Abstract: A fluid refill pouch for use with a dispenser having a refill well with a refill opening therein and a piercing member disposed in the refill well, the pouch having a flexible wall hermetically sealed for containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed in the pouch for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall and provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill opening and into the dispenser; the inner wall of the refill well and the outer wall of the docking adaptor are shaped complementarily with flutes in the outer wall of the docking adaptor for easy grasping by the user, the parts having non-standard dimensions to provide anti-bootleg protection; there also is provided a fluid dispensing system incorporating such a refill pouch and dispenser.

Abstract: A towel dispenser of the continuous loop type wherein the housing has two spaced apart and vertically extending support members mounted on the rear wall, each support member having a cantilever portion with mounting mechanism for pivotally mounting a towel bed thereon, towel dispensing mechanism mounted in the housing for dispensing clean towel therefrom into the loop along an exit path when the accessible portion of the loop is pulled by the user, loop take-up mechanism mounted in the housing coupled to the towel dispensing mechanism for retracting and storing soiled towel from the return path. The loop take-up mechanism includes a take-up roll for storing soiled towel and drive mechanism coupled to the dispensing mechanism for driving the take-up roll.

Abstract: A liquid soap dispensing system includes a closed soap container having a manually actuated dispensing pump carried therebeneath, the container being separated by a partition into a lower soap reservoir and an upper refill compartment, the latter adapted to enclose therein a removable refill cartridge and having a downwardly extending refill well with a pair of opposed keys extending thereinto. The cartridge has an outlet neck, the outer surface of which has a pair of opposed slots. The neck is closed by a pierceable membrane recessed therein and adapted to be received into the well so that a cartridge opening member pierces the membrane to accommodate free flow of liquid soap from the cartridge to the reservoir. The cartridge is entirely closed to define the liquid level in the reservoir at the bottom of the neck, and a drain hole in the reservoir wall above the bottom of the neck but below the tops of the keys prevents bootleg cartridges from being used in the soap dispenser.

Abstract: A fluid injection pouch for use in refilling a dispenser having a refill well with refill apertures therein and a piercing member therein, the pouch having a flexible wall hermetically sealed for containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed within the pouch and for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall and provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill aperture and into an associated dispenser; there also is provided a fluid dispensing system incorporating such an injection pouch.

Abstract: A system for dispensing fluids including a closed container having a manually actuated dispensing pump carried therebeneath, the container being separated by a partition into a lower reservoir compartment and an upper refill compartment, the latter adapted to enclose therein a removable refill pouch; a refill well is provided in the partition and disposed in the refill well is a hollow tubular member extending upwardly thereinto with a refill aperture extending therethrough; the refill pouch has a flexible wall hermetically sealed and containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed within the pouch for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall to provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill aperture and into the lower reservoir compartment; a slot in the wall in the upper refill compartment prevents accumulation of free fluid therein.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for forming patterned cut pile tufted fabrics and, in particular, colored patterned tufted pile fabrics. The patterns are essentially produced by selectively backrobbing one leg of a cut loop thereby producing a cut loop having one relatively long leg and one relatively short leg. By selectively backrobbing one leg of a cut loop of one color yarn and by refraining from backrobbing a leg of a cut loop of at least a second color, the second color will become predominant in the pattern by virtue of having twice as many long legs of that color making up the surface of the cut pile tufted fabric. The disclosure also encompasses a method and apparatus for producing relatively long nap cut pile tufted fabrics having controlled J-cut loops.

Abstract: A patterning device for a tufting machine having a reciprocating needle bar slidably mounted for lateral movement. The patterning device has a pair of solenoid actuated pawls mounted on the tufting machine head above the needle bar, and a pair of ratchet members mounted on the needle bar for cooperating with a respective pawl. The solenoids are individually controlled by a programmable pattern controller driven in synchronization with the tufting machine so as to engage the pawls selectively with the respective ratchet to force the needle bar to shift laterally. One pawl and ratchet acts to shift the needle bar to the right, and the other to the left. A centering tooth intermediate the pawls cooperates with an alignment plate to ensure precise shifting, and a needle bar locking tooth on the needle bar cooperates with a centering dog on the bed of the tufting machine to ensure that the needle bar does not shift while it is within the work piece.

Abstract: A tufting machine having a needle plate supported for lateral movement relative to the needles. The needle plate may be shifted laterally in accordance with a pattern. The support for the needle plate includes a pair of laterally extending rods movable in bearing members secured to the tufting machine. Picker rolls on the leading edge of the needle plate provide a positive gripping action between the backing fabric and the needle plate during the shifting movements.

Abstract: A patterning device for a tufting machine including a rotary shaft carrying three cams and driven in timed relationship with the tufting machine. Two of the cams each act to cyclically oscillate a respective pawl carrying carriage in opposite directions toward and away from the other during a substantial portion of each cycle. Two sets of ratchet teeth one for each pawl are secured to an output drive member which may be coupled to a tufting machine fabric or needle bar shifting system. A programmable pattern controller drive in synchronization with the shaft selectively controls the engagement of the pawls with the respective set of ratchet teeth during a portion of the cycle when each carrier is moving in a first non-coupling direction and when the directions reverse motion is transmitted to the ratchet by the engaged pawl. The third cam controls a locking tooth to cyclically engage with and disengage from a set of teeth in a locking and alignment plate secured to the output drive member.

Abstract: Apparatus and method of making a very dense tufted fabric using a programmed intermittent backing fabric feed in combination with means for changing the relative lateral displacement of the point of needle penetration into the backing fabric. The method in general comprises feeding a backing fabric through the machine, tufting stitches into the backing, stopping the fabric feed and initiating relative lateral displacement between the backing fabric and the needles, tufting additional stitches into the backing fabric and either initiating further relative displacement between the backing fabric and the needles and tufting again or feeding the fabric forward and repeating the process.

Abstract: Apparatus and method of making a very dense tufted fabric using a programmed intermittent backing fabric feed in combination with means for changing the relative lateral displacement of the point of needle penetration into the backing fabric. The method in general comprises feeding a backing fabric through the machine, tufting stitches into the backing, stopping the fabric feed and initiating relative lateral displacement between the backing fabric and the needles, tufting additional stitches into the backing fabric and either initiating further relative displacement between the backing fabric and the needles and tufting again or feeding the fabric forward and repeating the process.