Abstract: A counting mechanism (100) for a dispenser comprising: a first and a second housing part (110, 120) that are rotatable relative to each other; and a counting ring (130) disposed between the housing parts. The first housing part has a protrusion (111) which abuts the counting ring, holding a portion of the counting ring in contact with the second housing part. The relative rotation of the housing parts causes the protrusion to slide against the surface of the counting ring to drive a rolling movement of the counting ring around the circumference of the second housing part, such that a predefined rotation of the housing parts produces an incremental rotational displacement between the counting ring and second housing part to record a count. The counting mechanism provides a large gear reduction ratio in a compact form which is straightforward to manufacture and provides an accurate and reliable record of counts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to automated batch making assemblies where various component materials, at least, some in liquid form, are combined. Specifically, the invention provides a dispensing assembly that adds efficiency by increasing dramatically the speed with which a liquid is dispensed from a container and by providing means and methods to automate the addition of and account for the amount of each component.

Abstract: Described are metering dispensers having a body configured to hold a flowable composition in a chamber, a drive screw coupled to the body, and a plunger threadingly coupled to the drive screw. The plunger includes at least two annular lips that form a fluid seal with the chamber as the plunger travels along the drive screw through the chamber. A base is rotationally coupled to the body with a cam that contacts at least one tab extending externally from the body so that the tab enters at least one low point on the cam by traveling over a trailing edge of the low point, and the trailing edge then prevents the tab from exiting the low point in the direction of the trailing edge.

Abstract: A foam dispenser includes a housing, a drive motor, and a foam pump. The foam pump includes a pump housing, and a molded multi-chamber diaphragm. The molded multi-chamber diaphragm includes a liquid pump diaphragm having a liquid pump stem and two or more air pump chambers each having an air pump stem. The length of the liquid pump stem is longer than the air pump stem. The foam pump further includes one or more outlet valves, a mixing chamber, an outlet for dispensing foam wherein the outlet is in fluid communication with the foam cartridge; and an actuator for sequentially actuating the liquid pump chamber and the two or more air pump chambers, wherein there is lost motion between the actuator and the liquid pump diaphragm.

Abstract: A method for removing a coating of a surface of a wheel. The wheel is provided with screw channels and with a centrally positioned hub opening. Each of the screw channels and the central opening is delimited by an area from which the coating is to be removed. Each of the areas extends annularly around one of the screw channels or around the hub opening. The method is implemented using a laser beam generated by a laser source. The method comprises the steps of positioning an extraction opening directly beneath a center of one of the screw channels or the central opening surrounded by the area, moving the laser beam over the area without masking the area (7) from which the coating is to be removed, and extracting gases and particles produced during the step of removing the coating directly through one of the screw channels or the central opening.

Abstract: Hot dip Zn-based alloy coated steel sheets (1, 1?) are arc-weld in such a way that (a) a current waveform is a pulsed current waveform in which (i) a peak current and a base current alternate with each other at a pulse period of 1 ms to 50 ms and (ii) an average welding current is 100 A to 350 A and (b) an average welding voltage is 20 V to 35 V. Each of the hot dip Zn-based alloy coated steel sheets (1, 1?) includes a coating layer that contains Zn as a main component and that contains Al at a concentration of 1.0% by mass to 22.0% by mass, and has a coating weight W of 15 g/m2 to 250 g/m2.

Abstract: The device for packaging and dispensing a product comprises a container (12), a moveable piston (16) mounted inside the container and delimiting at least one compartment (22) containing the product, and a dispensing member (14) mounted on the container and comprising at least one outlet orifice in communication with the compartment. The container comprises an adapter portion for the dispensing member provided with an outer skirt (12d) extending from an end wall (12c) of the container, with an inner skirt (12e) radially surrounded at least in part by the outer skirt and with a wall (12f) connecting the outer and inner skirts, the wall and the skirts delimiting a groove (30) oriented axially on the side opposite to the compartment (22) and inside which the dispensing member (14) is fitted.

Abstract: A pump for a vial intended to contain a cosmetic product includes a variable-volume dosing chamber defined at least partially by a deformable element. The pump operates by varying the volume of the chamber by elastic deformation of a membrane of the deformable element from an initial state wherein the chamber has a maximum volume to a deformed state wherein the volume of the chamber is minimal. The chamber is provided with a product inlet orifice and a product outlet orifice, and the pump includes deform the membrane by exerting pressure on the membrane. Finally, the pump purges the air from the chamber when the membrane is in its deformed state, by enabling the dosing chamber to communicate with the outside of the pump.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a drinking-water supply device, the method comprising: a first step of connecting a guide pipe of a case separable from a cabinet to form a channel through which water moves from the case to the cabinet; a second step of supplying the cabinet with sterile water electrolyzed by an electrolytic module included in the case; and a third step of supplying the cabinet with water which has not passed through the electrolytic module included in the case, wherein the sterilization water and the water are supplied to the cabinet from the case via the guide pipe in the second step and the third step.

Abstract: A disposable cartridge assembly for stick products, intended to be used in conjunction with a rotating base member that unlocks the cartridge and raises and lowers the stick product in the assembly. The rotating base member is intended to remain connected to the cartridge assembly for the life of the stick product, but may be detached and reused with multiple cartridges, which can be sold for the purpose. This design creates various options for manufacture and assembly of the various components at one or more locations.

Abstract: A storage container for a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material includes a body dimensioned to receive a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A nozzle enclosure is attached to a top end of the body and is dimensioned to receive a nozzle of a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A plug is positioned in the nozzle enclosure and dimensioned to fit into an inner diameter of the nozzle of the cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A gasket is positioned between the body and the nozzle that substantially prevents air in the body from entering into the nozzle enclosure. A base seals the cylindrical tube of viscous construction material in the body.

Abstract: A soap dispensing nozzle structure is mounted to a soap dispenser. The soap dispenser includes a soap bottle. The soap bottle is connected with a conveying member. The conveying member is connected with a dispensing member. The dispensing member has a dispensing opening. The dispensing opening is provided with a joint. The joint is connected with a soap dispensing nozzle. The soap dispensing nozzle includes a nozzle body. The nozzle body has a mounting portion, a body portion, and a reduced portion. The nozzle body has a passage therein. The passage has a pressuring hole. Thereby, through the reduced portion and the pressurizing hole, the force of discharging the liquid soap is strong, and it is not easy to remain excessive residual foam.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus having a container containing a beverage and a dispensing tube having three sections. The first section is a cartridge formed by a frame defining a perimeter of an inner area and supporting in the inner area a channel forming a serpentine. An upstream dispensing tube section fluidly connects the interior of the container to an inlet of the channel. A downstream dispensing tube section fluidly connects an outlet of the channel to a tapping valve. The appliance is provided with a cooling unit having a first and second cooling plates separated from one another by a distance defining an insertion slot. The distance separating the cooling plates can be varied, from a loading distance, d0, allowing the introduction of the cartridge into the slot, to a cooling distance, dc<d0, where the cooling plates contact the channel and apply pressure thereon deforming the channel.

Abstract: Solid particulate measuring devices, systems, and methods for using the devices and systems are provided for easier and more accurate measurement of specific volumes. For example, a specific dose of a pharmaceutical multiparticulate composition can be measured out accurately and easily in a variety of settings using the devices and systems described herein.

Abstract: A control assembly for a material dispenser includes a plunger movably located within a bore of the assembly, the plunger having first and second ends, the first end having an abutment for moveably retaining the plunger within the bore and the second end for engaging a switch during operation of the material dispenser to cease operation. A biasing member located within the bore, the biasing member engaging the first end of the plunger, the biasing member allowing for the manual movement of the plunger without harm to the switch of the material dispenser during use.

Abstract: A modular beverage-dispensing assembly, as provided herein, may include a housing, a compressed gas tank mounted to the housing, and a plurality of discrete beverage containers, and a multipath gas valve or multipath liquid valve for dispensing a liquid from one or more of the beverage containers.

Abstract: A one-touch openable cap includes: a base including coupling means coupled to a bottle, a ring connected to the coupling means and disposed with a space between the coupling means and the ring to be deformed by press forces from left and right sides so as to allow a front edge of the ring to be frontwardly pushed out, and a latch portion disposed on the front edge of the ring; and a lid portion pivotable relative to the base and including a body to cover the nozzle when the lid portion is closed, a claw disposed on the body and to be latched to the latch portion when the lid portion is closed. Upon press of the ring from the left and right sides, the ring is deformed, the claw is released from the latch portion, the lid portion pivots, and the nozzle is uncovered.

Abstract: A structural, shower base assembly is provided. The assembly includes a tile-over shower base pan, a tile drain grate frame, a double threaded flange nipple, and a rubber gasket. The tile-over shower base pan includes a dorsal side pre-sloped to allow for consistent water draining to a dorsal opening of a centered drain hole of the tile-over shower base pan, and a ventral side having a ventral opening of the centered drain hole of the tile-over shower base pan and a reinforcement ring. The tile drain grate frame is compatible with the dorsal opening and the ventral opening. The double threaded flange nipple is compatible with the tile drain grate frame and an industry standard plumbing drain body. The rubber gasket is compressed to the reinforcement ring to seal a connection between the double threaded flange nipple and the industry standard plumbing drain body.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a viscous material contained in a flexible package has a hollow body extending along a longitudinal axis, a first end with a handle assembly, an opposite second end with a dispensing valve, and a cavity configured to receive the flexible package. A piston is movably disposed in the cavity for engagement with the flexible package to force viscous material from the flexible package. A diverter insert is also disposed in the cavity and is configured to receive the viscous material from the flexible package as the piston moves and divert the viscous material to the dispensing valve.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a glazing including a first connector foot and a second connector foot for soldering to the glazing, and a bridge portion comprising sheet metal having a thickness in a specified range linking the first connector foot and second connector foot. The first connector foot and the second connector foot each are shaped so that most of the perimeter of each foot is curved, the first connector foot and the second connector foot are connected to the bridge portion by a first neck portion and a second neck portion respectively, and the first neck portion and the second neck portion each have a narrower width than a width of the bridge portion.