Abstract: In an electrically-heated glazing unit including a plurality of collector conductors configured to supply a plurality of heating conductors with an electric current used to heat up the heating conductors and the glazing unit, at least one partial region of the surface of the glazing unit includes an arrangement of parallel heating conductors in which the current flows in opposing directions. The arrangement of the heating conductors in the partial region of the surface is tuned to minimize by mutual compensation or eliminate the magnetic field acting locally within this partial region and perpendicularly to the plane of the glazing unit when the current flows. The operation of an apparatus sensitive to magnetic fields, for example a compass, in the immediate vicinity of the glazing unit thus becomes more reliable.

Abstract: An atmospheric heater has opposite side walls each forming a groove for receiving a retention rail with an opening of the retention rail exposed to receive and retain a fogged light-transmitting tube, which is spaced from a bottom wall of the retention rail to define a first channel. A circuit board that carries light-emitting diodes is fixed inside the tube and opposite to the tube wall where light is given off to thereby form a second channel between the circuit board and the tube wall. Heat emitted from the heater travels through the first and second channels for penetrating vertically in a down-to-up direction to generate a chimney effect for heat dissipation in order to prevent the light-emitting diodes from over-heating and burnout during the operation thereof and also provide a dim lighting effect on opposite sides of the heater.

Abstract: A ceramic heater comprising a rod-like ceramic member in which a metallized layer is formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the ceramic member, and a tubular metal fitting in which at least a part of the ceramic member is inserted, the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting and the metallized layer being brazed through a brazing member. The ceramic member has a small diameter portion in a region which is located closer to a first end of the ceramic member than the metallized layer and which is inside the tubular metal fitting. A part of the space between the small diameter portion and the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting is filled with the brazing member, the inner surface facing to the part of the small diameter. Consequently, even under severe conditions, such as a high temperature and/or a high pressure, a highly durable brazing structure, such as the ceramic heater, including a brazed portion which has high welding reliability can be obtained.

Abstract: According to another aspect, the subject application involves an oven and a method of controlling an oven for cooking a food item. The oven includes a cooking cavity, a user interface comprising an input device to be actuated with a single actuation event by a cook to select a predetermined cooking mode for cooking the food item, a heating element operable to produce heat required to cook the food item within the cooking cavity, and a control unit. The method includes receiving a cooking signal in response to actuation of the input device with the single actuation event by the cook, and establishing a cooking parameter for the predetermined cooking mode based on the cooking signal. The cooking parameter can be specific to the food item to be cooked according to the predetermined cooking mode of the oven. The method also includes initiating the predetermined cooking mode associated with the input device, and detecting that cooking of the food item according to the predetermined cooking mode is complete.

Abstract: An oven comprising a box housing with an internal cavity bounded by walls, and provided on one side with an opening closable by a movable door, at at least one of the walls there being provided a browning or grilling member comprising an electrical resistance element, and presenting a first side facing the wall and a second side, opposite the first side, facing the interior of the oven cavity in which at least one food item is positioned to be subjected to cooking and/or grilling, this latter function being obtained by activating the member. In a position corresponding with first side of the grilling member a flat element is provided presenting two opposing flat faces, a first face presenting high emissivity and the second face presenting high reflectivity or reflective power, the element being able to be moved relative to the member such that this latter can be faced by the first face or the second face, depending on the type of cooking required for the food item positioned within the oven cavity.

Abstract: In a substrate heating apparatus including a vacuum vessel with an interior separated by a wall body into a first space and a second space, the first space being evacuated to a vacuum by a first exhaust means and accommodating a substrate to be heated, and the second space being evacuated to a vacuum by a second exhaust means and including a heating means for heating the substrate accommodated in the substrate, the time required to evacuate the first space to a vacuum by the first exhaust means is shortened, thus improving the throughput. The wall body has a non-coating surface, which is not coated, on part of a wall body surface which faces the second space. A coating is formed on the remaining portion of the wall body surface.

Abstract: A countertop toaster oven has an internal compartment heated by at least four heating elements and a door for the compartment. At least two of the heating elements are top elements, located adjacent to a ceiling of the compartment. Two of the heating elements are lower elements, located along a floor of the compartment. At least one of the elements is controllable to provide a variable wattage including one or more operational wattages that are for at least a portion of the heating cycle, intermediate between zero power and full power.

Abstract: Small, low-cost wireless temperature sensors (120) are provided for sensing the temperature of servingware (121). Each temperature sensor preferably includes a substrate (124); at least one sensor element (122) positioned on the substrate; and an adhesive (126) for securing the sensor element to the substrate and for securing the temperature sensor to the servingware so that the sensor element may sense a temperature of the servingware. The temperature sensors may be used in conjunction with a reader/detector (136) operable to generate a magnetic field of magnitude sufficient to cause re-magnetization responses of the temperature sensor element and optional data elements to detect such responses, and to use the detected responses to determine the temperature of the servingware by means of a decoding algorithm. The temperature sensors can be used in closed-loop heating systems capable of controlling the heating of the servingware.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an induction heating device, to a pot detection method for an induction heating device and to an induction heating device. The method for operating the induction heating device is characterized by determining a low point of a resonant cycle on a linking node (N1) of a parallel resonant circuit and a switching element (24), determining a low point voltage at the low point of the resonant cycle and switching on the switching element (24) at the low point of the resonant cycle for a cycle duration that is determined depending on the low point voltage in such a manner that a low point voltage does not exceed a predetermined maximum value in the following resonant cycles.

Abstract: An electromagnetic heater for heating an irregularly shaped object, including: a cavity within which an object is to be placed; at least one feed which feeds UHF or microwave energy into the cavity; and a controller that controls one or more characteristics of the cavity or energy to assure that the UHF or microwave energy is deposited uniformly in the object within ±30% over at least 80% of the volume of the object.

Abstract: An electromagnetic heater for heating an irregularly shaped object, including: a cavity within which an object is to be placed; at least one feed which feeds UHF or microwave energy into the cavity; and a controller that controls one or more characteristics of the cavity or energy to assure that the UHF or microwave energy is deposited uniformly in the object within ±30% over at least 80% of the volume of the object.

Abstract: A microwave heating construct comprises a base, a wall extending upwardly around the base for defining a cavity for receiving a food item, and a microwave energy shielding element overlying a lower margin of the wall, the microwave energy shielding element having an upper edge including a substantially incurved portion.

Abstract: A package for heating a food product in a microwave oven. The package has a tray for holding the food product, a lid foldably connected to the tray, and a partition at least partially received in the tray. The partition separates an interior space of the tray into a first compartment and a second compartment. At least one of the lid and the partition comprises a microwave interactive material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank for storing a reducing agent, in particular a liquid reducing agent for reducing nitrogen oxides from the waste gas of an internal combustion engine to nitrogen and water. The tank includes an external container in which an internal container is accommodated. The internal container is held in the external container in a mounting that can be axially displaced in relation to an axis of the external container. The internal container is held such that the volume in the external container is modified by displacing the internal container in the mounting.

Abstract: A single piece blank and resulting container having an operable tray panel for easily viewing and accessing products contained within is disclosed. Specifically, the container is designed to have an operable tray panel in an upper portion of the container. The operable tray panel allows easy access to products in the container. Further, it provides better viewing of contents such that the urge to access the contents is increased via the increased visibility. The structure provides a strong and stable container that may be constructed to varying sizes and geometries.

Abstract: The invention relates to a valve, a container with the valve and the use of the valve. The valve, which is useful in a container to prevent an excessive pressure difference between the outside of the container and the inside of the container, comprises two blocking elements (1, 2; 110, 114), one of which (1; 110) allows fluid to enter the container when the external pressure exceeds the internal pressure by a predetermined magnitude, and the other of which (2; 114) allows fluid to enter the container when the internal pressure exceeds the external pressure by a predetermined magnitude.

Abstract: A lid for a beverage can excellent in pressure resistant strength in which a predetermined pressure requirement is ensured by a simple gauging down. An annular groove portion 10 of the can lid is formed to have such cross-sectional shapes that a panel wall portion 3 is connected to a chuck wall radius portion 4 so that a tangential line at a second contact point e2 is vertical with respect to an axial direction of a center panel portion 1, while a chuck wall portion 5 is connected to the chuck wall radius portion 4 so that a tangential line at a first contact point e1 is inclined (inclined by ?1 in the clockwise direction) to the radially inner side, and a curved portion (hereinafter referred to as “first radius portion 5a”) with a radius R1 is provided at a height h1 from the lowest point of the chuck wall radius portion 4 and bent to the radially outer side.

Abstract: This invention is a garbage bin lid, comprising of a lid frame, a lid, a lid open-and-close units and a joining unit. One end of the lid and the lid frame are joined and positioned by a lid open-and-close unit that controls the opening and closing of the lid. The other end of the lid and lid frame has a joining unit in which there is a spring that can push the lid up. By pressing the lid open-and-close unit, the lid will unclip and spring up. When closing the lid, it is necessary to push the lid down to the lid open-and-close unit on the lid frame then it will clip into place and close.

Abstract: An insert for a container comprising an insert which is adapted to be inserted into the opening of a container, and having an aperture, projecting axially outwardly thereof, said aperture presenting an inner wall surface defining a channel through which a stream of liquid may flow, and said insert having at least one chamber which extends into the liquid product of said container when the insert is inserted into said container.

Abstract: A closure (1) having a shell (10) and a polymer insert (20). The polymer material of the insert (20) is selected to be sufficiently soft to provide an adequate sealing surface (21) and yet sufficiently stiff to define legs (22), which clip behind the internal curl (11) of the closure shell (10).

Abstract: A waste dust containment system includes a bag and a waste-dust fill chute. The bag is formed to include an interior region for storing dust. The waste dust fill chute conveys waste dust generated in a factory into the interior region of the bag. Once filled with wasted dust, the bag is delivered to a waste-dust disposal site away from the factory.

Abstract: A pet item storage unit including a body having first and second portions. The first portion includes a first storage compartment having a lid adapted to secure items inside the first storage compartment. The second portion includes a second storage compartment adapted to hold a plurality of disposable bags and includes an open slot for removal of at least one of the bags. An aperture extends completely through the pet item storage unit between the first and second portions and is adapted to receive a dog leash. A light source is disposed between the first and second portions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reserve tank comprising a tank main body that has a plurality of chambers partitioned by partition walls, an inflow port that allows coolant to flow into the tank main body, and an outflow port that allows the coolant to flow out of the tank main body, the plurality of chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber partitioned by the partition walls, and a third chamber that accumulates the coolant that should flow from the inflow port into the first chamber, the first chamber having a first communicating portion formed to allow the coolant to flow into the second chamber, the third chamber having a second communicating portion formed to allow the accumulated coolant to flow into the first chamber, the flow rate of the coolant passing through the second communicating portion being set smaller than the flow rate of the coolant passing through the first communicating portion.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage container cover which is adapted to be detachably engaged with a base such that the container may define a cavity for food storage, a chamber for storing utensils, and/or a compartment which contains a thermal energy storage material.

Abstract: A tray that may have at least one recess defining at least one consumable receiving cavity. The tray is configured to be seated generally at least partially within and/or over a opening of a main bowl with a lid placed thereover to engage the bowl and enclose the tray within the lid and the main bowl. Thermal energy storage material is preferably located in the tray.

Abstract: Thermoplastic container (1) which after filling and sealing is able to withstand without any substantial deformation to an internal pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, comprising a body (2) with substantially cylindrical upper (3) and lower (4) parts and an intermediate part (5) having a curvilinear triangular cross section and comprising three main faces (6a, 6b, 6c) joined by three edges (7a, 7b, 7c); these edges are rounded, having continuous curvature, joined tangentially to the main faces and have radii of curvature (ra, rb, rc) comprised between approximately 5% and 35% of the largest dimension (D) of the cross section of the lower part (3); the main faces have radii of curvature (Ra, Rb, Rc) greater than the largest dimension (D) of the cross section of the lower part (3).

Abstract: A vessel includes a body, an intermediate cover, and an upper cover; the intermediate cover is positioned above an upper opening of the body, and has a spout, which forms a liquid outlet of the vessel together with a corresponding spout formed on the body; the upper cover is threadedly joined in the upper end of the body to fix the intermediate cover to the body; the spout of the body has a transverse upwards-sticking first stopping portion, and the spout of the intermediate cover has a transverse downwards-sticking second stopping portion; the first and the second stopping portions are a distance from each other, and the uppermost end of the first stopping portion is higher than the lowermost end of the second stopping portion; thus, the stopping portions together make it difficult for poisonous substance to be added the contents of the body through the outlet.

Abstract: A container assembly includes a first container, a second container, and a connecting unit. The first container has an opening and a rim that defines the opening. The second container has a wall formed with a slit unit. The connecting unit includes an upper hook section hooked removably onto the rim of the first container, a lower hook section extended removably through the slit unit for hooking the wall of the second container onto the lower hook section, and an intermediate section interconnecting the upper hook section and the lower hook section.

Abstract: A plastic lid is provided for an open topped generally circular container having an outwardly directed lip encircling the open top of the container. The lid comprises a rim of generally annular shape to cooperate with the outwardly directed lip of the container and a squat generally cylindrical section extending from an inner periphery of the rim to a closure wall at its operatively inner end to form a plug type of closure adapted to form a seal with an inner periphery of the container. The lid has at least one locking member that is an endless locking ring connected to the rim by way of one or more integral frangible connecting elements. The locking member is adapted to operatively cooperate with the lip of the container such that fracturing of one or more of said integral frangible connecting elements occur attempted removal of the lid from the container.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing solid articles includes a housing and at least one vacuum source. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles and a dispensing channel fluidly connected to the hopper chamber. The dispensing channel has an inlet and an outlet defining a dispensing flow path therebetween. The vacuum source is adapted to provide a vacuum pressure and induce a gas flow in the housing. The apparatus is configured to generate a forward drive gas flow from the vacuum pressure and induced gas flow, and the forward drive gas flow conveys articles through the dispensing channel along the dispensing flow path in a direction from the inlet to the outlet to dispense the articles.

Abstract: A container for dispensing dosages of multiple medications over time. The present invention includes a container which has a plurality of compartments each configured to contain a plurality of dosages of a different medication. A rotatable lid is attached on top of the container such that an opening in the lid may be selectively positioned in fluid communication with each of the plurality of compartments. A lid position detection device is provided for identifying which of the compartments the opening is presently addressing. A programmable computing device is provided to track dosages administered from each of the plurality of compartments. A display, controlled by the programmable computing device, conveys information regarding the medication contained within a selected compartment.

Abstract: A fixed enclosure partially surrounds a drum, leaving, in front, free access for transport, insertion and ejection of wipe material before and after cutting. An outer part of the enclosure constitutes a support surface for a strip of material from a service reel that is nearly used up. The enclosure has oblong openings arranged along the enclosure. Located behind the drum and enclosure, is a receptacle comprising a fixed-position component receiving the reel and a movable component that allows or prevents, depending on its position, access to the fixed component. The movable component has teeth that align with the openings. The teeth, depending on position of the movable component, rest on the strip of material obtained from the reel which itself rests on the enclosure. Depending on whether the strip of material from the reel is present or not, the movable component penetrates or does not penetrate into said enclosure.

Abstract: A bottle label means having a hole on one side and an ID means on the other is optionally dispensed from a roll or stack by inserting the neck of the bottle into the hole whereby the removal provide another label that is ready for removal by a second bottle. Preferably, the labels are not identical so that each bottle has a unique identification on it without the need to write on the label.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for discharging elongate, coarse bulk products—such as bottle preforms—from a product hopper. The device includes a product hopper with a discharge opening and a rotating disc that is configured to receive bulk products passing through the discharge opening.

Abstract: A pill dispensing cap that secures to a conventional pill container. The pill dispensing cap has a lower cap, a pill discharge port, and a spring loaded rotatable and slidable upper cap. Pills are dispensed one at a time, and the remaining pills are isolated from external contamination. A child resistant lock prevents small children and/or mentally handicapped individuals from easily accessing medicine inside the container. The child resistant lock uses a vertically slidable upper cap that is slidably and rotatably attached to the lower cap. A child safety lock uses a key in the upper cap that must be aligned with a slot in the lower cap to allow a pill to be dispensed. When the key and slot are aligned, the upper cap is vertically compressed against the lower cap. As the upper cap moves toward the base cap, a gravity fed pill discharge port is exposed which releases a single pill.

Abstract: The invention concerns a liquid dispensing applicator for a volatile liquid. The liquid dispensing applicator includes a cap member for attachment to a hollow bodied container having a reservoir for retaining a liquid. The cap member comprises a sleeve to receive and conduit liquid contained within the reservoir. The applicator further includes a valve member and a dispensing member co-operating with at least the first end of the shaft. The valve member is retained within the sleeve of the cap comprising a substantially flexible shaft having a first end projecting from said sleeve exterior. The valve member is flexibly operable against a bias at said first end to move from a first substantially closed position to a second open position to allow displacement of a quantity of liquid from within the sleeve, onto the dispensing member, for subsequent application.

Abstract: A fluid delivery device including a fluid reservoir, a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir, an electric motor, a bladder in fluid communication with the pump, the bladder including at least in part, an elastic portion, a nozzle valve in fluid communication with the bladder, the nozzle being adjustable from an open mode to a closed mode, and from a closed mode to an open mode, a pressure release valve in fluid communication with the bladder and the fluid reservoir; and an electronic control unit for controlling delivery of the fluid. The invention also encompasses a method of delivering a treating fluid in a fine mist, including powering-up a fluid delivery device, comparing a signal being received from an ambient light sensor to predetermined trigger values consistent with dusk and dawn ambient light conditions, and dispensing treating fluid for a selected duration period on the basis of the signal being received from the ambient light sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for dosed dispensing from a container of a liquid including a substance dissolved therein, like e.g. a carbonated beverage, wherein prior to dispensing of the liquid the pressure in the container is equalized with the ambient pressure in the space in which the liquid is dispensed, said pressure being equalized by first establishing a gas connection and only then establishing a liquid connection between the container and the space in which the liquid is dispensed. In accordance with the invention the liquid is dispensed from the container via a dosing chamber, prior to transferring of the liquid to the dosing chamber the pressure in the container is equalized with the pressure in the dosing chamber, and prior to dispensing of the liquid from the dosing chamber the pressure in said chamber is equalized with the ambient pressure in the space in which the liquid is dispensed.

Abstract: A method for dispensing a first treating agent and a second treating agent into the washing tub of a dishwasher includes providing each of first and second reservoirs with a sensor for monitoring its fill level. After a first dispensing operation, a controller compares the sensor signals and determines whether a ratio of the fill levels deviates from a ratio of the capacities of the reservoirs. The controller elects either a standard or an alternative subsequent dispensing operation based on whether the fill level ratio deviates from the capacity ratio. The controller chooses the standard subsequent dispensing operation if the fill level ratio does not deviate from the capacity ratio and chooses the alternative subsequent dispensing operation if it does. The alternative subsequent dispensing operation includes changing at least one amount dispensed by dispensing devices compared to a corresponding amount dispensed in the first dispensing operation.

Abstract: A method and kit for draining a flexible container holding a product having a viscosity of between 10 Pa·s and 200 000 Pa·s. The method includes using a flexible container (3); optionally, moving the container (3) to be drained to a drainage site; ensuring the viscous product (2) can flow from container (3) through at least one outlet (9); exerting a pressure on at least one defined area of container (3) using a pressurizing device which preferably includes at least one pressure member (5) and/or a pressure fluid to maintain container (3) in an inflated or partially-inflated state; and removing the pressure once the container has been drained. The drainage kit includes the viscous product (silicon mastic), a flexible container (3) and a draining device including at least one pressure member and/or pressure fluid.

Abstract: Processing equipment for manufacturing magnetic recording medium comprising a chamber, a micro-dispensing valve that can open for a minimum time of less than a few microseconds and can dispense a liquid in an amount of a micro-liter or less each time that the micro-dispensing valve is opened, wherein the liquid comprising a lubricant and a solvent different from the lubricant is dispensed through the micro-dispensing valve.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a fuel supply system capable of reducing the quantity of a fuel to be discharged from a plurality of fuel tanks connected in parallel is provided. The fuel supply system includes a plurality of the fuel tanks for storing a fuel, on-off valves provided individually for the fuel tanks, and a control unit which controls the opening and closing of the on-off valves. The control unit changes the number of the on-off valves to be simultaneously opened according to a situation. The control unit may reduce the number of the on-off valves to be simultaneously opened after a failure is detected or at the time of maintenance of the fuel supply system.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically dispensing a fluid includes a container adapted to carry a supply of fluid, and a valve connected to said container, wherein actuation of said valve dispenses the fluid. Also included is an apparatus position indicator proximally associated with the container and an object sensor positioned near the valve. The object sensor monitors an area below where the valve dispenses when open and upon detection of an object opens said valve. Initial positioning of the apparatus triggers the apparatus position indicator to generate an appropriate signal until said object sensor is properly positioned. Once positioned the device may be permanently secured. A control circuit within the apparatus also allows programming of lighting indicators, dispense cycle size, and dispense quantities. The control circuit also provides for overload protection, motor braking and RF shielding.

Abstract: Device for a Multidrink System that is equipped with at least one pressurised container equipped with syrup, concentrate or compound (both fluid and a viscous product) for the production of cold and hot drinks by using at least one control which activates at least one valve of at least one container and thus injects the stated syrups, concentrates or compounds through at least one outflow mouth into hot or cold liquid (namely water) in a recipient, beaker, cup or can.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a volumetric measurement device and various methods for operation of the device. The device comprises at least one accelerometer for detecting the angle of tilt/tip of a container. The device also comprises at least one fluid property processor capable of providing at least one fluidic property value of a fluid, a flow-rate processor capable of continuously calculating the present flow rate of the fluid when poured from the container, and a volume processor capable of continuously calculating the present volume of the fluid within the container. The flow-rate processor calculates the rate of flow of the fluid poured from the container based on the angle of tilt/tip of the apparatus, the at least one fluid property value, and the present volume of fluid within the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for metering and dispensing fluid includes a fluid dispensing section having an exit orifice, a fluid inlet, and a pathway extending from the fluid inlet to the exit orifice. A portion of the pathway includes a hydrophilic portion for metering a volume of the fluid when the dispensing section is upright; and a hydrophobic ring at the fluid inlet for preventing a metered volume from flowing out of the hydrophilic portion when the dispensing section is upright. The apparatus further includes a one-way valve between the exit orifice and the hydrophilic portion for allowing fluid to flow out of the hydrophilic portion and toward the exit orifice when sufficient pressure is applied to the fluid inlet. The one-way valve also prevents fluid from flowing through the exit orifice when the hydrophilic portion is being filled with fluid.

Abstract: A novel metering device (1) for dispensing a dose of a pressurized fluid is described. A dispensing valve body (3) is mounted in a fluid-tight manner to the lid (4) of a pressurized container (5), which circumvents a valve element (9). A valve delivery tube (10) is connected to the valve element (9). A chamber (13) surrounds the valve body (3), in which a piston (17) is reciprocable between an upper and a lower position, which define the dispensing dose. A clearance is provided between the piston (17) and the inner wall (23) of the chamber (13), such that pressurized fluid can flow into the chamber based on a pressure difference between the container (5) and the chamber (13), and the piston (17) is adapted to seal the valve body (3) when being in the upper position.

Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided with a gripping and carrier device to transfer at least one container between a magazine and a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, and a box-type holding frame defining a chamber for the housing of magazine, gripping and carrier device, and dosage station; the chamber displaying an access aperture to magazine and being crossed by a sterile air flow adapted to avoid the entry of air from the external environment through aperture itself.

Abstract: The wine bottle sealing and dispensing device provides for the dispensing of wine from a wine bottle, or any other liquid from a corresponding liquid container, without exposing the wine or liquid in the bottle to environmental air at any time. The device includes a housing adapted for mounting above a cork of a corked wine bottle. An upper open end of a hollow needle is mounted in the housing, the needle projecting downward from the housing and terminating in a tip adapted for insertion through the cork. A first end of a spout projects outwardly from the housing, and a second end of the spout is in fluid communication with the upper open end of the hollow needle. A cartridge of pressurized, inert gas is mounted to the housing. The cartridge is in communication with an upper end of a gas conduit, which is mounted within the hollow needle.

Abstract: The invention provides a lotion pump which comprises: a nozzle head; a connecting/guiding member connected with the nozzle head, an upper one-way valve is provided on the connecting/guiding member or the nozzle head; a container cap, which is provided with a connecting structure for connecting to the mouth of a liquid container; a housing, which is connected at its upper end to the container cap and is provided at its lower end with a lower one-way valve; and a piston which is connected with or formed integrally with the connecting/guiding member and makes reciprocating motion in the housing, wherein the lotion pump is not provided with any metal spring. In particular, a one-way valve is provided for the lotion pump.