Abstract: A uniquely designed “My Bakery Box” container that can be made from a variety of materials including corrugated plastics, plastic, or cardboard with an internal component made of a variety of different materials to include plastics and foams. The insert that holds a plate on which the baked goods sit, eliminates the baked goods from touching the outside of the container. A Significant benefits to the consumer includes being able reach under the baked goods to lift the baked goods out securely with their hands under the plate and not touch the actual baked goods. Another feature is that an ice pack can be placed under the insert to eliminate melting and spoilage. “My Bakery Box” outer box consists of three pieces. The outer box consists of two foldable pieces and a cap lid. The entire unit consists of five pieces that can be folded and stored within the lid.

Abstract: A printed container for packing, in particular for packing products for sales purposes, in particular beverages, and a corresponding printing method. The container includes at least one lateral wall section in which a relief-like surface contour is embodied for decoration and/or marking purposes. By the relief-like surface contour being selectively printed, in cooperation of the relief contour with the imprint, an optical impression of the container can be improved, and/or a synergetic effect can be achieved with the haptics of the surface contour.

Abstract: The invention relates to an amusement device, namely a holder in the shape of a character or object, for use with a frozen, cylindrical confection commonly referred to as an ice pop. The appparatus emotionally soothes sick children as well as excites and entertains while simultaneously protecting the individual's hands from cold temperatures.

Abstract: A thermally insulated cup (1, 20, 30) made from paperboard, the cup comprising a tubular wall (3), a closed base (5) at a lower end (11) and an open top (6) defined at an upper end (12). A cover sheet (7, 70) made from paper or paperboard, preferably recycled, is wrapped around the tubular wall. The cover sheet has an outer face (71) and an inner face (72). A multi-ply sheet (8) of tissue paper is placed intermediate the inner face of the cover sheet and the tubular wall so that the sheet of tissue paper also wraps the tubular wall. The sheet of tissue paper is positioned under grippable areas of the cover sheet to provide enhanced thermal insulation of the grippable areas. The cover sheet is releasably fastened to the tubular wall so that the tissue paper can be easily removed and used for its direct purpose, e.g. wiping a surface.

Abstract: A transport container for substrates such as semiconductor wafers and solar cell substrates includes a cover and a base having a plurality of side walls including movable wall portions with vertically extending hinges or hinges that provide a pivot about a vertical axis. The hinges can be resilient movable polymer portions such as living hinges and can have an unconnected upper edge and an unconnected lower edge to allow the movable wall portions to move inwardly relative to a floor of the base. The cover can include a base engagement portion configured as a cam portion that engages a cover engagement portion on the movable wall portions as the cover is inserted onto the base. As the cam portions of the cover engage the cover engagement portions, the cam portions move the wall inwardly relative to the base to align the substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a peel and attach container seal that includes an upper cover surface having two connecting portions over an open container aperture. A release film is removed prior to adhering the first and second connecting portions along opposing sides of the container aperture, whereafter the upper surface resealably covers the aperture by way of a pull tab along one end. The first connecting portion comprises a high strength adhesive that is not adapted to separate from the container outer surface or the upper cover surface. The second connecting portion includes a multi-layer connection between the cover surface and the container surface, allowing ready peeling and reattaching of the cover while a resealing, high strength adhesive layer is retained on the container surface. The cover is therefore operably removable from over the container aperture by separation of the second connection portion layers and peeling back over the first connection portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a product dispensing machine comprising a motorized collector and a plurality of product trays, each being arranged to store products in line and comprising a dispensing mechanism at an outer end of the tray. The motorized collector is arranged to approach each of said product trays and to move at least one dispensing mechanism from a blocking position, in which said dispensing mechanism blocks a product first in line on said tray, into a dispense position in which the product first in line is removed from the tray onto the collector, said dispensing mechanism being arranged to block a product second in line while being in the dispense position.

Abstract: A cup turret carousel includes a gear drive track around a periphery thereof, to be driven by a planetary gear rather than being driven from the central axis and thereby reduce cost and achieve greater accuracy in aligning a cup turret with the cup funnel throat for cup delivery. The drive gear is maintained in a in a fixed position relative to a cup funnel throat through which cups pass when dropped, so that the same drive assembly may be employed with cup turret carousels of different diameters.

Abstract: A bathroom tissue dispenser for dispensing wet and dry tissues may be designed to fit a standard sized bathroom tissue roll holder. The dispenser includes a housing, which is substantially cylindrical in shape, and includes an area for the wet tissues. The housing may couple to an end cap on one side, and a spring cap on the other side. A spring is placed under pressure between the housing and spring cap. Nubs on the end cap and spring cap may then engage a standard toiletpaper holder. The end cap may be substantially disk shaped and may include a re-sealable port on the outside edge of the disk shaped end cap. The wet tissues may extend from the housing, through the end cap and out the port. Additionally, a weight may be present in the bottom of the end cap, thereby ensuring the port is horizontally oriented and easily accessed.

Abstract: A fluid meter is described having certain elastically displaceable wall portions arranged to be elastically displaced in response to a pressure variation propagating into the measurement volume.

Abstract: A material pressure feeding apparatus 10 includes a container 12 for receiving a bag 11, in which a viscous material M is contained, a press member 13 exerting a pressing force on the material, a pressure feeder 15 pressure-feeding, to the outside, the material M sucked by the pressing force by the press member 13, and an annular member 16 positioned on the outer peripheral side of the press member 13. The press member 13 has a supporting space S on the outer peripheral side thereof, and a ring portion 40 constituting an annular member 16 is supported in the supporting space S in a relatively movable state. Thus, even when the press member 13 is inclined, the annular member 16 is configured so as not to form a clearance between it and the inner peripheral surface of the container 12 without any influence of the inclination.

Abstract: An automatic liquid stop bag with a bending portion comprises: two outer films, two inner films, a storage area, a discharge channel, a bent portion, an inlet, an outlet and a tear portion. The storage area is formed by coupling the two outer films by hot sealing. The two inner films are disposed between the two outer films and coupled the two inner films by heat sealing to form a discharge channel or the discharge channel is coupled to the two inner films by heat sealing and formed between the two inner films, and the internal sides of the two inner films are not coupled to form the inlet and outlet, and the tear portion is formed at an edge of the two inner films and the two outer films and separated from the two inner films to expose the outlet of the discharge channel.

Abstract: A fluid mixing and delivery system comprises a mixing chamber; a first supply line for supplying a first fluid component to the mixing chamber via a first CFValve and a downstream first metering orifice; a second supply line for supplying a second fluid component to the mixing chamber via a second CFValve and a downstream second metering orifice, with the first and second fluid components being combined in the mixing chamber to produce a fluid mixture; and a discharge line leading from the mixing chamber and through which the fluid mixture is delivered to a dispensing valve.

Abstract: The present invention generally relate to a delivery system for dispensing product(s) and in particular relates to a delivery system for dispensing multiple products wherein the delivery system selectively dispenses the multiple products using a single actuator having two directions of rotation on a single axis of rotation. The delivery system of the invention is economical in manufacturing and has a lesser cycle time during manufacturing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an easy to use, convenient, compact, energy efficient, labor efficient, cost-effective, fast, safe, neat, electricity-independent, self-contained, portable beer dispensing device and system that uses CO2 or other acceptable gas to maintain the freshness of beer, presents a ready height and arrangement for dispensing chilled fresh beer, and can be used in a variety of professional, casual, indoor and/or outdoor settings. The present invention chills beer before it is dispensed but after it has been removed from the keg. The present invention incorporates use of a gas tank to propel beer from the keg, through the beer dispensing device and system so that the beer inside the keg will not go flat. The present invention offers a convenient arrangement of its components that simplifies its use, transport, set up, and break down. The present invention also provides a space efficient arrangement for dispensing chilled, draft beer.

Abstract: A liquid dish cleaning fluid dispenser having a reservoir adapted to receive liquid dish cleaning fluid, a dispensing port located at the bottom of the reservoir and a manually operated cantilevered member pivotally coupled to a plastic support base located below the reservoir and attached to a base member which supports the reservoir. A release lever is located at the end of the cantilevered member for moving downward the cantilevered member and a valve member is located in the cantilevered member which engages the dispensing port in the reservoir to allow cleaning fluid to flow out of the reservoir when the release lever is manually urged to moved downward. The plastic manually operated cantilevered member springs back to it's initial up position to close the valve member to prevent fluid from flowing out of the reservoir when the release lever is no longer manually urged to move downward.

Abstract: Foam dispensers and pumps for use in foam dispensers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a foam dispenser system includes a liquid container for holding a foamable liquid. A flexible and resilient liquid delivery compressible member connects the liquid container to a mixing chamber. A flexible and resilient air delivery compressible member connects a source of air to the mixing chamber. A compression member compresses the compressible members to move liquid and air into the mixing chamber to become a foam. The liquid container and the liquid delivery compressible member may both be disposed in a removable and replaceable refill unit assembly.

Abstract: A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein.

Abstract: A valve system for a trigger sprayer including a valve forming an air spring with a portion of the trigger sprayer and being made of a flexible or elastomeric material. The trigger sprayer may include an air-spring valve system wherein the air-spring valve system provides precompression during a pump stroke. The precompression forces developed in the valve system during a pump stroke may originate from an air valve or air pocket trapped between a portion of a valve body and a part of the valve system. For example, a valve may be inserted in a tube retainer which is connected to a valve body of a trigger sprayer. Air trapped in a chamber or space between a portion of the valve and the tube retainer may provide a force against the valve such that a certain force must be applied to the valve before it allows product to be released.

Abstract: What is being proposed is a dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid and a manufacturing method. A first material is pretreated in areas through the application of a coating or embossing foil such that a second material which is injection-molded directly against it does not bond with the first material in the pretreated area but rather can be detached again.

Abstract: A closure (30) is provided for an opening (32) of a container (31) having a container interior (33) where a product may be stored. The closure (30) includes a base (34) having a deck wall (62) overlaying the opening (32), a pouring spout (64) extending along a longitudinal axis (66) from the deck wall (62) to a pouring lip (68) above the deck wall (62), a dispensing port (70) extending through the deck wall (62) and terminating at a location within the pouring spout (64) below the pouring lip (68) to direct product from the opening (32) to the pouring spout (64), and a vent port (74) spaced laterally from the dispensing port (70) and extending from a first orifice (76) in the deck wall (62) to a second orifice (78) located within the pouring spout (64) below the pouring lip (68).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a pouring device for a container for the dosing of liquid. The pouring device has an improved air valve system that works via cooperation between a weighted magnetic component and a metal ball in order to control opening and closing of the air valve inlet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for dispensing liquid or paste-like substances, comprising a dispenser head (2) having a mouth opening (4), at least a part of the dispenser head (2) that has the mouth opening (4) being extendable and retractable with respect to a surrounding housing wall (3). In order to form the dispenser in question in an advantageous manner in respect of a more advantageous sealing in the retracted state of the dispenser head, it is proposed that a surface (F) that comes in contact with the mouth opening (4) or with an end face region of a protruding wall formed so as to surround the mouth opening (4) encloses an acute angle (?) with a vertical (V) in a cross-section in which the surface (F) appears as a line, and, in the retracted state, this region is in contact with an identically-formed support surface (6) on the housing wall (3) which faces the mouth opening (4) or the end face region.

Abstract: The inventive system and method advantageously enable superior adaptive connection of containers for storing and dispensing beverages to various dispensing systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for interfacing with, and controlling the flow of liquid from, various beverage storage/dispensing containers that comprise any of a variety of dispensing interface components. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, the inventive configurable releasable dispensing interface coupling adapter is configured to achieve a pressurized seal with a connected beverage storage/dispensing container, to accomplish connection with a pressurization-based beverage dispensing system or equivalent thereof.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing tip comprises both an alternative dispensing tip and an adapter. The alternative tip is sized to be screwed directly onto dispensing bottles having a large diameter connector. The adapter insert is placed inside the alternative dispensing tip when the dispensing bottle has a small diameter connector.

Abstract: An inner nozzle is capable of being mounted onto a tube exchange device for holding and replacing an exchangeable pouring nozzle for casting molten metal out of a vessel. The tube exchange device is constructed of a frame with a casting opening. The frame is configured to be fixed to the lower side of a metal casting vessel and has a first, upper portion and a second, lower portion, joining at a middle section plane defining the plane where an inner nozzle and an exchangeable pouring nozzle form a sliding contact. The upper side portion of the frame receives and clamps in place a bearing surface of an inner nozzle at its pouring position. The lower portion comprises elements for loading and moving along a first direction (X) into casting position an exchangeable pouring nozzle. At least two clamping elements are arranged transverse to the first direction (X).

Abstract: A watchband is made up of a number of links. Each link is formed of light-transmissive plastics material and has transverse apertures. Coloured pins pass through the apertures of adjacent links to form the watchband. The pins are visible through the links.

Abstract: A carrier for carrying bags or to hang items upon for carrying, the carrier comprising a shoulder support, supporting straps to which a handle receptacle is attached by adjustable fastening means and handles for carrying the bags which are attached to the handle receptacle.

Abstract: Provided is a paddle retaining device which may be easily mounted to a stand-up paddle board, wherein the paddle retaining device is specifically configured and adapted to allow a user to quickly and easily securing the paddle to the board. The paddle retaining device may be attached to the board without significantly interfering with the structure and integrity of the paddle surfboard. Along these lines, the paddle retaining device may be secured to the board without drilling holes or making other material modifications to the structure of the paddle surfboard.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch for a backpack, which is to be connected and fixed to a side of the shoulder strap of a backpack so as to be positioned at the chest region of a user in order to enable the secure storage of valuables and other personal possessions, which has a storage space, the breadth of which progressively increases from top to bottom, and which is also capable of stably storing items by effectively supporting the center of gravity of an item stored therein due to being fastened to a backpack strap at the rear top and rear bottom thereof, respectively.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking tablets or pills into separate, generally equal sized portions. A container for the tablets has a surface with an elongated, generally straight, raised ridge member extending along the container surface. A tablet or pill is placed on the topmost surface of the raised ridge with the outer tablet edges extending along the container surface. A tablet or pill is placed on the topmost surface of the raised ridge with the outer tablet edges extending outwardly beyond the raised ridge and spaced above the container surface. Generally equal forces are simultaneously exerted downwardly on the outer tablet edges urging the outer edges downwardly toward the container surface breaking the tablet into two generally equally sized tablet portions.

Abstract: In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, a printer comprises: a printer main body which is changeable in mounting gesture; an accommodation section arranged in the printer main body to accommodate the roll paper fed from an opening section; a feeding section arranged to feed the paper from the accommodation section; and a printing section arranged to print on the paper fed by the feeding section, wherein the accommodation section is formed in such a manner that the peripheral wall thereof is gradually enlarged towards the opening section, and is provided with a regulator which regulates and fixes the position of the roll paper in width direction.

Abstract: A printer comprises a paper holding section, a conveying section, a printing section and a buffer section. The buffer section, which is arranged at the downstream side of the paper conveying direction of the paper holding section and the upstream side of the paper conveying direction of the conveying section, extends in the width direction of the paper orthogonal to the paper conveying direction and has a propping member that is propped against the paper surface of paper and a pair of elastic support sections that are connected with the two ends of the propping member in the width direction and press the propping member on the paper surface of the paper using an elastic force, wherein the pair of elastic support sections are connected with the propping member in such a manner that each of the elastic support sections can act separately.

Abstract: An automated press feeds a string of tack pins loaded on a reel. The press shears the part from the string of fasteners and delivers each part individually to a punch for installation. The string of fasteners is pulled from the reel by a sprocket which includes peripheral teeth for engaging the fasteners and for feeding them in a vertical column to a shear station. A horizontally reciprocal shear block severs individual fasteners one-at-a-time from the end of the fastener string at the shear station, each fastener being indexed to the next shear position by incremental rotation of the sprocket. The punch includes vacuum retaining means for lifting each fastener from the shear block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powered stapling device and, more specifically, but not limited to, a powered stapling device for driving staples over a strip of linear material, such as a cable located in an otherwise inaccessible or difficult to reach place. The stapling device includes an actuation mechanism, a handle, a staple ejection mechanism, and a drive arm operable along a primary axis of the stapling device. The actuation mechanism provides energy to the drive arm, which in turn engages the staple ejection mechanism, which in turn drives the staple. At least a portion of the staple engagement mechanism may be positioned at an angle with respect to the primary axis. This configuration of the staple engagement mechanism allows the stapling device to drive the staple at an angle relative to the linear object being stapled, even when the primary axis of stapling device is aligned substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the linear object being stapled.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated body portion, a shell assembly and an anvil assembly. The elongated body portion extends distally from the handle assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The shell assembly is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated body portion and includes a non-planar, tissue-contacting surface oriented obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The anvil assembly includes a non-planar, tissue-contacting surface oriented obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The tissue-contacting surface of the anvil assembly is configured to align with the tissue-contacting surface of the shell assembly when the anvil assembly and shell assembly are in the approximated position.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument comprising a handle assembly having a proximal end, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle assembly, a head portion disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated body portion and including an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The shell assembly includes a shell and a staple guide housing a plurality of staples. A flexible engagement structure attaches the staple guide to the shell.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument can comprise an end effector configured to receive a staple cartridge, a shaft including a plurality of staple cartridges positioned therein, and a staple cartridge driver configured to sequentially advance the staple cartridges from the shaft into the end effector. In various embodiments, the staple cartridges can comprise different configurations which can be arranged within the shaft such that they are supplied in a specific predetermined order.

Abstract: An electrosurgical system is provided and comprises a fastening device including a cartridge configured to retain a plurality of fasteners therein and an anvil configured to form the plurality of fasteners; a plurality of surgical fasteners loaded in the cartridge, at least one of the fasteners includes a backspan, a pair of legs depending from the backspan, and at least one contact pad fabricated from an electrically conductive material on the backspan, wherein at least one of the pair of legs is configured to contact the at least one contact pad upon a formation thereof; and an indicating circuit associated with the fasteners, the indicating circuit including an electrical conduit in electrical contact with the at least one contact pad, wherein the indicating circuit includes an energy source and an indicator, wherein the indicator activates upon one of a proper and improper formation of the fasteners.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument can comprise a jaw configured to receive a staple cartridge, a firing member configured to eject staples from the staple cartridge, and a system for supplying a continuous number of staple cartridges to the jaw.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument can comprise a jaw configured to receive a staple cartridge, a plurality of staple drivers positioned within the jaw configured to eject staples from the staple cartridge, and a firing member configured to engage the staple drivers as the firing member is advanced from an unfired position to a fired position. As the firing member is advanced from its unfired position, the firing member can lift the staple drivers upwardly within a cartridge body of the staple cartridge. When the firing member is returned to its unfired position, the firing member can lower the staple drivers downwardly within the cartridge body thereby resetting the staple drivers prior to a new staple cartridge being positioned within the jaw.

Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument can comprise a jaw configured to receive a staple cartridge, a firing member configured to eject staples from the staple cartridge, and a system for supplying a continuous number of staple cartridges to the jaw. The surgical stapling instrument can further comprise a system for displacing the firing member into a position in which a staple cartridge can be slid relative to the firing member. In at least one such embodiment, the surgical stapling instrument can comprise a shaft and a plurality of staple cartridges positioned within the shaft, wherein the firing member can be dropped downwardly within the shaft such that one or more staple cartridges can be slid by the firing member.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a vehicle floor production system, in which a carrier is moved through a loop formed by a return line provided at the top of the system and a welding line provided at the bottom, and the carrier is horizontally moved by the frictional force of a horizontal movement driving means. Preferred systems can reduce the manufacturing cost and required installation area.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a thermal cycle of a weld joining one end of a first strip to an end of a second strip, suited to a joining machine of a strip treatment plant. The control device includes connections intended to connect the control device to a central automation system of the strip treatment plant and to the joining machine respectively, so as respectively to allow an exchange of at least one strip data item and an exchange of at least one operating data item. A computer is capable of computing, from the strip and operating data items, at least one thermal parameter of the weld. A weld control and characterization device is capable of controlling the welding as a function of the thermal parameter.

Abstract: A friction agitation welding process for the joining of abutting plate-shaped workpieces consisting of an aluminium alloy, wherein a rotating Bobbin tool is moved along a weld between the two plate-shaped workpieces during feed, exerting a first and a second contact pressing force on first and second sides, respectively, and wherein said Bobbin tool is subjected to an additional axial force during its movement along the weld to plastically deform the area of the created welding seam such that the welding seam is pressed towards one side of the plate-shaped workpieces while forming a welding seam elevation protruding opposite from the workpiece surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tray for transporting and displaying items such as yogurt containers. The tray is of the type comprising a bottom wall (1), side walls (2, 3, 4, 5) perpendicular to the bottom (1) and side flaps (27) enabling the attachment of a first wall (2, 4) to the adjacent wall (3, 5), each flap being hingedly connected to the side edge of the first wall (2, 4) and attached to the following wall (3, 5). According to the invention, the hinged connection of the side flap (27) to the first wall is provided by an interface area (16) in the shape of a triangle the apex (17) of which points toward the free upper edge (31, 32) of the two consecutive side walls (2, 3, 4, 5) and the base (18) of which rests on the bottom wall (1), this triangular interface area (16) being slanted from its base (18) to the apex (17) toward the outside of the outline defined by the bottom wall (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a folding-box insert (10; 50), in particular for cylindrical articles (2), such as ampoules, bottles and the like, having a blank (1; 51) which forms two accommodating chambers (31, 32) for accommodating in particular the end portions of the articles (2), wherein the accommodating chambers (31, 32) each comprise a wall portion (14; 14a, 15; 15a) which is spaced apart from a base portion (11) and has a cutout (29; 29a) for accommodating the respective end portion of the article (2), and wherein the wall portion (14; 14a, 15; 15a) has flaps (33, 34; 52, 53) which are articulated via folds (36, 37; 55) and can be folded over in the direction of the base portion (11). According to the invention, it is provided that the flaps (33, 34; 52, 53) are designed as means for propping up the accommodating chambers (31, 32).

Abstract: A two piece shipping tray having a first unitary blank which provides a bottom panel with opposed end panels and opposed side panels connected by foldable corner gussets and a second unitary blank which provides a two walled cross divider adhered in fixed relation to the bottom panel to provide a knocked-down-flat condition in which the two walled cross divider foldably engages the bottom panel and in which the opposed side panels have a portion of the corresponding foldable corner gussets adhered in fixed relation to the opposed end panels to engage each of the opposed side panels with the bottom panel, which allows the basic configuration of the shipping tray to be manually foldably produced from the knocked-down-flat condition.

Abstract: The wardrobe box comprises a lid (1), a bottom (2) and side walls (3), comprising also a door (4) at one of its side walls (3), and it is characterised in that said lid (1) comprises two hinged sectors (5, 6) engageable to each other. Said sectors (5, 6) of the lid (1) comprise preferably complementary flaps (5a, 6a) engageable to each other, and said door (4) comprises a detachable closing element (7). It permits to use no additional closing element, such as e.g. adhesive tape, to close the lid and to keep the door closed.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises an input section arranged in a main body, a printing section which is arranged in the main body at the position adjacent to the input section and holds a continuous-feed paper in its interior and prints various information onto the continuous-feed paper, a connecting member which is connected to the main body via a first shaft at the position adjacent to the input section and the printing section and a display section which is connected to the connecting member via the second shaft. The display section is located at the position where the transfer of the continuous-feed paper into and from the printing section is impeded in usual usage state, and the continuous-feed paper can be transferred into and from the printing section by the action of the connecting member via the first shaft and the action of the display section via the second shaft.