Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having an interior volume configured for receipt of a removable liquid reservoir. A mounting body is disposed within the housing. The mounting body defines a passage extending along a vertical direction between an inlet and an outlet. The passage is configured for receipt of a spout of the removable liquid reservoir at the inlet of the passage. A latch is coupled to the mounting body at the passage. The latch is configured for selectively engaging the spout of the removable liquid reservoir within the passage in order to block removal of the spout of the removable liquid reservoir from the passage.

Abstract: A dispenser system and method for dispensing metered doses of a foam or liquid is disclosed. The dispensing system can include a pumping device for pumping metered doses of a liquid from a liquid reservoir out through a nozzle. The pumping device can include an electronically commutated motor that provides greater accuracy and uniformity in dispensing metered doses. During operation of the pumping device, one or more electrical parameters can be monitored and based on the electrical parameters, the system can make adjustments in dispensing metered doses. In one aspect, the electrical parameter can be monitored to determine whether the liquid reservoir contains a low level of liquid.

Abstract: A motor driven spindle assembly for a dispenser includes a spindle that defines an interior volume. A motor is disposed within the interior volume of the spindle and is operable to rotate the spindle. A bracket includes a plate, a first leg, and a second leg. The plate of the bracket is positioned within the interior volume of the spindle. Proximal end portions of the first and second legs are positioned at the plate. A distal end portion of the first leg is positioned within a first opening of a bushing such that the distal end portion of the first leg is slidable within the first opening along a lateral direction. A distal end portion of the second leg is positioned within a second opening of the bushing such that the distal end portion of the second leg is slidable within the second opening along the lateral direction.

Abstract: A reservoir assembly for use with a liquid dispenser is provided. The reservoir assembly includes a connecting member housing having a reservoir connecting surface and a switch. The reservoir connecting surface having a first switch contact surface disposed within a first protrusion member. The assembly also includes a container housing for holding a quantity of a liquid product. The container housing configured to be removably attached to the connecting member housing. The container housing includes a main container and a connecting member housing surface. The connecting member housing surface includes a second switch contact surface configured in a first weakened region.

Abstract: A reservoir assembly for use with a liquid dispenser is provided. The reservoir assembly includes a connecting member housing having a reservoir connecting surface and a switch. The reservoir connecting surface having a first switch contact surface disposed within a first protrusion member. The assembly also includes a container housing for holding a quantity of a liquid product. The container housing configured to be removably attached to the connecting member housing. The container housing includes a main container and a connecting member housing surface. The connecting member housing surface includes a second switch contact surface configured in a first weakened region.

Abstract: The present disclosure is in one aspect to a dispenser for rolled sheet materials. The dispenser includes a feed roller that is rotatably mounted to a housing of the dispenser housing, and that is configured to feed a predetermined amount of sheet material from the supply of sheet material through a discharge provided along the housing of the dispenser. The dispenser also has a feed roller drive assembly with a drive motor, and a belt transmission assembly. The belt transmission assembly has a drive belt coupled to the drive motor and to the feed roller such that rotation of the feed roller is driven by operation of the drive motor.

Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance includes: a main housing; a cooking compartment; a gas burner that provides heat to the cooking compartment; a cooling air passageway located between the cooking compartment and a rear wall of the main housing, the cooling air passageway being separated from the cooking compartment by a rear wall of the cooking compartment; and a gas flue. The gas flue has an exhaust gas inlet open to the cooking chamber, the exhaust inlet being located in a lower panel of the gas flue, a cooling air inlet open to the cooling air passageway, an outlet located above the exhaust gas inlet, above the cooling air inlet, and above an uppermost portion of the cooking compartment, and an upper deflector located above the outlet and angled relative to vertical at a non-zero first angle such that the upper deflector extends over at least a portion of the outlet.

Abstract: Electromagnetically-operated coupling device for selectively connecting and disconnecting a first rotating member and a second rotating member in a driveline of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the first and the second rotating members are coaxial with each other and rotatable about a same axis of rotation. The coupling device comprises: an engagement sleeve provided with a control disk made of a ferromagnetic material, the engagement sleeve being axially slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position; and a control system for controlling the sliding movement of the engagement sleeve between said engaged and disengaged positions. The control system comprises a pair of magnetic coils which are placed on opposite sides of the control disk, coaxially therewith, and are arranged to be selectively activated by an electric current to generate a magnetic force acting on the control disk to axially move the control disk, and therefore also the engagement sleeve, in either directions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for managing priority-arbitrated access to a set of one or more computational engines of a physical computing device. The method includes providing a multiplexer module and a network bus in the physical computing device, wherein the multiplexer module is connected to the network bus. The method further includes receiving, by the multiplexer module, a first data processing request from a driver and inferring, by the multiplexer module, a first priority class from the first data processing request according to at least one property of the first data processing request. The method further includes manipulating, by the multiplexer module, a priority according to which the physical computing device handles data associated with the first data processing request in relation to data associated with other data processing requests, wherein the priority is determined by the first priority class.

Abstract: The present disclosure is in one aspect to a dispenser for rolled sheet materials. The dispenser includes a feed roller that is rotatably mounted to a housing of the dispenser housing, and that is configured to feed a predetermined amount of sheet material from the supply of sheet material through a discharge provided along the housing of the dispenser. The dispenser also has a feed roller drive assembly with a drive motor, and a belt transmission assembly. The belt transmission assembly has a drive belt coupled to the drive motor and to the feed roller such that rotation of the feed roller is driven by operation of the drive motor.

Abstract: A key identifier that identifies a cryptographic key is transmitted to a cryptographic coprocessor. A first set of attributes is received from the cryptographic coprocessor. The first set of attributes and a second set of attributes are serialized into a first sequence of attributes. The first sequence of attributes are stored to an attribute frame. One or more attributes in the second set of attributes are associated with the cryptographic key and originate from a key attribute storage of the key management system. The second set of attributes is different from the first set of attributes. The first sequence of attributes is transmitted to the cryptographic coprocessor. A first message authentication code (MAC) calculated from the first sequence of attributes is received from the cryptographic coprocessor. The attribute frame is verified by comparing the first MAC, or a value derived from the first MAC, to a reference value.

Abstract: A key identifier that identifies a cryptographic key is transmitted to a cryptographic coprocessor. A first set of attributes is received from the cryptographic coprocessor. The first set of attributes and a second set of attributes are serialized into a first sequence of attributes. The first sequence of attributes are stored to an attribute frame. One or more attributes in the second set of attributes are associated with the cryptographic key and originate from a key attribute storage of the key management system. The second set of attributes is different from the first set of attributes. The first sequence of attributes is transmitted to the cryptographic coprocessor. A first message authentication code (MAC) calculated from the first sequence of attributes is received from the cryptographic coprocessor. The attribute frame is verified by comparing the first MAC, or a value derived from the first MAC, to a reference value.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for managing priority-arbitrated access to a set of one or more computational engines of a physical computing device. The method includes providing a multiplexer module and a network bus in the physical computing device, wherein the multiplexer module is connected to the network bus. The method further includes receiving, by the multiplexer module, a first data processing request from a driver and inferring, by the multiplexer module, a first priority class from the first data processing request according to at least one property of the first data processing request. The method further includes manipulating, by the multiplexer module, a priority according to which the physical computing device handles data associated with the first data processing request in relation to data associated with other data processing requests, wherein the priority is determined by the first priority class.

Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance includes: a main housing; a cooking compartment; a gas burner that provides heat to the cooking compartment; a cooling air passageway located between the cooking compartment and a rear wall of the main housing, the cooling air passageway being separated from the cooking compartment by a rear wall of the cooking compartment; and a gas flue. The gas flue has an exhaust gas inlet open to the cooking chamber, the exhaust inlet being located in a lower panel of the gas flue, a cooling air inlet open to the cooling air passageway, an outlet located above the exhaust gas inlet, above the cooling air inlet, and above an uppermost portion of the cooking compartment, and an upper deflector located above the outlet and angled relative to vertical at a non-zero first angle such that the upper deflector extends over at least a portion of the outlet.

Abstract: A method including: receiving, via a processor, established upper bounds for dynamic structures in a multi-tenant system; creating, via the processor, arrays comprising related memory-management unit (MMU) mappings to be placed together; and placing the dynamic structures within the arrays, the placing comprising for each array: skipping an element of the array based on determining that placing a dynamic structure in that element would cause the array to become overcommitted and result in a layout where accessing all elements would impose a translation look aside buffer (TLB) replacement action; and scanning for an array-start entry by placing the start of a first element at an address from which an entire array can be placed without TLB contention, and accessing, via the processors, all non-skipped elements without incurring TLB replacements.

Abstract: A method including: receiving, via a processor, established upper bounds for dynamic structures in a multi-tenant system; creating, via the processor, arrays comprising related memory-management unit (MMU) mappings to be placed together; and placing the dynamic structures within the arrays, the placing comprising for each array: skipping an element of the array based on determining that placing a dynamic structure in that element would cause the array to become overcommitted and result in a layout where accessing all elements would impose a translation look aside buffer (TLB) replacement action; and scanning for an array-start entry by placing the start of a first element at an address from which an entire array can be placed without TLB contention, and accessing, via the processors, all non-skipped elements without incurring TLB replacements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for controlling operation of multiple computational engines of a physical computing device. The computer-implemented method includes providing a multiplexer module in the device, the multiplexer module including a first and second memory region. The multiplexer module may receive from a first driver at the multiplexer module a data processing request to be processed by a first set of one or more computational engines of the computational engines. Subsequent to receiving the data processing request, the multiplexer module may assign a request sub-region of the first region and a response sub-region of the second region to the first driver. Data indicative of the request sub-region and the response sub-region may be submitted to the first driver. Results of processing the request may be received at the response sub-region.

Abstract: Electromagnetically-operated coupling device for selectively connecting and disconnecting a first rotating member and a second rotating member in a driveline of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the first and the second rotating members are coaxial with each other and rotatable about a same axis of rotation. The coupling device comprises: an engagement sleeve provided with a control disk made of a ferromagnetic material, the engagement sleeve being axially slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position; and a control system for controlling the sliding movement of the engagement sleeve between said engaged and disengaged positions. The control system comprises a pair of magnetic coils which are placed on opposite sides of the control disk, coaxially therewith, and are arranged to be selectively activated by an electric current to generate a magnetic force acting on the control disk to axially move the control disk, and therefore also the engagement sleeve, in either directions.

Abstract: A sheet material dispenser can include a sheet material transfer assembly operable to automatically transfer feeding or dispensing of sheet material between a plurality of supplies of sheet material. The sheet material transfer assembly can include a frame that is movable between a plurality of positions including a first position that facilitates feeding of the sheet material from a first supply of sheet material, and a second position that facilitates feeding or dispensing of sheet material from a second supply of sheet material. The frame of the sheet material transfer system can shift or move to the second position for dispensing sheet material from the second supply of sheet material when the first supply of sheet material is fully dispensed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for controlling operation of multiple computational engines of a physical computing device. The computer-implemented method includes providing a multiplexer module in the device, the multiplexer module including a first and second memory region. The multiplexer module may receive from a first driver at the multiplexer module a data processing request to be processed by a first set of one or more computational engines of the computational engines. Subsequent to receiving the data processing request, the multiplexer module may assign a request sub-region of the first region and a response sub-region of the second region to the first driver. Data indicative of the request sub-region and the response sub-region may be submitted to the first driver. Results of processing the request may be received at the response sub-region.