of the parameter received from the vehicle. The filling speed calculation circuit is configured to calculate a filling speed of the hydrogen gas depending on the difference. The accumulator is configured to accumulate hydrogen gas. The filling machine is configured to fill the tank with the hydrogen gas from the accumulator at the calculated filling speed. A hydrogen gas filling method includes the operations noted above.

Abstract: Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods to allow a user to off-load exhaust captured in an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device and to allow for a delivery vehicle or other transportation mechanism to obtain and transport the exhaust. The systems and methods may involve one or more exhaust pumps, each with a multi-function nozzle assembly including an exhaust nozzle corresponding to a vehicle exhaust port and a fuel nozzle for supplying fuel to a vehicle fuel tank. Upon engagement with the vehicle exhaust port, the exhaust nozzle may create an air-tight seal between the exhaust nozzle and the vehicle exhaust port. An exhaust conduit may be configured to transport captured exhaust therethrough from the exhaust nozzle to an exhaust holding tank connected to and in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit.

Abstract: An arrangement with a container (3) having a container opening via which a storage medium (3) can be supplied to or removed from the container (3). The container opening can be sealed with a closure means and secured with a tamper-evident safeguard (9). The tamper-evident safeguard (9) has a safeguard body (10) with a lower part (13), and an upper part (12) that is displaceably mounted on the lower part (13), and a security seal (11). The latter is mounted on the safeguard body (10) fastened to the immersion pipe (4). When the tamper-evident safeguard (9) is released, there is relative movement between the upper part (12) and the lower part (13), by which a segment of the security seal (11) is separated and is guided into a receiving chamber (21) of the lower part (13).

Abstract: A container-handling apparatus, in particular a filling machine for filling cans or similar containers with liquid contents, has a first transporter for a container infeed, a downstream rotor with a plurality of handling positions for handling the containers, and a second transporter downstream of the rotor and forming a container outfeed. The second transporter is a chain conveyor with at least one guide finger having first and second guide portion, which receives the as yet unsealed containers and guides them by the first guide portion initially along a first, at least partially curved transport path portion, continuously in contact with a guide rail, before the second guide portion of the guide finger then conveys the container on a straight, second transport path portion along the container treatment path.

Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.

Abstract: A refrigerator may be provided with a dispenser which includes a nozzle pipe; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light from one end of the nozzle pipe to an inner space of the nozzle pipe, a window that is provided between the one end of the nozzle pipe and the light source, and a liquid supplying hose barb connected to the nozzle pipe via an elbow. Liquid exiting the elbow swirls as ultraviolet light is irradiated onto the liquid.

Abstract: Concepts presented herein relate to containment methods, systems and apparatus to assist in preventing oil and waste spillage during loading and unloading of fluid to and from a container assembly. The container assembly includes a container and a lid coupled with the container. A fluid delivery component is coupled to an interior of the lid and is positioned to direct fluid into the container.

Abstract: Fluid product dispenser (D) having a reservoir (R) defining a bottom (R1) and an opening (R2), and a dispensing head (T) integrating a dispensing member (P) defining a vent path through which outside air can penetrate into the reservoir (R). The dispensing member (P) has a dip tube (TP) that extends into the reservoir (R), the dip tube (TP) having an inlet (Ti) close to the bottom (R1) of the reservoir (R). The inlet (Ti) of the dip tube (TP) is provided with a shut-off valve (V) having a movable member (V6) and a seat (V5), the movable member (V6) is urged into sealed contact with the seat (V5) by the fluid product when the dispenser (D) is upside down, while the movable member (V6) is urged away from the seat (V5) by the fluid product when the dispenser (D) is upright.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a substrate storage apparatus including a storage unit and an exhaust unit. The storage unit includes a plurality of plates. The exhaust unit includes an exhaust passage and a wall portion. The exhaust passage communicates with an exhaust port. The wall portion intervenes between the storage unit and the exhaust passage. The wall portion includes a plurality of slit holes. The plurality of plates protrude inward from a cabinet in the storage unit. Plates among the plurality of plates are capable of mounting a substrate. The plurality of plates are arrayed in a vertical direction. The plurality of slit holes are arrayed in the vertical direction to correspond to the plurality of plates. Each of the plurality of slit holes extends in a horizontal direction and penetrates the wall portion.