Abstract: There is described a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a food product from a container. The dispensing apparatus comprises a support for supporting a container of product when the container is loaded into the apparatus, an actuator for effecting movement of the support in a first direction during a product dispensing stroke of the apparatus and in a second direction during a return stroke of the apparatus; and a retainer for retaining a spent container of product so that a spent container is removed from the support during the return stroke.

Abstract: There is described a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a food product from a container. The dispensing apparatus comprises a support for supporting a container of product when the container is loaded into the apparatus, an actuator for effecting movement of the support in a first direction during a product dispensing stroke of the apparatus and in a second direction during a return stroke of the apparatus; and a retainer for retaining a spent container of product so that a spent container is removed from the support during the return stroke.

Abstract: A piercing device comprising a main body, a piercing needle and a stud member, in which said piercing needle protrudes in a first direction from a first slider, in which said first slider is mounted on a first track provided on said main body, and is reciprocally moveable along a piercing axis between a stand-by position and a piercing position, in which said stud member is removably mounted to second slider and protrudes therefrom in a second direction opposite to said first direction, in which said second slider is mounted on a second track and is moveable along said piercing axis in said second direction, in which said first slider comprises a first connector part and said second slider comprises a second connector part, in which in a first device configuration said first slider is in said stand-by position and is located relative to said second slider such that said first connector part is spaced from said second connector part, and in which in a second device configuration said first slider is in said pi

Abstract: An applicator device (1) for applying a composition to an end of a pipe. The applicator device comprises an applicator head (3), the applicator head having a cavity (9) with an opening into which the end of the pipe can be inserted. The applicator head comprises at least one brush (10) and at least one aperture (12) for delivering the composition into the cavity, each brush having bristles which extend into the cavity (9) to wipe against the end of the pipe, each aperture being closer to the opening of the cavity than to a base of the cavity. There is further provided an applicator device (1) comprising a supplementary brush for wiping the composition over an internal surface of the pipe, a container (60) of flux composition for connecting to the applicator device, and a method of applying a composition to an end of a pipe.

Abstract: There is described a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a food product from a container. The dispensing apparatus comprises a support for supporting a container of product when the container is loaded into the apparatus, an actuator for effecting movement of the support in a first direction during a product dispensing stroke of the apparatus and in a second direction during a return stroke of the apparatus; and a retainer for retaining a spent container of product so that a spent container is removed from the support during the return stroke.

Abstract: There is provided a height adjustable desk (5) for placing on an existing desktop. The height adjustable desk (5) comprises a base frame (50) for placing on the existing desktop, a desktop (10) that is connected to the base frame (50) by first (40) and second (45) support members, and a gas strut, wherein the first and second support members (40, 45) are pivotally connected (41) to one another and are pivotable about the pivotal connection to raise and lower the desktop (10) from the base frame (50). The ends of the second support member (45) are slidable along the base frame (50) and along the desktop (10), and one of those ends is pivotably connected to a shuttle, the shuttle being drivable by the gas strut to slide along a shuttle frame of the desktop or base frame.

Abstract: A weaving tool has a first part and a second part, in which a first end of the first part is connected to a first end of the second part by a hinge. The first part has a first comb portion with first teeth extending away from the hinge, and the second part comprises a second comb portion with second teeth extending away from the hinge. The first part and the second part are movable about an axis of the hinge between a first position in which the first comb portion and the second comb portion are substantially parallel, and a second position in which the first comb portion and the second comb portion are displaced from one another about the axis.

Abstract: There is described an apparatus for dispensing a food product from a container loaded into the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a first sensor for sensing electrically conductive material, wherein the first sensor is arranged to sense whether a first section of electrically conductive material has been removed from covering an aperture in the container to enable the food product to be dispensed by the apparatus through the aperture.

Abstract: There is provided an applicator device (1) for applying a composition to an end of a pipe. The applicator device comprises an applicator head (3), the applicator head having a cavity (9) with an opening into which the end of the pipe can be inserted. The applicator head comprises at least one brush (10) and at least one aperture (12) for delivering the composition into the cavity, each brush having bristles which extend into the cavity (9) to wipe against the end of the pipe, each aperture being closer to the opening of the cavity than to a base of the cavity. There is further provided an applicator device (1) comprising a supplementary brush for wiping the composition over an internal surface of the pipe, a container (60) of flux composition for connecting to the applicator device, and a method of applying a composition to an end of a pipe.

Abstract: There is provided a height adjustable desk (5) for placing on an existing desktop. The height adjustable desk (5) comprises a base frame (50) for placing on the existing desktop, a desktop (10) that is connected to the base frame (50) by first (40) and second (45) support members, and a gas strut, wherein the first and second support members (40, 45) are pivotally connected (41) to one another and are pivotable about the pivotal connection to raise and lower the desktop (10) from the base frame (50). The ends of the second support member (45) are slidable along the base frame (50) and along the desktop (10), and one of those ends is pivotably connected to a shuttle, the shuttle being drivable by the gas strut to slide along a shuttle frame of the desktop or base frame.

Abstract: A weaving tool comprising a first part and a second part, in which a first end of said first part is connected to a first end of said second part by a hinge, in which said first part comprises a first comb portion with first teeth extending away from said hinge, and in which said second part comprises a second comb portion with second teeth extending away from said hinge, in which said first part and said second part are movable about an axis of said hinge between a first position in which said first comb portion and said second comb portion are substantially parallel, and a second position in which said first comb portion and said second comb portion are displaced from one another about said axis.

Abstract: There is provided a height adjustable workstation, comprising a base (1), lower (3) and upper (5) desks, and a lifting mechanism (2) for raising and lowering the lower and upper desks relative to the base, the lower desk (3) for supporting a keyboard and the upper desk (5) for supporting a computer monitor. The upper desk (5) provides a substantially planar upper desk surface that comprises a fixed desk surface (7) of a fixed desk portion (6) and a movable desk surface (9) of a movable desk portion (8), when the moveable desk portion (8) is in a first position. In a second position the movable desk surface (9) is upwardly slanted relative to the fixed desk surface (7), to aid reading of any documents placed on the movable desk surface (9). A skirt (10, 12) fills a gap between the fixed desk surface (7) and the movable desk surface (9) when the movable desk portion is in the second position, to prevent trapping of human fingers.

Abstract: A bowl comprising an open top (2), an outer surface (3) and a base (4), in which a plurality of first drainage apertures (5) are provided in said outer surface, in which said base is provided with a resilient bi-stable diaphragm member (6) which is manually switchable between a first dome configuration in which it extends away from said outer surface, and a second dome configuration in which it is everted in relation to said first configuration and overlies said outer surface to close said plurality of first drainage apertures.

Abstract: A security attachment for engagement in a security slot (1100) in the casing of a laptop computer or the like provides a body (1) with a rotatable lock (10) and a projecting tongue (20) which is axially retractable into a flat sided, rotatable outer casing (2). A pair of spring steel strips (40, 50; 100, 110) are slidably mounted in an elongate cavity (22) in the tongue. The tongue is inserted into the security slot by pushing the lock into the casing, and then locked in place by rotating the lock so as to advance the strips axially through the security slot within the tongue. The distal ends (42, 52; 102, 112) of the strips are deflected progressively outwardly via lateral apertures (23, 24) at the distal end (27) of the tongue by sliding engagement with a wedge (28, 29) formed at the distal end of the tongue so that they engage the laptop casing at the periphery of the aperture at an oblique angle.