Abstract: A beverage dispenser sensor system for detecting beverage fluid in a beverage dispenser includes at least a first sensing unit in engagement with the beverage dispenser for measuring fluid and for generating a first sensing unit measurement signal and a processor linked with the first sensing unit for receiving the first sensing unit measurement signals. The beverage dispenser sensor system further includes an indicator that announces the beverage fluid needs replenishing if the processor assesses from the first sensing unit measurement signal little or a lack of beverage fluid in the beverage dispenser. Furthermore, the beverage dispenser sensor system may include a second sensing unit in engagement with the beverage dispenser for measuring fluid and for generating a second sensing unit measurement signal received by the processor to determine little or a lack of beverage fluid in the beverage dispenser.

Abstract: A film packing for a pasty substance comprises a film tube bag (12) having a peripheral wall (14) and two ends (16), and a cover portion (22) fastened to one of the two ends (16) of the film tube bag (12). The cover portion (22) comprises an end face (24) having a passage opening (32) for the passage of pasty substance from the opened film tube bag (12), a peripheral face (26) joining the end face (24), and a sealing element (52) abutting to a receiving headpiece (36) attachable to the end (16) of the film tube bag (12) carrying the cover portion (22). The receiving headpiece (36) surrounds at least the end face (24) and the peripheral face (26) of the cover portion (22) and comprises an outlet piece (44) which is in fluid connection with the passage opening (32) of the cover portion (22) when the receiving headpiece is attached (36).

Abstract: The material handling apparatus is in the form of apparatus for controlling the discharge of flowable material from a store thereof and comprises a hollow support member, a through-flow device slidable within the hollow support member, a closure operating member movable upwardly together with the through-flow device for opening a closure device to allow material to flow from the store into the through-flow device and actuator means between the hollow support member and the through-flow device for moving the through-flow device and the closure operating member relative to the hollow support member.

Abstract: External manipulation of a prefilled vial to dispense its contents by deforming the vial is disclosed.

Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a valve on a container and a dispenser containing a product under pressure fitted with such a mounting device are both provided. The mounting device includes: a first fastening device configured to fasten the mounting device to an open edge of the container; a second fastening device configured to fasten the dispensing valve on the mounting device; a first groove formed between the first and second fastening devices; and a locking device intended to be positioned in the first groove so as to allow the first fastening device to be clamped onto the open edge, wherein the action of clamping is a result of radial enlargement of a bottom of the first groove.

Abstract: An improved fluent product dispensing apparatus is disclosed and includes a temperature indicator so that the user may view the temperature of the fluent product components prior to and during dispensing. The apparatus includes one or more supply containers of a reactive component, a dispenser and a conduit for conveying the reactive components to the dispenser. One or more of the supply containers has a temperature indicator mounted to its exterior that is viewable through a package, or carton, that encloses the supply containers. This indicator displays the temperature of the contents of the supply container so that a user can ensure proper dispensing of the reactive components.

Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a mixture of at least two components comprises a container body defining at least two compartments kept sealed from one another by a stopper member prior to dispensing the mixture. An actuator operably coupled to the stopper member selectively places the stopper member in a storage position in which the two compartments are sealed from one another and in a mixing position in which the two compartments are in flow communication with one another. The stopper member has a lateral cross-section that is larger in the storage position than in the mixing position. The dispensing device can be used for packaging and applying components that should not be mixed until they are ready to be dispensed.

Abstract: A feeding device for a caulking gun includes a frame, a trigger, a plunger shaft, a drive grip, a brake grip, two springs and a pressure release rod. A first recess and a second recess are defined in the frame. The plunger shaft extends through the frame and penetrates the drive grip, in the first recess, and the brake grip, in the second recess. The pressure release rod is slidably mounted between the drive grip and the brake grip. When the drive grip is moved back, due to a spring force, and presses the pressure release rod, the brake grip is pressed, to release the engagement with the plunger shaft, which releases the pressure on the caulking compound in the tube. Consequently the caulking compound does not flow out of the tube unless the trigger is squeezed and caulking compound is saved.

Abstract: A leak proof package for fluid materials in which the end of a tubular nozzle from a container is closed by a wall and dispensing openings are formed in the side of the nozzle to extend radially. The dispensing openings are closed by a sleeve which initially is fixed to the wall. The sleeve is separated from the wall along a line of frangible webs by twisting the sleeve relative to the nozzle to fracture the webs after which the sleeve slides axially of the nozzle between positions opening or closing the dispensing openings in the nozzle.

Abstract: Packaging for a product, especially a pasty liquid, includes: a reservoir for the product, formed by a compressible body, surmounted by a shoulder; a rigid neck with an X-axis, joined to the shoulder, and provided with a dispensing passage, wherein a free edge of the shoulder delimits an aperture communicating with the interior of the reservoir; and a cap, able to close the aperture. The neck includes at least two slits extending over substantially the entire height of the neck and opening out into the aperture.

Abstract: A fitment for being sealed to a collapsible pouch has a body having at least one side wall portion, which is provided with spaced steps defining spaced shoulders, an inner end, which faces the interior of the collapsible pouch when the fitment is sealed to the collapsible pouch, and an outer end. The body of the fitment defines a reference plane and a range of peripheral dimensions, each of which is measured around one of the spaced steps or around one of the spaced shoulders, in a plane that is located at one of the inner and outer ends or between the inner and outer ends and that coincides with or is parallel to the reference plane. The peripheral dimensions increase from a smallest dimension at or toward one such end, through intermediate dimensions which between the inner and outer ends do not decrease after increasing, to a largest dimension at or toward the other end.

Abstract: A self-closing valve for a packaging container, especially a thin-walled plastics bottle, has an outwardly concave valve head (22) joined to an outer margin (20) by a flexible connecting wall (24). The connecting wall has a frustoconical outer portion (56) and a cylindrical inner portion (57) joined together at an elbow (58). The inner portion (50) is joined to the valve head at a thin, inturned flange (60). The outer portion (56) of the connecting wall is frustoconical and moves between downwardly inclined and upwardly inclined positions as the valve advances to its dispensing position. The outer portion (56) accordingly imparts a bistable operating characteristic to the valve. The elbow (58) of the connecting wall (24) acts as a spring to retract the valve head (22) quickly after dispensing. The flange (60) acts as a living hinge, with substantially no flexural stiffness, so that subsequent deformation of the valve head (22) to allow venting is not resisted.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a product from a body having a pivot flange formed on the external surface thereof. A trigger is mounted on the pivot flange to be pivotal thereupon by a user's hand wrapped about the body with the user's finger digits positioned on the trigger. A product engaging platform is mounted upon a screw gear positioned within the body and is movable to dispense the product from the body when the screw gear is turned by pivotal movement of the trigger and engagement thereof against the screw gear. The product to be dispensed may be retained in a cartridge which is removable and replaceable within the body.

Abstract: An actuation device is provided for actuating a dispensing member and for dispensing a product contained with the dispensing member. The actuation device includes an inlet orifice, a dispensing orifice, a passage, a suction orifice and a vacuum mechanism. The inlet orifice is placed in flow communication with the dispensing member. The passage extends from the inlet orifice to the dispensing orifice. The suction orifice, which is distinct from the inlet orifice, flow communicates with the passage. The vacuum mechanism includes a variable-volume chamber having a collecting region and a chamber orifice. The variable-volume chamber is entirely contained within the actuation device. The chamber orifice is in flow communication with the suction orifice. At least a portion of the collecting region is below the level of the chamber orifice.

Abstract: A dispenser for manually dispensing pasty, semi-fluid products, from a cartridge, that must be applied with control and accuracy, incorporates an integral trigger and pawl plunger drive mechanism, in which the drive is activated by a trigger or actuator. A floating gripper is disposed on the plunger to release dispensing pressure in the cartridge to prevent drooling after the completion of dispensation.

Abstract: Container pouring devices and methods for liquids. The preferred pouring devices have a first body part which carries a first rear portion and a second front portion, and a second body part which carries a retainer for retaining the device in association with the container, and a biasing member. The device has a first non-pouring position in which the second portion is in sealing engagement with the container, and a second, pouring, position, so that depression of the first portion causes at least part of the second portion to move from the first non-pouring position to the second pouring position, and cessation of depression of the first portion causes the biasing member to urge the first and second portions to readopt the first non-pouring position. Contents may therefore be poured from the container by holding the container with only one hand when the container is in the first, non-pouring, position.

Abstract: The dispenser comprises a hollow body formed adjacent its upper end with an inward and downward annular flap. The method involves the molding of the body with the flap inclined upward. A tool is inserted into the open end of the body to fold the flap downward. In assembly, with the tool removed and the flap thus folded, the plunger moves past the flap so that the flap thereafter engages a shoulder on the plunger and forms an obstacle to the subsequent removal, accidental or otherwise, of the plunger.

Abstract: An apparatus including a pair ofhousing halves cooperating, when together, to define a take up compartment with nesting bores and flattening edges to compress a flexible wall tube as it is drawn into the housing through operation of a knob attached to a reel resting in the nesting bores and connected to the closed end of the tube and rotatably mounted to the housing. Breaking elements are also provided to inhibit unreeling of the emptied portions of the tube.

Abstract: A system for pressurizing a dispensing container, such as a beverage dispensing container, may be in the form of a pressure pouch package which includes an outer pouch and an inner pouch. The inner pouch may be a pressure pouch having multiple compartments and components of an at least two component gas generating system contained within the compartments. The outer pouch may be sized so that it will not open when the pressure pouch is initially activated but will only open after a first quantity of product is dispensed from the dispensing container. In this manner, the outer pouch serves to maintain the folded configuration of the pressure pouch until after a first quantity of product is first dispensed from the container. This, in turn, prevents entrapment of the pressure pouch reactive components from occurring. The outer pouch also serves to prevent the pressure pouch from coming into contact with the product until after a first quantity of product is first dispensed from the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing apparatus for use in dispensing fluid products in an aerosol form. The invention provides a pump (2) mounted on a container for storage of the product. The pump comprises a pump body (3) defining a metering chamber (7), an inlet (25) within the container and a stem (4) for discharging product from the metering chamber and recharging it. Ventilating structures are provided communicating between an exterior of the apparatus and an interior of the container. The ventilating structures comprising a filter (40) through which ambient air passes, wherein the filter is annular and comprises an axially extending sleeve portion (41) conformal with an internal surface of the pump body.