Abstract: An electronic lock includes a lock assembly configured to switch between a locking state and an unlocking state, and a control unit electrically connected to the lock assembly. The control unit includes an operation panel configured to receive a user input, a light sensor configured to measure intensity of ambient light and generate a light-sense signal, a proximity sensor configured to generate a wake signal, a backlight module configured to emit light from the operation panel, and a control module electrically connected to the lock assembly, the operation panel, the light sensor, the proximity sensor, and the backlight module. The control module is configured to control operation of the lock assembly based on the user input, activate the light sensor to measure the intensity of the ambient light, activate the backlight module to emit the light, and control the backlight module to adjust brightness of the light emitted thereby.

Abstract: An assembly that includes a beverage container having a beverage vessel body that includes: a base, a side wall connected to the base, and a first rim integral with an end of the side wall that is distal to the base. The base includes: a bottom surface, and an arm member extending downward from the side wall. The arm member has an inwardly oriented side, an outwardly oriented side, a surface contacting region, and a detent region defined by the inwardly oriented side. The assembly includes a coaster having a second bottom surface, and a top portion attached to the second bottom surface. The top portion includes a second rim defined by an upwardly projecting ridge, wherein the projecting ridge snaps into the detent region so as to attach the coaster to the beverage container without the need to rotate the beverage container relative to the coaster.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly including a first beverage container having a first vessel body that has a first base having a first perimeter and a first side wall connected to the first base, wherein the first side wall includes a connecting member. The first beverage container including a first rim defined on the first side wall distal to the first base. The assembly further including a second beverage container that includes a second vessel body that has a second base having a second perimeter and a second side wall connected to the second base. The second side wall includes an engagement member that engages with the connecting member so that the first beverage container is attached to the second beverage container.

Abstract: An assembly that includes a first container having a first vessel body that includes: a first base having a first perimeter, a first side wall connected to the first base, and a first rim defined on the first side wall distal to the first base. The first container includes a cap that releasably engages the first rim. The assembly includes a second container having a second vessel body that includes: a second base having a second perimeter, a second side wall connected to the second base, and a second rim defined on the second side wall distal to the second base, wherein the cap of the first container is releasably engaged by the second base of the second container such that the cap is interposed between the first rim of the first container and the second base of the second container.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly including a first beverage container having a first vessel body that has a first base. The first beverage container including a first rim defined on a first side wall distal to the first base. The first base has a convex shape in a central portion of the base. The first vessel body further including an edge connected to the first rim, wherein the edge lies entirely in a first plane that does not intersect a second plane that contains a free end of the first rim. The assembly further including a second beverage container defining a detent. The second beverage container including a second rim defined on a second side wall distal to the second base, wherein the edge is releasably and directly engaged by the detent of the second base such that the first beverage container is releasably engaged by the second beverage container.

Abstract: A gas dissolving apparatus that combines a gas at first pressure into a working fluid, the working present at a second pressure equal to or greater than the first pressure. The device includes a molecular mixing chamber which is designed as a truncated conical chamber located between an inlet and an outlet. The device can include a plurality of inlets for the gas to enter into the mixing section, and a plurality of passages through the truncated conical chamber. The truncated conical chamber is surrounded by a cylindrical chamber leading to the outlet of the chamber.

Abstract: A gas dissolving apparatus that combines a gas at first pressure into a working fluid, the working present at a second pressure equal to or greater than the first pressure. The device includes a molecular mixing chamber which is designed as a truncated conical chamber located between an inlet and an outlet. The device can include a plurality of inlets for the gas to enter into the mixing section, and a plurality of passages through the truncated conical chamber. The truncated conical chamber is surrounded by a cylindrical chamber leading to the outlet of the chamber.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly including a first beverage container having a first vessel body that has a first base having a first perimeter and a first side wall connected to the first base, wherein the first side wall includes a connecting member. The first beverage container including a first rim defined on the first side wall distal to the first base. The assembly further including a second beverage container that includes a second vessel body that has a second base having a second perimeter and a second side wall connected to the second base. The second side wall includes an engagement member that engages with the connecting member so that the first beverage container is attached to the second beverage container.

Abstract: A painting robot outer arm includes a non-conductive housing mounting a color changer on the outside and a paint canister on the inside connected by an isolating paint transfer line. The paint canister is releasably attached to a piston ram and drive motor by a quick disconnect coupling. The paint supply is isolated from the applied high voltage by cleaning and drying the transfer line. The rate of filling of the canister can be controlled in response to sensed torque applied by a drive motor moving a piston in the paint canister.

Abstract: A painting robot outer arm includes a non-conductive housing mounting a color changer on the outside and a paint canister on the inside connected by an isolating paint transfer line. The paint canister is releasably attached to a piston ram and drive motor by a quick disconnect coupling. The paint supply is isolated from the applied high voltage by cleaning and drying the transfer line. The rate of filling of the canister can be controlled in response to sensed torque applied by a drive motor moving a piston in the paint canister.

Abstract: A painting robot outer arm includes a non-conductive housing mounting a color changer on the outside and a paint canister on the inside connected by an isolating paint transfer line. The paint canister is releasably attached to a piston ram and drive motor by a quick disconnect coupling. The paint supply is isolated from the applied high voltage by cleaning and drying the transfer line. The rate of filling of the canister can be controlled in response to sensed torque applied by a drive motor moving a piston in the paint canister.

Abstract: A painting robot outer arm includes a non-conductive housing mounting a color changer on the outside and a paint canister on the inside connected by an isolating paint transfer line. The paint canister is releasably attached to a piston ram and drive motor by a quick disconnect coupling. The paint supply is isolated from the applied high voltage by cleaning and drying the transfer line. The rate of filling of the canister can be controlled in response to sensed torque applied by a drive motor moving a piston in the paint canister.