Abstract: The invention relates to a refillable multi-dose container (1) for storing a flowable product comprising: —a tank (2) with a top opened extremity (3), —means (4) for closing the top opened extremity (3) of the tank (2), said means being openable by exercising contact pressure on them and closable by stopping contact pressure on them. The invention relates too to a machine comprising such a multi-dose container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a refillable multi-dose container (1) for storing a flowable product comprising: —a tank (2) with a top opened extremity (3), —means (4) for closing the top opened extremity (3) of the tank (2), said means being openable by exercising contact pressure on them and closable by stopping contact pressure on them. The invention relates too to a machine comprising such a multi-dose container.

Abstract: Systems and method for optically imaging objects and in particular optical patterns or codes onto a detection device by a pinhole aperture are described. According to an embodiment of the invention these systems have optical attenuation elements between the illumination devices and the object which substantially compensate the system-inherent imaging detects caused by the pinhole aperture and in particular the system-inherent peripheral decrease in brightness of an image of the object formed by a pinhole aperture on the detection device. According to an embodiment of the invention, the optical attenuation elements change the illumination intensity of the object in such a manner that the central areas of the object are illuminated at a lower light intensity than its peripheral areas. As a result of the subsequent imaging of the object by a pinhole aperture, the central areas of the object are imaged onto the detection device at a higher light intensity than the peripheral areas of the object.

Abstract: Systems and method for optically imaging objects and in particular optical patterns or codes onto a detection device by a pinhole aperture are described. According to an embodiment of the invention these systems have optical attenuation elements between the illumination devices and the object which substantially compensate the system-inherent imaging detects caused by the pinhole aperture and in particular the system-inherent peripheral decrease in brightness of an image of the object formed by a pinhole aperture on the detection device. According to an embodiment of the invention, the optical attenuation elements change the illumination intensity of the object in such a manner that the central areas of the object are illuminated at a lower light intensity than its peripheral areas. As a result of the subsequent imaging of the object by a pinhole aperture, the central areas of the object are imaged onto the detection device at a higher light intensity than the peripheral areas of the object.