Abstract: A teeth cleaning apparatus has a brush pivotally mounted in a brush holder. The brush has a teeth cleaning member such as bristles formed thereon. A vibrator exerts a vibratory force on the brush so that the teeth cleaning member moves back and forth in substantially its axial direction. The vibrator is driven by an electrical signal which preferably is of a frequency between 1,000 and 17,000 Hz and includes an audio frequency component of mixed frequency and amplitude representing music or other pleasant sounds which is transmitted to the auditory system of a person while brushing.

Abstract: Conditioning system for lip rouge or make-up is provided. The system has two parts which are engageable with each other, with one of the parts being adapted to carry the required quantity of the product which is deposited as a layer by dipping, and the other part being adapted to form a closure of the system or to increase its total length.

Abstract: A changing apparatur for recording media has a rotatable magazine which houses a plurality of sloping storage slots in which recording media can be housed. The storage slots overlap one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine. A selector rotates the magazine until a desired storage slot is disposed in a loading position. A loading mechanism transfers a recording medium between the storage slot which is at the loading position and a pick-up which reads the information recorded in the recording medium.

Abstract: A player/recorder apparatus with an automatic changer mechanism for information carriers in the form of cards or discs. An arcuate magazine stores a plurality of information carriers in multiple compartments extending radially from a center, each compartment being adapted to store an information carrier in a storage position in a radial plane relative to the center. One or more player/recorder devices for supporting an information carrier in an operating position are spaced circumferentially from the arcuate magazine.

Abstract: The status corresponding to the presence or absence of articles at their reserved locations is detected by means of an optical switch comprising an emitter which sends infra-red rays toward a receiver. The article obstructs these rays and hence its presence is detected. The information obtained from the optical switches is processed and used for servicing or billing.

Abstract: A record player having a mechanism for guiding and centering records of different sizes on a driving spindle. Two pairs of levers are mounted on a record carrier at diametrically opposed positions. The levers have generally circular hubs mounted on pivots carried by the record support and extending arms including record engaging studs. Insertion of a record engages the studs to pivot the arms which guide the record to a centered position. Alignment of slots in the hubs of at least one of the pairs of levers sense the proper positioning of the record and trigger the player to rotate the record carrier from the load to the play position.

Abstract: A package for storing and method for ejecting small amounts of flowing material, especially liquids, viscous or pasty material, from the package which comprises foil sections which are joined together and form a compressible container for storing said material, an enclosed chamber separated from the container by a predetermined rupture site and having throttling means associated with the chamber for regulating the flow of material to a discharge opening when pressure is applied to compress the storage container and continued after site is ruptured.

Abstract: The package for storing and spraying small amounts of liquid comprises a formed section and a flat sheet joined together such that together they provide a compressible container for storing liquid and a conterminous system of passageways for conveying and accelerating the liquid when pressure is applied to the container, said passageway system being constructed to keep the liquid within the container without any outside means of assistance. The passageway system terminates tangentially in a turbulence space provided with at least one central nozzle aperture. To intensify the spraying effect or atomization of the liquid, two passageways are provided between the container and the turbulence space which terminate tangentially in the turbulence space offset at an angle of 180.degree.. The means designed to keep the liquid within the container consists preferably of a ruptureable seal at a site between the container and the passageway system.

Abstract: A powered atomizer that repeatedly actuates a conventional manual pump-type atomizer. The powered atomizer is a motor driven unit contained within a housing which holds the atomizer spray head and pump stationary, and provides a mechanism to reciprocate the atomizer container relative to the stationary spray head and pump to actuate the atomizer. The housing is comprised of two separable sections that permits disassembly of the housing and replacement of spent containers. The atomizer container is reciprocated in the housing by means of an electric motor with a motor shaft. The rotary motion of the motor shaft is transformed into reciprocating vertical translatory motion by a cam and follower mechanism. An on-off switch controls the supply of power to the motor, and the container returns to its lowermost position when the motor is stopped, so that it can be manually operated.