Abstract: A vent cover configured restrict air flow from an air vent. The vent cover comprises a multi-layer frame having at least three layers. The vent cover further comprises a plurality of magnets, wherein the plurality of magnets is integrated into the multi-layer frame through a plurality of apertures.

Abstract: A system includes a bus interface and circuitry. The bus interface is configured to communicate with an external device over a peripheral bus. The circuitry is configured to support a plurality of widgets that perform primitive operations used in implementing peripheral-bus devices, to receive a user-defined configuration, which specifies a user-defined peripheral-bus device as a configuration of one or more of the widgets, and to implement the user-defined peripheral-bus device toward the external device over the peripheral bus, in accordance with the user-defined configuration.

Abstract: A transformable accessory for a handheld digital device, functions both as a protective cover and as a selfie stick, the accessory having a mounting chassis adapted for securing to a digital device, and an accessory member connected to the mounting chassis. transformable between first and second operative positions, and having a plurality of interconnected elongate, prismatic elements. In the first operative position the prismatic elements are in a side by side, coplanar formation extending across the rear of the mounting chassis cooperating therewith as a protective cover for the digital device. In the second operative position, the prismatic elements may be extended so as to form a rod which cooperates with the mounting chassis such that the combination of the rod and the mounting chassis become a selfie stick.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter device includes a piping arrangement including a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and including a measurement section disposed intermediate the ends, the tubular body defining a fluid passage extending along the axis through the tubular body from one end to the other; and at least two ultrasonic transducers and at least two reflective elements disposed on opposing sides of the tubular body and spaced apart along the axis. The piping arrangement includes an outer pipe body made from a metallic material and an inner sleeve made from a polymeric material, the inner sleeve being disposed within the outer pipe body. The inner sleeve is over molded within the outer pipe body. The inner sleeve defines the measurement section and the fluid passage of the piping arrangement.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter device includes a piping arrangement including a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and including a measurement section disposed intermediate the ends, the tubular body defining a fluid passage extending along the axis through the tubular body from one end to the other; and at least two ultrasonic transducers and at least two reflective elements disposed on opposing sides of the tubular body and spaced apart along the axis. The piping arrangement includes an outer pipe body made from a metallic material and an inner sleeve made from a polymeric material, the inner sleeve being disposed within the outer pipe body. The inner sleeve is over molded within the outer pipe body. The inner sleeve defines the measurement section and the fluid passage of the piping arrangement.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter device includes a piping arrangement, at least two ultrasonic transducers, and at least two reflective elements. The piping arrangement includes a fluid passage extending through a tubular body. The at least two ultrasonic transducers are configured to generate and/or receive an ultrasonic sound wave and the at least two reflective elements are configured to direct the ultrasonic sound wave through a fluid passage in a measurement section of the piping arrangement between the at least two ultrasonic transducers in a travel path that is substantially Z-shaped. A width of the fluid passage in the measurement section is less than the width of the fluid passage at the ends of the tubular body, but the cross-sectional area of the fluid passage in the measurement section is the same as the cross-sectional area of the fluid passage at the ends of the tubular body.

Abstract: A transformable accessory for a handheld digital device, functions both as a protective cover and as a selfie stick, the accessory having a mounting chassis adapted for securing to a digital device, and an accessory member connected to the mounting chassis. transformable between first and second operative positions, and having a plurality of interconnected elongate, prismatic elements. In the first operative position the prismatic elements are in a side by side, coplanar formation extending across the rear of the mounting chassis cooperating therewith as a protective cover for the digital device. In the second operative position, the prismatic elements may be extended so as to form a rod which cooperates with the mounting chassis such that the combination of the rod and the mounting chassis become a selfie stick.

Abstract: An integral range extender and mechanical protector system for a handheld digital device includes a chassis adapted for securing to the device; and a selectably deployable dual purpose collapsible rod operable in a first, compacted mode for storage across the rear of the device so as to cover a major portion of the area thereof and together with the chassis, to absorb mechanical forces directed towards the sides or rear of the device, and further operable in a second, deployed mode for extension in a direction transverse from the chassis, whereby a first end of the rod is adapted to support the device and a second distal end is adapted to be held in the hand of a user, wherein, in the second mode, use of the collapsible rod permits positioning of the device from the user and use thereof remotely from the user.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter device includes a piping arrangement, at least two ultrasonic transducers, and at least two reflective elements. The piping arrangement includes a fluid passage extending through a tubular body. The at least two ultrasonic transducers are configured to generate and/or receive an ultrasonic sound wave and the at least two reflective elements are configured to direct the ultrasonic sound wave through a fluid passage in a measurement section of the piping arrangement between the at least two ultrasonic transducers in a travel path that is substantially Z-shaped. A width of the fluid passage in the measurement section is less than the width of the fluid passage at the ends of the tubular body, but the cross-sectional area of the fluid passage in the measurement section is the same as the cross-sectional area of the fluid passage at the ends of the tubular body.

Abstract: A temperature control system (400) for a liquid comprises two sets of temperature control elements oppositely disposed to one another and define between them a temperature control zone. A conduit system within the temperature control zone defines a liquid flow path (300, 302) that is configured to have one or more first segments in proximity to and in heat-conducting association with one of the two sets and one or more second segments in proximity to and in heat-conducting association with the other of the two sets. The temperature control system (400) may be used as a liquid cooling or heating module in a cold liquid dispensing device or system, such as a drinking water or other beverage dispensing device.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dispensing system, comprising a dispensing outlet (108) for dispensing beverage at a controlled temperature, a mixing chamber (120) upstream in a flow path to said outlet such that dispensed beverage flows from said chamber to the outlet, at least three feeding lines (124, 126, 128) feeding beverage of at least three different defined temperatures to said chamber; and a controller (500) for controlling the feed from each of said feeding lines so as to yield a desired temperature of the dispensed beverage.