Abstract: The electric power steering device such that the characteristic vibration of the rack shaft is adjusted by providing a hollow portion at the rack shaft, resulting in that the characteristic vibration of the rack shaft does not resonate with the vibration of the rack caused by the wheels and/or the motor.

Abstract: A PWM control includes a first PWM control and a second PWM control. In the first PWM control, a first power supply terminal of a first coil is kept non-switched under being connected to a first pole of a direct current power source, and a second power supply terminal of a second coil is capable of being switched under being connected to a second pole of the direct current power source. The second PWM control is performed by switching a first connected condition and a second connected condition by turns. The first connected condition is established with the first power supply terminal connected to the first pole and the second power supply terminal connected to the second pole. The second connected condition is established with the first power supply terminal being connected to the second pole and the second power supply terminal being connected to the first pole.

Abstract: A speaker assembly device for a door of a vehicle capable of being installed in vehicle doors of different thicknesses and shapes includes a speaker unit; a holder for mounting the speaker unit to a front portion thereof, the holder including an engagement portion at a back portion thereof; and a spacer including an engaging portion and an opposingly contacting portion, the engaging portion being engageable with the engagement portion of the holder and the opposingly contacting portion opposingly contacting the door of the vehicle.

Abstract: A belay device for climbing with at least one rope is provided. The belay device comprises a first plate having a first lobe with the rope wrapping at least partially about the first lobe and a second plate having a second lobe. A connection mechanism connects the first plate to the second plate through a rotation point with the rotation point positioned inside the second lobe. A first channel is defined by the first plate and the first lobe and the second plate and the second lobe with the rope moveable through the first channel wherein tension on the rope rotates the first plate and the second plate relative to each other thereby narrowing the first channel and impeding movement of the rope through the first channel.

Abstract: A multipurpose step stool includes two substantially parallel, congruent, triangular side support members. The triangular side support members each include first, second, and third resting edges adapted to contact a supporting surface such as a floor. The first treads are oriented parallel to the first resting edges, the second treads are oriented parallel to the second resting edges, and the platform is oriented parallel to the third resting edges.

Abstract: An automatic transmission is comprised of a housing and a hub rotatable about a shaft at differing speeds and having an axial assembly gap therebetween. The axial assembly gap defines an annular flow path in fluid communication with a source lubrication path and a lubrication-requiring mechanism. A lubrication control device is disposed in the annular flow path. The device includes a washer in constant contact with the housing and having a radial slot to permit a prescribed flow of lubricant through the annular flow path to the lubrication-requiring mechanism. The device further includes a belleville spring wherein a small diameter end is in contact with the hub and a large diameter end is piloted by a seating on the washer, wherein the belleville spring provides spring adjustability to accommodate the variable axial assembly gap.

Abstract: A trolley wheel mechanism has two caster wheel assemblies each having a pair of wheels mounted on a rotatable housing. In a free mode the wheels are free to both rotate and to swivel. This is caused by the user pressing a release pedal. In a unidirectional mode a retainer lock engages a brake disc to prevent swivelling of the housing. This is caused by the user pressing both pedals simultaneously. A brake mode is caused by the user pressing the apply pedal.

Abstract: A disc brake system of the kind comprising an axially fixed hub and at least one slideable brake disc comprises a resilient device acting between the disc and the hub to control certain aspects of the movement of the brake disc during use. Despite the thermal differential arising in use between the brake disc and the central hub due to the localized heat generation of the brake system and the mass and thermal capacity differences between the hub and the brake disc, whereby the hub would be expected to provide a more satisfactory mounting, the resilient device acting between the disc and the hub to control the disc dynamics is mounted on the disc.

Abstract: A braking system for the control of vehicle speed, the vehicle including an engine having a first plurality of engine cylinders, an electronic throttle, electrical power source and engine brake adapted to provide engine braking, comprising an electronic control unit in communication with the engine electrical power source, engine throttle and engine brake, and a speed sensor adapted to measure the speed of the vehicle and communicate the measured vehicle speed to the electronic control unit, wherein when the measured vehicle speed is greater than a pre-determined vehicle speed threshold, the electronic control unit disables the engine throttle and applies the engine brake using a second plurality of the engine cylinders, the second plurality of engine cylinders being less than the first plurality of engine cylinders.

Abstract: A shear mount assembly and a compression mount assembly are combined to control ride harshness of a shock absorber. The shock absorber includes a body and a shock rod having a hydraulically sealed portion within the body and a distally extending free portion. A mount assembly is connected at the free portion having both a compression mount and a shear mount therein. The shear mount absorbs low-input vertical loads transferred from the shock rod, and the compression mount limits vertical displacement of the shear mount and absorbs a medium-input vertical load. The shear mount and the compression mount are tuned by selecting the durometer, dimensions, and physical configuration of each mount.

Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch assembly (10) has a housing (12, 14) and shaft (16) rotatably supported by the housing. At least one of the shaft extends out of the housing. A clutch plate (22) is mounted on the shaft (16) for rotation therewith. An armature plate (20) is mounted in the housing (12, 14). A gear (24) is rotatable and slidably mounted on the shaft (26). A spring assembly (88, 89) extends between the clutch plate (22) and the gear (24) to bias the gear (24) out of engagement with the clutch plate (22). A coil assembly (18) is mounted on the shaft (16) for sliding movement therealong. The coil assembly (18) engages the gear (24). Energizing the coil assembly moves the coil assembly (18) into engagement with the armature plate (20) and responsively effects movement of the gear (24) into engagement with the clutch plate (22), coupling the gear (24) and the clutch plate (22).

Abstract: A self-adjusting release bearing in the form of a tapered rolling bearing for a separating clutch disposed between an internal combustion engine and a gearbox of a motor vehicle, includes a non-rotating first bearing ring, a revolving second bearing ring, and a plurality of rolling elements guided between the first and second bearing rings. Supported upon a calotte-shaped section of one of the first and second bearing rings in a contact zone is an adjustment ring having a complementary calotte-shaped section to thereby allow pivoting of the release bearing, whereby a sliding element made of thermoplastic material is disposed in the contact zone.

Abstract: A clutch is provided that includes a sleeve having a retainer movable along a rotational axis. A clutch member, such as an adjusting ring, is movable along the rotational axis. The clutch member includes a perch spaced from the rotational axis protruding from a surface on the clutch member. The perch includes first and second opposing outer walls with the second outer wall extending from the surface on an angle toward the first outer wall. A lever including a portion having a slot is supported on the perch by the slot. The slot includes first and second opposing inner walls proximate to the first and second outer walls, respectively, with the first inner wall forming an apex with a first face of the lever adjacent to the surface. The apex defines a lever fulcrum about which the lever pivots. A connector secured to the clutch member with a portion of the second end portion arranged between the connector and the clutch member for retaining the second portion against the surface.

Abstract: A rotating actuator includes a shaft (24) and a mechanical stop device (23) for generating a stop to limit the rotation of the shaft in a direction of rotation. The stop device acts upon the shaft to prevent the shaft from rotating further in the direction of rotation by blocking the shaft using a stop device acting mechanically on the shaft while enabling rotation of the shaft in a direction of rotation counter to the stop with slip in a stop arrangement. The slip is configured such that movement of the shaft in the direction of rotation counter to the stop is detectable. The stop device may include two independently triggered, mechanical stop devices. One stop device acts as a stop for limiting the rotation of the shaft to the right, and the other stop device acts as a stop for limiting the rotation of the shaft to the left.

Abstract: A two-axis robot includes a vertical tubular post mounted for rotation about its vertical axis, with a vertically slidable shaft extending through the post. An arm on the upper end of the post projects radially outward and has a gripper assembly thereon with operable jaws for gripping a specimen tube. The robot is positioned between two reference locations, for retrieving a specimen tube from one reference location and transferring it to the other. The reference locations are located along a circle circumscribed by a central vertical axis of the gripper jaws as they swing about the rotational axis of the post.

Abstract: A transfer conveying mechanism includes a transfer track supported by a transfer support arm. Above the transfer track is a chain guide and depending therefrom are transfer sprockets. Extending about the transfer sprockets is an endless chain having at least one push dog attached thereto. The push dogs move the carrier into and across the transfer track. Attached above the transfer support arm is a sprocket, which is rotatably connected to a pivot plate. The pivot plate is attached to a structural steel assembly from which the transfer conveying mechanism depends. As the sprocket is rotated by a motor and chain transmission, the transfer conveying mechanism rotates in order to direct a carrier to a desired conveyor track.

Abstract: An automatic feed device for individual publishing products of different thickness and sizes includes a first conveyor belt (13) and a second conveyor belt (14) arranged with the first conveyor belt (13) being partially over the second conveyor belt (14) in combination with an automatic feed device having a bearing structure (15), a pair of manipulator members (19) for gripping the publishing products (12) on the first conveyor belt (13). The publishing products are then laid down on the second conveyor belt (14) separate from one another while the manipulators (19) alternately move forwards and backwards between the first and second conveyor belt (13, 14) to transfer the individual publishing products to two predetermined positions on the first and second conveyor belts (13, 14).

Abstract: Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42).

Abstract: Method and device to regulate the spacing and speed of objects being conveyed randomly. Objects such as nuclear fuel pellets (P) are stopped by a stop (12) placed in the extension of a conveyor (10). When the presence of at least one pellet is detected against the stop (12), a cyclic rotary device (26) thrusts said pellet laterally onto a sliding rail (24), between two separating components (22) supported by an endless belt (20). The belt (20) then moves forward by an interval equal to the spacing between two consecutive separating components (22). This ensures a feed of the pellets according to a controlled spacing and speed.

Abstract: A zone controller enabling flexible conveyance according to the use by simple change of setting. An aspect of the invention is a zone controller 10 for a particular zone picked from a plurality of zones for control into which a roller conveyor line 1 is divided and which are arrangeable in a row in the direction of conveyance, being capable of controlling operation of a driving roller 4a for conveyance provided in the particular zone, having a mode-setting means 14 capable of switching between a slug mode and a singulation mode. In the slug mode, operation of the driving roller is controlled so that articles in the zones are conveyed uniformly to downstream, maintaining the order of the articles in the conveying line. In the singulation mode, operation of the driving roller is controlled so that the articles are conveyed separately to downstream with a predetermined number of zones in which no article exists preserved between the zones in which the articles exist.

Abstract: Apparatus for stripping a belt in conveyor belt assemblies includes a stripping element on a system carrier, the stripping element having a stripping lamella on a lamella holder, the stripping lamella contacting the belt in a peeling position, wherein the stripping element has a swivel mount coupled to the lamella holder and a swivel axis parallel to a plane of the belt, a spring for pressing the stripping lamella against the belt such that the lamella holder in the peeling position is swiveled about the horizontal axis, and when obstructions adhering to the belt impact the stripping lamella, the lamella holder deflects and returns a working position, wherein the stripping lamella is swivel mounted at the lamella holder by a swivel mount having an axis parallel to a plane of the belt and is held and spring biased by a top spring is counter to the bottom swivel mount spring.

Abstract: In a toggle bar link (100) for conveyor pans of conveyors or guideway pans of extraction machine guideways, with toggle bar sockets (1) arranged at the sides of the pans in whose socket cut-outs (3) a toggle bar can be inserted and retained by securing elements (4), both the toggle bar (2) and the securing elements (4) as well as the toggle bar sockets (1) are constructed intrinsically symmetrically and the toggle bar sockets (1) are arranged symmetrical to a plane of symmetry (S) running through the joint between the pans. Owing to the symmetrical construction of the individual parts they can not only be produced simply but also no orientation problems are posed in the assembly of the individual parts.

Abstract: A narrow belt conveyor system including a plurality of narrow, continuous, spaced-apart belts adapted to receive an accessory such as a sorter, accumulator, diverter, and/or transfer between the belts. The conveyor system includes a pair of side frame members, each with an elongated track that slidingly receives the accessory so that it can be readily moved to selected locations along the length of the conveyor. A belt tensioning mechanism provides for independent tensioning of the conveyor belts. A belt guide track with a low friction insert supports the loaded belt, while the guide rollers engage the edges of the belts along their return runs.

Abstract: A curved conveyor is provided which includes at least a pair of supports arranged so that their axis lines mutually intersect at a desired angle, and an endless curve belt having a flat fan shape matching the angle which is supported on the respective supports so as to be able to run. An endless drive chain is formed along the outer circumference of the curved belt to be bendable in a running direction and in a direction orthogonal to the running direction by connecting multiple unit members to each other. Connecting members connect the unit members of the drive chain to the outer circumferential portions of the curved belt corresponding to the unit members, such that a driving force by the drive chain is applied to the outer circumferential side of the curved belt so as to run the curved belt in a curved manner at a desired angle.

Abstract: A conveyor for transporting articles includes an upper surface for transporting the articles and a top guide that is resiliently supported relative to the upper surface for preventing the articles from tipping over as they are transported. A plurality of resilient supporting mechanisms, such as gas springs, is provided on each of the opposite sides of the conveyor. A mechanism is provided to selectively move the top guide toward the upper surface of the conveyor against the urging of the gas springs to position the top guide at a predetermined distance relative to the upper surface of the conveyor. The mechanism includes a plurality of flexible cables having first ends that are connected to the top guide and second ends that are connected to a pair of actuating members that are supported on the conveyor for sliding movement.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for introducing an additive material (131) in the form of a liquid or granulated solid into a liquid (40) stored in a first container (150). The additive component (131) is stored separately from the liquid (40) in a dip tube or conduit (130). The dip tube (130) is a resilient hollow tubular member and has a valve (300) at one end, adapted to open when the dip tube (130) is subject to internal pressure to allow the passage of said additive material (131) therethrough. The valve prevents the additive material (131) from leaking or dripping into the liquid (40) in the first container (150) when the dip tube and first container are at the same pressure, but which allows the passage of liquid or pourable solid additive from the dip tube (130) into the liquid (40) in the first container (150) when the dip tube is pressurised by introduction of propellant fluid (116, 516).

Abstract: A toilet paper dispenser which stores several rolls in a vertical column. The rolls are individually dispensed via a swinging carriage located near the column's top. A spring-loaded follower urges the stack of rolls upward, so that as each roll is dispensed, the one immediately below takes its place. The dispensing mechanism is designed so that one and only one roll is dispensed for each cycle of the swinging carriage.

Abstract: The invention provides a package for a prepasted orthodontic bracket that includes a cover having a hollow projection thereon and a lateral flange extending from and surrounding an open end of the projection, and a base having a flat upper surface. An orthodontic bracket having a layer of light-curable paste thereon is placed with the paste layer in contact with a flat upper surface of the base. The bracket is surrounded by and spaced from the cover. Each of the cover and base are opaque to visible light and actinic radiation. The cover, or both cover and base, comprise a bilayered plastic structure including a first plastic layer containing particles of an opaque filler in an amount effective to render the first layer opaque to visible light, and a second plastic layer containing an effective amount of an actinic blocking agent.

Abstract: A composite double component packaging material, particularly suited for food products, includes a first component, having a base sheet of paper material, upon which a second component formed from a tubular sleeve of a thin film of plastic material is adhered. This packaging material is of a type approved for use with food products. The sleeve member can be longitudinally cut at any suitable position to provide one or two free foldable flaps.

Abstract: A prepackaged, therapeutic regimen includes a non-sedating first dosage unit that includes a nasal decongestant, a second dosage unit that includes an antihistamine and an attenuated dosage of nasal decongestant, indicia for distinguishing between the first and second dosage units, administration instructions that teach the coordinated use of the first and second dosage units, and a pharmaceutical dispensing container containing the first and second dosage units and incorporating the indicia and coordinating instructions.

Abstract: A serving tray has a slot formed in a side wall of the tray into which is received the corner of a shouter card with a friction fit between the card and the slot. Both bottom corners of the card extend through the side wall of the tray at opposite ends of the slot and the shouter card is supported from the bottom by the tray in the middle of the slot. The slot is made of alternating angle segments so that from end to end the slot is straight but a friction fit is created between the slot and the shouter card by the alternating peaks and valleys of the slot for a relatively wide range of shouter card thicknesses.

Abstract: A buffer packing apparatus for packing an object and increasing the buffering capacity between the object and a packaging box is provided. The buffer packing apparatus comprises a U-shaped column body and a pair of buffering sleeves. The two carrier boards in the U-shaped column body support the upper and lower surface of the object. The buffering sleeves are engaged to the respective ends of the U-shaped column body to form a buffering space for protecting the object against external impact. The corners of the buffer packing apparatus are also chamfered to increase the buffering capacity of buffering sleeves when the packaging box receives an external impact.

Abstract: A magnetic sector for charged particle beam transport that includes a magnetic field profile that achieves a linear dispersion from a collimated beam of charged particles proportional to their mass-energy-to-charge ratio. In one embodiment, the field profile necessary for the linear dispersion is obtained by the use of shaped, highly permeable poles powered by permanent magnets or electromagnetic coils.

Abstract: A mobile screening unit for screening bulk material. The screening unit comprises a first screener, a second screener, and an elongated mobile support frame having a longitudinal axis. The first screener is mounted to the support frame and extends longitudinally thereon. The first screener has an inlet for receiving the bulk material containing large-sized, medium-sized, and small-sized particles. The first screener also has a first outlet for releasing large-sized particles and a second outlet for releasing medium-sized and small-sized particles. The first screener is used for screening the bulk material along a first direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support frame. The second screener is mounted to the support frame and extends longitudinally thereon.

Abstract: An end cap of a filter element has canted fins in an annular space between a filter element and filter housing for imparting a rotary motion to a fluid prior to the fluid passing through the filter element. The end cap includes a plurality of axially extending legs upstream of the fins, which legs engage a nutplate. Spaces between the legs provide an inlet allowing dirty fluid to flow to the outside surfaces of the filter element. The fins remove large particles from the fluid by centrifugal force so that large particles do not add to the contaminant load in the filter elements.

Abstract: A high pressure filter cap configured to withstand a high pressure differential and to minimize the deposit of residue on the filter cap threads. The body of the cap has, protruding from its lower surface, two circular flanges concentrically arranged about a central axis. The outer flange is threaded on its inner surface to engage the threads of a filter housing. The inner flange accommodates, on its outer surface, a sealing component such as an o-ring. A retainer, removably attached to the cap, holds the sealing component in place.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element with improved corrosion and heat resistance and structural properties to be used in filtering solids containing material in order to achieve a filter cake of solid material on at least one external surface area of the filter element. According to the invention, at least one part of the external surface area of the filter element separated from the external surface area for forming the filter cake is provided with at least one corrosion and heat resistant polymer-based material.

Abstract: A modular storage support device supports items suspended above a floor. The device rests upon the floor and comprises a vertical member extending upwardly which has an upper end and a lower end. A base member has a base vertical portion which receives the lower end of the vertical member and a U-shaped portion which is oriented perpendicular to the vertical member. The U-shaped portion has two leg portions extending laterally with respect to the sides thereof. Two L-shaped support legs are received in one of the leg portions and extend forward therefrom. A foot portion extends downwardly from each of the L-shaped support legs to rest upon a floor. An L-shaped wall brace is received within the upper end of the vertical member and extends upwardly and then rearwardly from vertical member to engage a vertical wall. One or more supports are sildably secured to the vertical member and the upwardly extending section of the L-shaped wall brace.

Abstract: A wine cup rack structure mainly comprises pluralities of horizontal and vertical copper rods, pluralities of column caps forming a frame body. On each side of the lowest two copper rods respectively fix a supporting bar for hangers and a glass plate to be assembled as a whole rack body. There is a dovetail chute with an opening downwards to be installed below the supporting bar for placing hangers; in addition, a glass plate can be placed on the supporting bar. The characteristics lie in that the supporting bar sets on one side of the chute a side plate, which forms a camber surface on the external side for leaning against and fixed with screws on the cylindrical surface of the copper rod; moreover, there is a space in-between the top surface of the chute and the side plate for properly placing a glass plate.

Abstract: In a shelf apparatus for a showcase, which is provided with a shelf support for supporting a shelf plate on which commodities are placed so as to be slidable in a depth direction, the shelf apparatus is constructed so that the shelf support is provided with a locking plate extending in a width direction of the shelf plate, and the shelf plate is provided with a hooking member which is formed with a steel rod member which extends in the depth direction and whose rear portion further extends along the locking plate on a back surface side of the shelf plate, and also which enables the rear portion to be locked to and unlocked from the locking plate by being swayed vertically. When the shelf plate is held on the shelf supports, the rear portion of the hooking member is locked to the locking plate. By doing this, the shelf plate does not slide forward. When the shelf plate is pulled out forward, the hooking member is unlocked from the locking plate by being swayed vertically.

Abstract: A load limiting device for a jib extension includes a pivotal insert adjacent the tip of the jib extension, a cable sheave mounted on the insert, a force measuring device for measuring forces imposed upon the insert by a load on the cable, an angle transducer for measuring the angle of orientation, and means for determining, based upon such force and angle of orientation, the load on the jib extension.

Abstract: An internal reinforcement structure of a plastic fuel tank resists deformation of opposing walls of the fuel tank and provides an integral, and directionally sensitive, stress relief feature when pre-determined forces are exceeded. The stress relief feature is contained within a fuel chamber of the fuel tank defined by the opposing walls. Each wall has an inward projecting indentation of the structure which engage one-another at their distal ends or bottom portions, preferably, via a welded plastic engagement area. The indentations have a consistent wall thickness which has a higher cross-sectional area than the stress relief feature causing the stress relief feature to tear as opposed to the tank walls thereby assuring fuel tank integrity.

Abstract: Container for electronic apparatus and for tools of one's own or professional use, characterized in that it comprises:—an openable case made up of a first half-shell (2) and a second half-shell (3) which are disposed substantially coplanar and connected to each other via a relevant hinge (4) in correspondence of a common corner, so that they can be disposed at least in a closed configuration in which they are juxtaposed, and an open position in which they are stretched apart;—at least a movable plane (5) able to be positioned internally of said half-shells (2, 3);—means for guiding the movement of said plane (5) relative to said half-shells (2, 3), which means consist of projections or pins (6) slidingly fitted within corresponding guides or slots (7, 8).

Abstract: A collapsible container is provided, the container having a base and two pairs of opposed sidewalls pivotally attached to the base. A latch member is disposed at an end of one of the sidewalls and a latch is pivotally connected to a corresponding end of an adjacent sidewall. The latch has a body with a biasing means attached thereto, for releasably engaging the latch member when the sidewalls are in an assembled position.

Abstract: A cover for a desiccant dispenser is mounted over an opening of a bucket-shaped container containing a plurality of desiccant bags. The cover includes a hard main plate having a taking-out bore for insertion of a hand to take out the desiccant bags, and one elastic plate mounted on the main plate to cover the taking-out bore and having a plurality of cuts arranged radiately to permit the insertion and withdrawal of the hand. This can greatly extend the duration of the activity of desiccant bags placed in a bucket-shaped container of a dispenser, particularly desiccant bags located in an uppermost layer.

Abstract: A compressed gas cartridge dispensing system capable of dispensing at least two different capacities of non-threaded neck compressed gas cartridges as well as optionally dispensing all cartridges having a ?-24 neck thread. The standard 12-gram CO2 non-threaded neck compressed gas cartridge fits this dispenser. The same dispensing system is also capable of dispensing larger capacity cartridges having a neck dimensioned smaller than a ?-24 female thread minor diameter with a water capacity in the range of 16 to 50 ml. Obvious advantages to the dispensing system are added options offering increased versatility for harnessing compressed gas cartridges of differing capacities in a unique dispenser including a novel cartridge storage feature.

Abstract: A sealing mechanism for a container for sealing an interface between two or more of the structural members, including a container body, a pouring spout, and a closing cap, includes an outer annular edge formed as part of a threaded neck opening for the container body, a radial lip formed as part of the pouring spout and being positioned in contact with the neck portion and the closing cap being configured so as to be attachable to the container body for closing the opening and being constructed and arranged so as to seal against the outer annular edge when attached to the container body.

Abstract: A dispensing device (1) with multi-arm tubing assembly (10) connected to a single source pumping means (12) draws and mixes multiple fluids from plurality of flexible walled sealed supply containers (50a,b) then expels the mixture (60) through nozzle (58) to a target surface (62). Dispensing device (1) provides a closed system whereby no venting occurs, rather supply containers (50a,b) contract in size equal to the volume of fluid expelled. Unstable fluids thus remain protected from exposure to outside air. Additionally, a new use of a repressurization device is disclosed for maintaining the potency of unstable fluids like hydrogen peroxide and a kit is provided which allows user to choose from various components and accessories as needed to suit their multi-chemical dispensing needs.

Abstract: A gas reclamation system for use in a beverage dispensing system. The system includes a valve for releasable connection to a used beverage container containing a pressurized gas, the valve allowing release of gas from the container. A filter for removal of particulate matter from the gas and a sterilizer for removal of bacteria from the gas are also provided, together with a compressor to re-pressurize the filtered and sterilized gas for supply to the beverage dispensing system. The system may be used for carbon dioxide recovery from beverage containers, reducing the consumption of carbon dioxide from beverage dispensing systems.

Abstract: A valve for use with an aerosol container including a valve body, a valve stem having a dispensing passage, and a sealing ring contacting the valve stem. The sealing ring includes a sealing portion. The valve stem is slidably moveable relative to the sealing ring from a valve-closed position to a valve-open position. The interior of the valve body is in communication with the dispensing passage when the valve stem is in the valve-open position. The sealing ring also includes a wiper component to wipe the valve stem. The valve is preferably a metering valve.