Abstract: The disclosure provides a container lid including a resealable closure mechanism. The container lid includes a lid housing having a recess, a rim, an opening, and a connector portion. The container lid additionally contains a sliding actuator that moves in a first direction and a second direction. Further, the container lid has a sealing mechanism that moves in a third direction and a fourth direction, wherein the third direction and the fourth direction are in a plane of movement which is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for pouring fluid (F) stored in a container (20) by inclining the container (20), the device (10) comprising: —a first part (100) comprising at least one collecting orifice (130) for collecting the fluid in the container (20), —a second part (150), which comprises fluid pouring means (160) that can be fluidically connected to the collecting orifice (130), —sealing means (190) separating the first part (100) and the second part (150), configured to seal the container when the device (10) is mounted on the container (20), the device being characterized in that the first part (100) also comprises a gas reservoir (110) and a degassing orifice (120) for evacuating gas from the reservoir (110) to the interior of the container (20).

Abstract: A fluid dispensing control unit is provided that includes at least one electronic circuitry processor configured to function as a web server, at least one generic purpose input/output block for connecting to a fluid dispensing system device being a fluid valve, a meter, a pump or a tank for controlling or metering the dispensed fluid or for controlling the fluid pump or tank. The fluid dispensing control unit further includes at least one web input/output block that is provided for connecting the web server to a web enabling a remote control of the fluid dispensing control unit and the connected fluid dispensing system device via the web. The at least one generic purpose input/output block and the one web input/output block are connected with the at least one electronic circuitry processor.

Abstract: An intake boot for pump dispensers is provided. The intake boot is reliably positioned into a lower corner of a bottle and allows toiletry products such as lotions or creams to be easily dispensed from the pump dispenser until the bottle is empty.

Abstract: A liquid material discharge device includes: a plunger including a piston formed at a rear end a piston chamber in which the piston is disposed and to which pressurized gas is supplied; a pressure supply device that supplies, to the piston chamber, air pressurized in excess of the urging force of the elastic body, or that purges pressurized air out of the piston chamber, the liquid material discharge device discharging the liquid material from the discharge port by causing the plunger to move forward and applying an inertial force to the liquid material; a booster circuit that communicates the pressure supply device and an air source with each other, and the booster circuit includes a first and a second booster system including a booster valve and a pressure reducing valve, and a merging section in which the first booster system and the second booster system merge together.

Abstract: A fluid integrating system (10) includes an integrating manifold (30) having two or more input fluid inlets (132) disposed at oblique angles relative to a center axis of the integrating manifold (30). The two or more input fluid inlets (132) intersect in the integrating manifold (30) to define an integrating chamber (112). The fluid integrating system also includes a pressure sensor (110) fluidly connected to the integrating chamber (112) that is operable to send a pressure signal indicative of the pressure of the fluid in the integrating chamber (112). A integrating controller (22) is operatively coupled to the two or more valves (60) and to the pressure sensor (110) and is operable to selectively control the flow of input fluids into the integrating chamber (112) by actuating the two or more valves (60) based on the pressure signal received from the pressure sensor (110).

Abstract: A dispenser with a replaceable cartridge containing a product to be dispensed, and a housing configured to removably receive the cartridge. The cartridge has a surface that is marked with a first marking, and the housing has a surface that is marked with a second marking. The housing is configured so that, when the cartridge is received by the housing, the first marking and the second marking together form a machine readable code that is detectable from outside of the housing.

Abstract: A volatile organic compound (VOC) free low radiant flux radiation curable composition for aerosol containers including an acrylate-terminated compound component, a thiol monomer or oligomer component, a photoinitiator component, a surface additive component, and an ethanol-based reducer, wherein the composition does not include an acetone component. Moreover, other implementations are directed towards methods of using the aerosol containers to apply the UV Curable Composition.

Abstract: An insert for use with a beverage dispenser includes a diffuser having an upstream end configured to receive the first base fluid, a downstream end with an outlet configured to dispense the first base fluid, and a center bore extending between the upstream end and the downstream end along an axis. A stem is disposed in the center bore of the diffuser and has a first end configured to receive a second base fluid and an opposite second end with an outlet configured to dispense the second base fluid. The outlet of the diffuser is upstream from the outlet of the stem such that the first base fluid dispensed from the outlet of the diffuser mixes with an additive fluid before the second base fluid dispensed from the outlet of the stem mixes with the additive fluid.

Abstract: A beverage container includes a container body and a lid. The lid includes a lid body having a receiving slot, and a handle actuation arrangement. The handle actuation arrangement includes a locking latch movably mounted in the receiving slot, a mouth piece, and an actuating handle. The mouth piece is pivotally connected to the lid body to move between a locked position and a extended position, The actuating handle includes an engaging member pivotally received in the receiving slot to engage with the mouth piece, and a handle member extended from the engaging member in such a manner that when the handle is pivotally moved with respect to the lid body, the engaging member is also driven to pivotally move to drive the mouth piece to disengage from the locking latch so as to allow the mouth piece to move from the locked position to the extended position.

Abstract: A manually operated pump including: an inlet one-way valve; a pump chamber downstream of and in fluid communication with the inlet one-way valve; a piston interior to the pump chamber and slideably engaged with the pump chamber; an actuator engaged with the piston or the pump chamber; a block thermoplastic elastomeric spring engaged with the actuator to move the actuator as the block thermoplastic elastomeric spring relaxes; and an optional outlet one-way valve downstream of and in fluid communication with the pump chamber.

Abstract: Flavor and additive delivery systems and methods for beverage dispensers are disclosed. An example manifold of a beverage dispenser includes a base defining a base cavity and configured to extend through an opening defined by an outer wall. The manifold includes a first housing coupled to the base and defining a housing cavity. The base cavity and the housing cavity are adjacent to each other to form a chamber. The manifold includes a body coupled to the first housing and defining a body cavity and angled apertures. The manifold includes an insert housing that is coupled to the body and extends at least partially through the body cavity. The manifold includes an insert housed within the insert housing and defining a water outlet for spraying water downward into the chamber. The angled apertures are configured to receive nozzles that extend at least partially into the chamber at the predefined angle.

Abstract: The device for dispensing gel or liquid contained in a container comprising a reservoir provided with a pump set in motion relative to the reservoir, comprises a body. The body comprises in the lower part, an actuating pedal and at the top, above a support for a reservoir of said container, a space for receiving any gel or liquid container having dimensions less than predetermined maximum dimensions. The body also comprises a piston for transferring the vertical movement of the pedal to the reservoir support, setting the reservoir in upward movement under the action of the pedal, and a stop for retaining the pump of the container provided with a pouring spout. The pump causes a part of the gel or liquid contained in the reservoir to be expelled when the reservoir is moved by the action of the pedal.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes a housing, a pump, an outlet nozzle, a reservoir, a liquid passage, an air passage, and a refill container. The pump and reservoir are attached to the housing, and both the outlet nozzle and the reservoir are in fluid communication with the pump. The reservoir has at least one engagement member, and the liquid passage and the air passage are located in the engagement member. The refill container has at least one sealing member, and the refill container is configured to be releasably attached to the reservoir such that the refill container is in fluid communication with the reservoir. When the refill container is attached to the reservoir, the engagement member engages the sealing member to cause the liquid passage and the air passage to be in fluid communication with the refill container.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a trigger-type pump dispenser that makes it possible to prevent an out-of-nozzle squirting phenomenon that occurs at a final stage of sucking up of liquid out of a vessel into a cylinder. [Solution] A trigger-type pump dispenser A includes a handle structure 1, a nozzle base structure 2 attached to the handle structure 1, a trigger 3, a cylinder structure 4, a cap 5 by which the cylinder structure 4 is held down and attached to the mouth of a vessel, a piston structure 6 that slides inside the cylinder structure 4, an inverted-mortar-shaped lip 61 formed in the piston structure 6, a spring 7 that springs the piston structure 6, a valve case 8 attached to the nozzle base structure 2, a mortar-shaped valve seat 81 formed in the valve case 8, a leak valve 9, attached to a bottom part of the cylinder structure 4, that has a bulging portion 91 at a tip thereof, a first valve FV, and a second valve SV.

Abstract: An apparatus for metering and dispensing a predetermined amount of a viscous substance includes an inlet fluidly connected to a supply flow path that branches into a metering flow path and a first dispensing flow path which branches into a second dispensing flow path that is angled relative to the first dispensing flow path. The apparatus also includes a supply valve disposed in the supply flow path, a dispensing valve disposed in the first dispensing flow path and the second dispensing flow path, a metering piston disposed in the metering flow path, and a dispensing piston. A method of metering and dispensing a volume of a viscous substance is also provided.

Abstract: A liquid paint suction rod including an upstream tube, a flexible intermediate tube and a rigid downstream tube, which includes a downstream elbow, the downstream tube delimiting a series of passage sections defining centers constituting a trajectory, the downstream elbow extending along a curved part of the trajectory, along which the passage sections are substantially discoid and have a preferably constant diameter; in order to avoid imposing too great a curve on the intermediate tube while offering a reduced head loss for the paint passing through the rod and while being easy to manufacture, the curved part is in the shape of a planar arc of circle, having a curve radius, the ratio of the diameter to the curve radius being less than 1.

Abstract: The present application provides a dispensing nozzle for use with a flow of a diluent and a flow of a concentrate. The beverage dispenser may include an annular concentrate path of the flow of the concentrate and an annular diluent path surrounding at least in part the annular concentrate path for the flow of the diluent. The annular diluent path may include a shallow angle leading towards the flow of the concentrate such that the flow of the diluent and the flow of the concentrate mix in or downstream of the dispensing nozzle.

Abstract: It is provided a cap (10) for closing an opening (41) of a container (30), comprising a mainly tubular skirt (12), wherein the skirt (12) comprises a bayonet notch (26) for guiding a pin (28) of the container (30), wherein the skirt (12) comprises a guiding rim (38) running in axial direction and in circumferential direction towards the bayonet notch (26) for guiding the pin (28) of the container (30) into the bayonet notch (26). When the cap (10) is mounted to the container (30), the pin (28) may slide along the guiding rim (38) towards the bayonet notch (26) even at an originally significant displacement in circumferential direction, so that a facilitated mounting of a cap (10) to a container (30) with a bayonet mount is enabled.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser for measuring and dispensing fluid from a container includes a housing having a measurement chamber that defines a volume for receiving a predefined quantity of the fluid, a fluid flow passage having an inlet configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid in the container, and an outlet in fluid communication with the measurement chamber, such that the fluid flow passage permits fluid flow between the container and the measurement chamber. A valve member is provided that is movable in the flow passage to open the flow passage to permit fluid flow from the container to the measurement chamber to thereby allow the volume of the measurement chamber to fill with the predefined quantity of fluid; and to close the flow passage to restrict fluid flow from the container to the measurement chamber, and to isolate the predefined quantity of fluid to the measurement chamber.