Abstract: A dispensing head for container having an outlet nozzle includes a coupling member for fitting on the nozzle and is provided with a central conduit, a chamber for an additive product surrounding the central conduit with the chamber having at its base an annular opening to the central conduit; a tube is slidably disposed in the central conduit and has at one end adjacent the coupling member openings so that when the head is mounted on the nozzle the tube will be moved from a storage position, where the opening of the chamber to the central conduit is closed, to another position where the openings of the tube establish communication between the chamber's opening and the central conduit; the end of the chamber remote from the nozzle has a plurality of openings to permit dispensing of the additive with the main product.

Abstract: A non-venting fluid dispenser system, for example being a collapsible flaccid bag loosely suspended in a sleeve and exposed to atmospheric pressure. A non-venting aspirator and a pressure actuated valve are mounted on the sleeve and close the bag. Operation of the aspirator promotes a low pressure on the outward side of the valve and atmospheric pressure acting against the bag drives fluid product through the valve and into the aspirator for dispensing, whereby the bag progressively collapses as fluid is expelled. The pressure actuated valve blocks against back flow entry of air into the bag.

Abstract: In an elevator machine consisting of a drive motor, a drive shaft driven by the motor, a gear assembly to reduce the rotational speed of the motor, a brake, and a traction sheave transmitting the motion to the elevator car and counterweight by means of ropes, the drive shaft being supported at its ends by bearings, one of which is constituted by the toothing between the drive shaft and one or more intermediate gears belonging to the gear assembly, the gear assembly is located inside the traction sheave and the bearing arrangement at one end of the drive shaft comprises a self-aligning bearing and a self-aligning coupling between the motor and the drive shaft.

Abstract: A method for dispensing a protective fluid is set forth wherein a container is provided formed with a transparent storage portion threadedly receiving a cap thereto. The cap includes a lower end formed with a series of alignment bores for receiving tubular projections integrally formed coaxially upon an exterior surface of the portion of the cap to enable reciprocation of the upper portion relative to the lower portion. Positioning rods are positioned adjacent each of the bores to provide an abutment to enable effective alignment of the projections with the bores. The container is filled with a lemon juice concentrate, whereupon the container is prepared for transport by an individual. The upper portion of the cap may be rotated relative to the lower portion of the cap to permit reciprocation and projection of the lemon juice spray upon an attacker imposing oneself upon an individual.

Abstract: An adhesive bandage dispensing device is provided which facilitates efficient and quick access to an adhesive bandage. The device has a base, a spool holder, a removal platform having a slicer and cutter and an adhesive bandage carrier spool mounted to the device by the spool holder. A continuous strip of adhesive bandages is mounted on the spool. The strip consists of separate adhesive bandages wrapped in a protective coating. The action of pulling the strip away from the spool over the platform causes a portion of the protective covering of strip to be sliced by the slicer. This will expose a bandage which then can be lifted off the remaining portion of the protective coating for use. After this, the cutter is used to separate the bandageless strip from the device for subsequent disposal.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating objects of the same kind, in particular electronic components such as integrated circuits (IC's), that are delivered in succession in a sloping delivery passage, the apparatus having a stop member arranged in the region of the delivery passage that is displaced substantially transverse to the direction of delivery so that it holds back or holds fast the respective foremost object, and having a control circuit (P) that cyclically controls the displacing movement of the stop member, is to be designed so that while ensuring a relatively long service life it is suitable for use for different components, in particular with regard to their length.

Abstract: An automatic drip bottle set for medical drip infusion which includes an expansion drip bottle received in a cylinder covered by a spring pressure assembly having a hanger mounted thereon at the top for suspending the set, and a spring received therein to provide a pressure force against the expansion drip bottle to permit the infusion solution contained therein to be smoothly infused into the patient's body.

Abstract: An improved modular lotion pump for dispensing personal products such as lotions, creams, etc., and a method of assembling same is disclosed. The modular pump is formed of several subassemblies that are subsequently assembled to form the modular pump assembly. A cap having means for attachment to a container from which material is to be dispensed may be snap fit onto the modular pump. The pump includes a rotatable locking sleeve for preventing leakage even if the container is squeezed or stepped upon by a consumer and for changing the orientation of the actuator. The actuator may be rotated relative to the locking sleeve to prevent accidental dispensing.

Abstract: An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device includes: a containing structure for containing cleaning fluid; a sensing device disposed on a base member being installed in the lower portion of said containing structure wherein said base member is provided with an outlet, a sensing circuit disposed on a circuit board, a motor arrangement electrically connected to the sensing circuit, an outlet for passing a light source of the sensing circuit therefrom so as to detect the presence of an external object closing on the light source; and a dispensing mechanism, which is composed of a push structure functionally connected with the driving motor and a pumping structure operatively engaged with the push structure, installed on the base member in connection with the sensing device; whereby when an external object closes to the sensing device, a given amount of the contained cleaning fluid in the containing structure will be automatically supplied for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: A skew of a print medium sheet generally occurs when the sheet is fed to an image-forming area in an image-forming apparatus, for example, an electronics image-forming printer, from a pile of such sheets. An apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of pairs of feed rollers between the pile and the image-forming area, and a skew of a sheet is corrected every time the sheet comes in contact with each pair of rollers which are not rotating for a predetermined time, so that even a large skew can be corrected by the time the sheet reaches the image-forming area.

Abstract: The present invention is an indirect-plunger hydraulic elevator having a car frame. The car frame has short-sized bracing members fixed respectively to the lower ends of vertical frames and a car platform supporting frame fixed separately on the bracing members. Furthermore, the elevator has a supporting beam fixed directly on the lower surface of the car platform supporting frame so as not to interfere with the safety devices and a couple of sheaves attached rotatably at both ends of the sheave supporting beam. The height between the car platform to the lowest ends of the sheaves becomes smaller than with the conventional elevators.

Abstract: A lifting apparatus has two posts on either side. A lifting or cross member extends between them and is supported on carriages slidably mounted on the posts. Support arms or the like extend out from the support carriages for supporting a vehicle or other load. Actuators are provided for driving the carriages up and down. The actuators can be hydraulic cylinders connected in a master and slave relationship with a hydraulic connection between them through the cross member. Additionally, mechanical safety catches can be provided which are connected by a cable or the like through the cross member, to permit a single handed operation of them. In the further aspect of the invention, a mechanism is provided for locking the support arms angularly, which mechanism includes plungers that contact the ground and automatically free the support arms when the apparatus is lowered.

Abstract: A tissue paper case includes a case body having a lifting plate urged upwardly by a spring and adapted to allow a stack of tissue paper sheets to be placed thereon and a lid member formed substantially in the shape of a gable roof having a peak and provided along the peak with a takeout hole and in the intermediate portion thereof with an undercut portion, whereby the tissue paper sheet which is partly drawn out from the takeout hole is supported in an upwardly projecting state so as to facilitate successively removing the tissue paper sheets one by one.

Abstract: A transport apparatus for transporting media in various size sheets processed at a first processing station to a second processing station. The apparatus comprises, as main components thereof, a plurality of trays disposed between the first and second processing stations, each for accommodating media sheets of one size stacked one upon another, a first transport device for receiving media from the first processing station and transporting the media to the trays, and a second transport device associated with the trays for successively transporting the media from the trays to the second processing station.

Abstract: A sheet feed mechanism has an array of suction cups into and out of contact with an uppermost one of stacked sheets in a sheet cassette. After the suction cups are held against the uppermost sheet, a vacuum is developed in the suction cups to enable the suction cups to attract the uppermost sheet. Then, the suction cups are lifted with the uppermost sheet attracted thereto, and a leading end of the attracted and lifted uppermost sheet is nipped, and the sheet is delivered into a sheet feed path. When the suction cups are lifted, they are angularly moved about an axis to cause the leading end of the attracted uppermost sheet to be obliquely separated from other stacked sheets.

Abstract: A portable device for dispensation of compressed gas in discrete bursts. The device includes a support frame, a cylinder punch assembly, an adjustable cylinder table, a rotatable knob to adjust the table and a trigger-operated nozzle. The punch assembly permits puncture of a cylinder of compressed gas that is supported on the adjustable cylinder table.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for dispensing cylindrical objects such as pencils. The objects are stored in a hopper within a housing and fall out of the hopper into a delivery reservoir which is movable between a first position and a second position. When an activation mechanism moves the reservoir to the second position, the objects in the reservoir fall to an outlet in the housing. As the reservoir moves to its second position, an agitator aligns the pencils in the hopper to avoid bridging. A platform over the hopper holds some of the objects off the objects in the hopper. A patina on the agitator holds the high friction parts of the objects off the agitator so the objects roll or slide more easily.

Abstract: A vacuum corrugation feeder stack height detection calibration system and method includes placing a single document in the document tray. Coupled to the stack height arm at the pivot point is a high resolution rotary encoder and dual beam sensor. The stack height arm is flipped up and then back down onto the document and pulses are counted. This difference in up and down pulses represents the "one sheet case." Software then stores this number in non-volatile memory and uses it to create a table of values for various document stack heights by adding constant values to the originally obtained "one sheet case" value.

Abstract: A tooth-pick dispenser includes a housing a perforated top and a vertical side wall having an opening, a tooth-pick pickup device simulating a seagull and for oscillating movement supported on a top of the housing for supplying a tooth-pick, a drawer reciprocable in the opening of the vertical side wall of the housing between a toothpick receiving position in the housing and a tooth-pick delivery position exterior of the housing, and having a reciprocable body for catching a tooth-pick in the delivery position and conveying it to the delivery position and a link mechanism interconnecting the pickup device and the drawer, whereby the pickup device can be swung to a pickup position so as to operate the link mechanism to move the drawer to its delivery position, and the drawer will be automatically retracked a spring to operate the link mechanism to swing the pickup device back to a raised dispensing position for serving a tooth-pick to a user in a convenient position.

Abstract: A plurality of pinch rollers are employed to drive sheets of paper containing material to be scanned past an optical scanner to generate an optical image of the material which is converted into electrical signals. Each pinch roller includes a drive roller which is driven by a synchronized drive mechanism and an idler roller. The support shafts for the idler rollers are supported in elongated bearings which provide limited freedom of motion for the idler rollers in a direction substantially normal to their axes of rotation. A pressure plate has spring fingers which resiliently urge the idler rollers towards the drive rollers to resiliently pinch the paper sheets being driven. In the event that the paper should become jammed and needs to be removed or repositioned, a roller release lever can be actuated to drive the pressure plate so as to permit the idler rollers to move freely in their elongated support bearings.