Abstract: An application container includes a cylindrical filling unit and a cover. The cover has a female screw formed at one end of the cover in the axial direction. The application container includes a main body that has an application tool that is configured to be inserted into the filling unit, and a male screw that is configured to be screwed into the female screw. Additionally, the application container includes a soft material wiper that is fixed to the opening of the filling unit. The wiper has a first protruding portion which protrudes outward from the opening in a radial direction of the filling unit to contact an inner surface of the cover. The first protruding portion is interposed in the axial direction between a wall portion disposed on the inner surface of the cover and the end of the filling unit which includes the opening.

Abstract: A build plate system includes a body defining at least one cavity. An insert is sized and shaped to fit within the at least one cavity such that the at least one cavity orients the insert for forming at least a portion of a screw shaft thereon by a manufacturing method using an additive manufacturing apparatus. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A caulk smoothing device is provided for wetting and smoothing caulk after application. The caulk smoothing device comprises a body, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The body has an outer surface with a first portion having a tapered end suitable for contacting and smoothing caulk. The tapered end may include a smoothing tip designed to match the surface to which the caulk is applied. The body defines a chamber configured to be a reservoir to hold fluid. An inlet port is defined by the body which allows fluid to be introduced into the reservoir. The body further defines an outlet port in fluid flow communication between the reservoir and the first portion of the outer surface of the body.

Abstract: A severing device for mechanically severing metal-containing 3D objects from a base plate of a 3D printing apparatus is provided. The severing device has at least one first machining unit firmly connectable to the 3D printing apparatus with at least one machining tool which has a working zone which encompasses at least part of an area of the base plate.

Abstract: A housing element for a writing instrument includes a hollow, sleeve-shaped, elongated base body having an opening for receiving the writing instrument or a pencil lead of the writing instrument at a first longitudinal end. The base body has a second longitudinal end, which is opposite the first longitudinal end, and has a retaining recess that is formed with a polygonal cross section for directly or indirectly retaining a bit in a rotationally fixed manner. A writing instrument including the housing element is also provided.

Abstract: A manual device extends in an axial direction and includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. First and second heads are each axially movable between a use position and a stowed position. The first head is in the stowed position when the second head is in the use position, whereas the second head is in the stowed position when the first head is in the use position. The first head and the second head both are carried by a single carriage movable in the axial direction and arranged inside a barrel. A groove forming a cam track is formed by a first shoulder of the first housing portion and by a second shoulder of the barrel. A lug of the carriage cooperates with the groove.

Abstract: An electronic door opening system for an appliance is provided. The door opening system includes a resilient member having a pin that moves in a linear direction to urge an appliance door open. The door opening system further includes a toothed gear member configured to engage with the resilient member. The gear member may be driven by a motor to move the resilient member to urge the door from a closed position to an open position. Accordingly, upon receipt of a door opening command received from a user interface, the motor drives the gear to engage with the resilient member and open the door. The door opening mechanism includes components that are free from contact with other systems of the appliance. For example, in a microwave oven, the door opening system components may be free from contact with a door latch and an interlock switch system.

Abstract: A personal care instrument, such as a toothbrush or shave brush, has a single dose capsule of dentrifice or shaving substance that is opened and dispensed. The capsule is loaded into a chamber in a hollow of the instrument. An advancing device advances the capsule into the head of the instrument. A barrier facilitates opening of the capsule. Continued advancement collapses the capsule forcing the contents to be released through an opening in the head to the brush elements so as to dispense the single dose. The instrument also may contain a storage compartment for storing multiple capsules.

Abstract: A dispensing applicator includes a container configured to contain a fluid, the container including an inlet end having an opening and an outlet end, the container containing a predetermined volume of fluid; an attachment member received within and secured to the container, the attachment member including a length portion including a frangible section, the frangible section including a tongue element; an end face member secured within the opening of the inlet end, the end face member defining an opening; a sealing member that fluidically seals the opening of the end face member; and a fracture anvil having an interior interference geometry configured to slidaby receive the tongue element during an assembly and wherein a rotational movement of the fracture anvil relative to the tongue element causing the interior geometry to interfere with said tongue element such that fluid is released from the container while said tongue element remains attached to the frangible section.

Abstract: A heater control system having an electric heating elements powered from a three-phase alternating current source through a solid state relays connected to the controller and provided with the safety switch assembly is characterized in that each of the heating elements (G) is connected with a separate proportional control solid state relay (K1, K2 K3) and all the proportional control solid state relays (K1, K2, K3) are connected to the controller (S) through the control signal follower (W).

Abstract: A child resistant lip product material dispenser comprises a body having a first opening at a first end and external threads disposed on an external surface of the body proximate the first end. A rotary module has first internal threads configured to engage with the external threads, and a lid is disposed on the rotary module. A lip product material is at least partially disposed within the body. The rotary module further comprises a first plurality of spaced teeth arranged in a circular pattern on a surface of the rotary module facing the lid, and the lid comprises a second plurality of spaced teeth arranged in a circular pattern on a surface of the lid facing the rotary module, wherein the first and second pluralities of spaced teeth are configured to mesh together.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container that stores a cosmetic composition, an applicator head having a linear or non-linear shape with a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of holes along or around the circumference of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container. Further, the cosmetic applicator includes a plurality of slits along or around the circumference of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container.

Abstract: A personal care implement with a fluid dispensing system includes a fluid applicator, a fluid dispensing assembly including main and overflow reservoirs, and a capillary member in fluid communication with the reservoirs and the applicator for dispensing personal care fluid stored in the reservoirs via capillary action. An air venting system in one arrangement allows ambient air to be drawn into the main reservoir through the overflow reservoir for alleviating vacuum formed in the main reservoir by the capillary action fluid dispensing process. The venting system may include an external vent to atmosphere from the overflow reservoir and an internal vent between the reservoirs. In the event air trapped within the main reservoir expands due to changes in altitude or temperature, fluid in the main reservoir is expelled into the overflow reservoir via the internal vent. In one implementation, the personal care implement may be an oral care implement.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprises a handle section and a brush head. The handle section further comprises a channel having at least one outlet opening which is fluidly coupled to a toothpaste supply, wherein the toothpaste is conveyed from the toothpaste supply via the channel to the at least one outlet opening via a suction process carried out with a mouth of an user.

Abstract: A low profile medicament container and dispenser is provided for dispensing medicaments such as lip balm to the lips or skin of a user. The cross-section of the body portion of the container has a major axis and a minor axis and the minor axis dimension is 50% or less of the major axis dimension. The container supports medicament from breakage during dispensing with sidewalls configured to have a soft lip engagement surface to reduce the distance medicament must be advanced beyond the container. The lip engagement surface may be formed from a lower durometer material than the body of the container. The medicament may be advanced with a thumb actuated slide mechanism or rotatable lead screw arrangement with a shaped knob to maintain the low profile shape of the container.

Abstract: A composite heater may include a base additively manufactured from a first matrix material, and a heating element additively manufactured adjacent the base from a second matrix material and an electrically and thermally conductive fiber that is at least partially encased in the second matrix material. The composite heater may also include a control mechanism configured to selectively complete a circuit between a power supply and the electrically and thermally conductive fiber.

Abstract: An electric tooth brush is equipped is equipped with a water or other fluid dispensing jet function. The fluid is contained in a replaceable capsule inserted into the body of the tooth brush. The capsule contains antibacterial cleaning solution. The bristles are replaceable to enable the product of the invention to be long lasting. It has advantages over the standard electric toothbrush because of the water jet aspect, which gives a more thorough clean and eliminates the need for separate flossing by providing a flossing effect.

Abstract: A self-inking cosmetic applicator pen eyeliner stamp pen. Applicator pen may feature a geometrically shaped stamp pad at a first end and a pen tip at another end. The stamp pad and pen tip are configured to be self-inking with via a reservoir carried within a body of the cosmetic applicator pen. The stamp pads may be formed as a uniform, or complimentary symmetrical shapes to apply a cosmetic material to the skin around a user's eyes. The present invention contemplates a left and a right pen having a stamp pad corresponding to a desired application to a user's left and right eyes. Alternatively, an applicator pen may include an applicator stamp at opposed ends thereof, corresponding to a left side stamp and a right side stamp.

Abstract: A handheld implement having a shaft with two shaft parts which are releasably connectable together via a plug-in coupling, with a coupling unit at each front end of the shaft parts. Each coupling unit has a slide held in a guide hole open on a face side in the associated shaft part and protrudes beyond the guide hole with a slide portion, the free end of which is formed as a latching fork that has a latching opening. The slide portion bears a latching protrusion behind the latching fork in the sliding direction. The coupling unit has a guide sleeve that encloses the slide and is guided into the guide hole counter to a restoring force, and when the front ends, having the coupling units, of the shaft parts are pressed together, the latching fork of one coupling unit is latchable on the latching protrusion of the other coupling unit.

Abstract: A cleaning assembly for elongated articles includes a housing. A channel extends from a top to a bottom of the housing. A plurality of holes is positioned in the housing and extends annularly around an inner perimeter of the housing. Each hole extends to an interior space of the housing. A pipe, which is coupled to and extends from an outer perimeter of the housing, is in fluidic communication with the interior space. A hose connector that is coupled to the pipe distal from the housing is configured to couple the pipe to a hose. A reservoir is coupled to the pipe proximate to the housing. A tube extends between the reservoir and the pipe so that a cleaning agent in the reservoir is positioned to enter the pipe. Water from the hose and the cleaning agent exit the holes under pressure to clean an article positioned in the channel.