Abstract: A water flow gating device for a sink includes a casing, an inlet port disposed on the casing and couplable to a faucet spout, a water outflow port on the casing, a valve disposed in the casing between the inlet port and the outflow port for controlling water flow from the inlet port to the outflow port, an ultrasonic sensor mounted to the casing, and a control circuit operatively connected to the sensor and the valve to control opening and closing of the valve in accordance with signals received from the sensor. The control circuit includes a program and associated hardware for calibrating the gating device in accordance with sink size.

Abstract: A food processing device includes various slicing, cutting and grating attachments for manually processing a food slidable thereover. The food processing device has a working surface and a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall containing a plurality of vertically oriented recesses in an bottom edge thereof. The recesses are positioned to engage a food utensils, such as a bowl, so that the processed foods are deposited in the bowl. A holder for the foods has a movable wall to apply even pressure to the food during processing.

Abstract: A skin rejuvenating heat treatment includes subjecting a hard paraffin wax composition in a microwavable container to microwave energy, thereby melting the wax composition. The melted wax composition is deposited on a human skin surface and subsequently removed from the skin surface. The wax composition includes paraffin wax in an amount of 45% to 85% by weight, water in an amount of 1% to 25% by weight, and surface active componentry including emulsifiers and/or surfactants in an amount of 1% to 54% by weight of the composition.