Abstract: A container assembly includes a container body having a side wall encircling an axis, and a metal end for attachment to an upper edge of the side wall via heat-sealing. The outer peripheral region is shaped prior to application to the container body such that an annular channel is defined between an inner chuck wall and an outer chuck wall of the metal end. The metal end is pushed straight onto the side wall such that the upper edge of the side wall is received into the channel. The surfaces of the side wall and the opposing surfaces of the chuck walls have heat-sealable material thereon. The metal end is heated to melt and fuse the heat-sealable layers, thereby sealing the metal end onto the side wall. The metal end is shaped such that the free edge of the outer chuck wall is not exposed.

Abstract: A pallet lifter for raising and lowering a pallet. The pallet lifter includes a pallet platform, a lifting frame that supports the pallet platform, and a movement mechanism that controllably causes the pallet platform to raise and lower. The pallet platform includes a top surface designed to support a pallet, two side walls and a back wall. The lifting frame includes two sets of legs. One end of one or both of the two legs of each set of legs is moveable along a longitudinal axis of the pallet platform as the pallet platform is raised and lowered. The movement mechanism includes a motor and a threaded rod. The electric motor is designed to cause the threaded rod to rotate in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction to cause said pallet platform to raise and lower.

Abstract: A cargo rack for transferring loads between a marine vessel and an offshore marine platform (for example, oil and gas well drilling or production platform) provides a frame having a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions. The lower end of the frame has a perimeter beam base, a raised floor and a pair of open-ended parallel fork tine tubes or sockets that communicate with the perimeter beam at the front and rear of the frame, preferably being structurally connected (e.g., welded) thereto. Openings in the perimeter beam base align with the forklift tine tubes or sockets. The frame includes a plurality of fixed side walls extending upwardly from the perimeter beam that include at least left and right side walls.

Abstract: Two encapsulating sheet containers can selectively be stacked in a containing position or a stacking position in a thickness direction. In the containing position, a center portion of the encapsulating sheet container located on one side in the thickness direction is brought relatively away from a center portion of the encapsulating sheet container located on the other side in the thickness direction. In the stacking position, the center portion of the encapsulating sheet container located on the one side in the thickness direction is brought relatively closer to the center portion of the encapsulating sheet container located on the other side in the thickness direction.

Abstract: The invention is a container which may take the form of a vacuum sealed or lined locket. Opening the container will trigger the influx of air creating an audible sound and/or expose a color or texture changing material, lining the interior of the container, to an event or circumstance that initiates a change of color or texture.

Abstract: A laundry product that is a container and a liquid laundry composition contained in the container. The primary label face has text that is substantially upright when the container is resting on the closed end of the container. The secondary label face has text that is substantially up-side-down when the container is resting on the closed end of the container. The secondary label face has a window through which the liquid laundry composition within the container can be observed from outside the container.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container for storing food and/or beverage, specifically designed for use with infants and young children to adults, constructed of a reusable, ecofriendly fabric and materials.

Abstract: A tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with a base part 21a or 21b of at least one of a male member 2a and a female member 2b constituting a zipper 2 in a peelable manner to improve the tearing unsealing ability of a zipper-equipped bag provided with an interlocking type zipper enabling resealing and unsealing after the bag is unsealed.

Abstract: A privacy bag is disclosed, for the safekeeping of a vibrator, a dildo, or other sex toy. The privacy bag or sleeve is available in several different configurations, and includes interior material that is antibacterial, antistatic, anti-allergenic, water-resistant, and/or oil-resistant.

Abstract: A squeeze tube includes a fluid-discharge container and a fluid-discharge closure mated to the fluid-storage container. The fluid-discharge closure is coupled to one end of the fluid-storage container and configured to discharge selectively fluid stored in a product-storage region formed in the fluid-storage container.

Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing viscous and/or pasty products comprising a sachet (9) for protecting the product until it is in its final place of use, where it performs the function of a dispenser. The sachet exhibits the shape of a “W”, so as to obtain a flat bottom, which is provided with cuts (7) acting as a valve, thereby allowing the product to be dispensed. A removable protective seal (11) covers these valves (7). The device for packaging and dispensing comprises a reusable enclosure (5) of cylindrical form made from a plastics material comprising two ends, one receiving a piston (3) and the other the sachet. The sachet with a flat bottom closes off the end of the enclosure. The piston is inserted at the other end of the enclosure, so as to compress the sachet and expel the contents thereof through its valves (7) that are cut into the bottom of the sachet.

Abstract: A sealed plastic drum for transporting a powder chemical product, including a vessel having a side wall and an end edge including a circumferential outer crown and at least two lugs projecting outward from the side wall; and a lid including a collar for covering the end edge of the vessel and at least two bosses projecting inward from the outer wall of the collar, the bosses and the lugs being arranged and configured such that the covering collar can be inserted on the end edge of the vessel by axial translation, in order to place a lower rotational surface of the lid in contact with an upper rotational surface of the vessel, and then, after rotating the lid, to insert each boss between a lug and the outer crown and to obtain a seal of the drum with clamping of the lower rotational surface on the upper rotational surface.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing device for allowing a user to drink liquid therefrom in a hands-free manner. The liquid dispensing device includes a container having a spring-loaded stopper therein, and further including an elongated tube having a mouthpiece thereon that extends from an end of the container. In operation, a user can fill the container with a liquid causing the spring loaded stopper to retract so that it is under tension. When the user wishes to drink the liquid, the user can bite the bite valve of the mouthpiece which enables water to be released from the container and into a tube connected to the mouthpiece. The spring pushes the stopper towards the mouthpiece and thus the liquid within the container is pushed through the tube to the mouthpiece so the user may drink therefrom.

Abstract: A closure (910) comprising a base (912) and a lid (914), the base and lid being joined by a hinge arrangement (932) so that the lid is movable between a closed position and an open position, the hinge arrangement comprising a main hinge (981) and a separate auxiliary hinge (995), in which the lateral extent of the main hinge is greater than the lateral extent of the auxiliary hinge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap for consuming a liquid from a container comprising at least one hole for the exit of liquid from the container and at least one hole for the entrance of air into the container, said air inlet incorporating a check valve allowing the entrance of air but not the exit of liquid therethrough, said valve being built into the body of the cap.

Abstract: A resealable lid assembly may provide a substantially resealable lid for a container. The resealable lid assembly may include a lid assembly, external lid layer, valve lid layer, pivot, tab, outlet, vent, tab slot, flow seal and vent seal. A method to provide a substantially resealable lid for a container using the resealable lid assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A device for opening and re-closing food-containing packages includes a pouring element with a circumferential flange for fastening to the package and a neck for pouring, as well as a cutting element, which is arranged inside the neck and has a plurality of teeth, which are arranged around the circumference and directed towards the package, and a screw cap, the cutting element cutting a pouring opening into the composite film material as a result of a rotational movement of the screw cap when the package is opened for the first time. The teeth of the cutting element have a steep gradient at the tip thereof, a shallower gradient at the flanks thereof and a steep gradient again at the bases thereof.

Abstract: A flexible package may include a front surface, a rear surface, a seal, and a defect. The rear surface may be coupled to the front surface. The front surface and the rear surface may form a bag to hold a product. The seal may join the front surface to the rear surface to seal the bag. The defect may be located in one of the front surface and the rear surface proximate the seal. The defect, upon separation of the front surface from the rear surface at the seal, may be being exposed and operable to remove a portion of the bag from one of the front surface and the rear surface. Removal of the portion may facilitate access to the product.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a drinking container, and specifically to an adapter configured to be placed within the container and to receive and hold a tube. The adapter is configured with a primary aperture, through which fluid may flow. A tube is configured to be placed in direct contact with the primary aperture, or in indirect contact with the primary aperture through use of a connector. The adapter holds the tube in a position while fluid and/or frozen fluid are placed into the container. Once the container is filled, the tube is received by a container top, and the container is closed. Accordingly, the adapter functions to hold the tube within the container as the container is filled with fluid and frozen fluid, and mitigates interference with placement of a tube into the container after the container has been filled with fluid and/or frozen fluid.

Abstract: A pouch includes: a first closed, inner casing, made of at least one non-porous plastic material with a high-capacity gas barrier, delimiting a first space, forming a pouch stricto sensu for accommodating a biopharmaceutical product or device, a second closed, outer casing, made of at least one non-porous plastic material with a high-capacity gas barrier, delimiting a second space in which the pouch stricto sensu is located, spacer elements, at least one selected tracer gas, located in the first or second space outside of the pouch stricto sensu, with a higher partial pressure than in the second space outside of the pouch stricto sensu or in the first space, at least one colorimetric detector located, respectively, in the second space outside of the pouch stricto sensu or in the first space responsive to the concentration of the tracer gas, by switching from a first color to a second different color.

Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for thermostatic packaging materials for packing temperature sensitive products such as foods, beverages, biological materials, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and live organisms. The thermostatic packaging materials may be formed from a number of substrates in which thermo-responsive capsules may be suspended. The substrates may be composed from a gelatin film substrate in some examples. The thermo-responsive capsules may encapsulate a cooling agent for reducing a surrounding environmental temperature. The thermo-responsive capsules may be composed from a polymer such as poly N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAAm), which may be configured to release the encapsulated cooling agents when the surrounding environmental temperature reaches a threshold temperature.

Abstract: Universal air removal port comprises of check valve, air sieve and adhesive inserts. Check valve is bonded to exterior and air sieve to interior hole created on food bag, converting to manual vacuum sealer. Multiple small openings prevent blocking of air sieve by foods and flat top plate reinforces bonding of food bag and valve. Amorphous viscid adhesive inserts fill micro holes and grooves on part surfaces, preventing formation of micro tracts and loss of vacuum. Universal air removal port can be removed from empty bags and reused on new food bags.

Abstract: A portable cooler container that includes a thermally insulated cooler base and a shelf upon which objects may rest externally of the cooler without interfering with opening and closing of the cooler. The shelf may be stationary or movable between stowed and extended positions with respect to the cooler container. The shelf may also be adjustable so as to adjust its angle relative to a ground surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is an insulated beverage dispenser having a generally cube-shaped insulated body with an interior chamber, an open top, and an outlet adjacent a bottom of the interior chamber. It includes a removable closure member for the outlet and an insulated top hingedly connected to the body to close the open top. A guideway is located on a front outer surface of the body generally adjacent the open top and is sized and positioned to receive a securement strap extended across the body without interference with opening the top. The closure member can be a liquid dispensing valve and/or a plug. An interior surface of the lid may include a recess for receiving a spare closure member for the outlet.

Abstract: A method for producing a recyclable molded product is provided. The method includes injecting a coffee ground amalgam into a mold, injecting the coffee ground amalgam with a mycelium, incubating the molded coffee ground amalgam injected with the mycelium for a period of time, and dehydrating the molded coffee ground amalgam injected with the mycelium at a set temperature.

Abstract: A system for dispensing trash bags comprises a dispenser including an opening from which stored trash bags may be removed. A prong is positioned to extend partially across the opening of the dispenser. In an additional embodiment, the dispenser is stored within a container having a plurality of exterior walls, an upper opening, and a floor. The floor of the dispenser contains an elevated portion with an aperture extending therethrough. A prong is positioned to extend partially across the aperture. In additional embodiments, the disclosure pertains to methods of removing a trash bag from a dispenser where the bag comes into contact with a prong extending either from the dispenser or the container. The prong acts to at least partially unfold the bag upon removal from the dispenser, aiding the user in securing the trash bag to a garbage can.

Abstract: An aerosol actuator having a button actuator on a top surface thereof and a lever actuator extending away from the button actuator may be assembled with an aerosol container and valve to provide ergonomic application of a product utilizing the aerosol actuator.

Abstract: A compressible valve is used with a pressurized container for dispensing an aerosol product. The compressible valve comprises a valve cup connected to a dispensing structure disposed inside an open top end of a bottle. A grommet is disposed in the valve cup and has an integral sealing portion and spring portion. A grommet longitudinal passageway passes through the spring portion and the sealing portion and is coaxial with a valve cup longitudinal passageway. An elongate valve stem is disposed in the grommet passageway. The grommet sealing portion provides a seal between the valve stem and the valve cup and between the dispensing structure and the valve cup.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a reclosable pack (1) of smoking articles (2), said pack comprising a sealed enclosure having a front wall, a back wall, two side walls (7), a top-end wall (8) and a bottom-end wall (6), said enclosure comprising a flexible packaging laminate around a bundle of smoking articles (2), the laminate having a built-in easy-opening access comprising a permanently tacky adhesive (3) sandwiched between two film structures, said structures comprising an outer score line (13) formed through the thickness of the outer layer structure (12) and an inner score line (14) formed through the thickness of the inner layer structure (9), both delimiting separable opening portions, in which a region of the outer opening portion between the outer (13) and inner (14) score lines is attached to an underlying surface of the inner structure via a permanently tacky adhesive (3), the outer opening portion being peelable from the underlying surface of the inner layer structure (9) to build an opening f

Abstract: A chocolate mold transport apparatus operable to inhibit damage to chocolate molds during transport thereof and further being operable to provide an environment for the chocolate molds that is at a temperature that is less than that of its surroundings. The chocolate mold apparatus includes a rack assembly having a lower rack and an upper rack. The lower rack includes a plurality of cross members being parallel having a void intermediate thereto wherein disposed within the void are a plurality of mold receiving receptacles. The rack assembly further includes an upper rack positioned above the lower rack being operable to engage a support rod of a chocolate mold. The upper rack includes a plurality of slidably mounted cross members. A container is included operable to receive and store the rack assembly. The container includes thermal gel layer to provide a temperature therein that is less than that of its environment.

Abstract: A confectionery packaging is provided comprising a first part formed from a preformed shell that is substantially rigid so that the part maintains it shape. The first part holds the product to be packaged, which in the Figures is shown as a confectionery egg. Main surfaces of the first part are shaped so as to substantially conform to the shape of the confectionery egg. Consequently an open mouth to the part is provided. The egg is accessible through the open mouth. A flange is formed about the perimeter of the open mouth. The flange extends away from the main surfaces and continuously about the perimeter of the mouth and extends a substantial distance therefrom in order to provide a surface against which a second part. The confectionery packaging forms a sealed enclosure about the egg by sealing a second part to the flange. To open the packaging, the film is separated from the first part, for instance by peeling back the film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magazine unit for fitting a brewing device with a portion capsule. The magazine has a storage magazine for storing portion capsules, said portion capsules being stacked one after the other in a stacking direction, and the magazine unit has a transporting means for transporting a portion capsule out of the storage magazine into the brewing device. The transporting means can be pivoted about a pivot axis between a removal position for removing the portion capsule from the storage magazine and a dispensing position for fitting the brewing device with the portion capsule, said pivot axis being perpendicular to the stacking direction.

Abstract: A filter unit for a capsule for preparing a beverage and/or nutritional product is disclosed, along with a capsule containing same. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: Breaking system to be applied in the area where the water enters and the infusion exits the capsule. The surface from the bottom of the cup presents interior creases, reducing the thickness of the wall and limited areas of rupture or breaking, that is caused by the normal pressure water pump. The cover produced in the same material, presents in the central surface lowered, creases of rupture or breaking, that can be in the same quantity and equal to the bottom of the cup, or different, with a geometry and appropriate quantity to the granularity of the products introduced into the capsule. The outside of the wall of the cup presents raised ribs, that form rhombs filled with raised dots. By the inside of the wall of the cup is reinforced with three or more platelets amounts.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for insulating a mill product during a transporting and storing process. The system includes a platform, an insulated enclosure, and an actuator system. The platform is capable of supporting the insulated enclosure and the mill product. The insulated enclosure includes a first clamshell enclosure member and a second clamshell enclosure member supported on the platform. Each enclosure member has an open position and a closed position. When each enclosure member is in the open position, the mill product supported on the platform within the enclosure may be accessed. When each enclosure member is in the closed position, the mill product is thermally insulated within the enclosure. The actuator system can move the clamshell enclosures between their open and closed positions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus to support a proppant container including a frame to receive and support the proppant container, the frame having a top surface that receives and positions the proppant container above a conveyor to carry proppant disposed thereon away from the proppant container. The apparatus also includes a box guide assembly positioned on the top surface including a corner assembly having two wall segments, and a guide member extending upwardly and positioned adjacent the corner assembly, the guide member including tapered portion of the guide member, the taper having a first width at a top portion of the guide member smaller than a second width at a bottom portion of the guide member. The tapered portion contacts and directs the proppant container to a desired location.

Abstract: A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a frame, tracks supported by opposite sides of the frame, and a plurality of dunnage supports extending between the tracks. At least one of the tracks on each side is generally U-shaped and at least one is linear. Each dunnage support may comprise end members and a middle member, the end members being movable along the tracks. The dunnage supports support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment.

Abstract: A method of storing and/or transporting core samples in a temperature controlled container includes inserting a core sample into the container and inputting a temperature value into a control panel of the container. The container includes one or more reinforcement members and one or more strap guides coupled an exterior of the container. A temperature of a space within the container where the core samples are located is measured and compared to the temperature value. The space within the container where the core samples are located is heated or cooled until the temperature of the space is substantially equal to the temperature value. The container and the core samples located within the container can be transported from a drilling site to a testing facility.

Abstract: A carrier for animal waste where an animal is being walked by their owner.

Abstract: The present application includes a trash can assembly having a container configured to hold a trash bag. The container includes one or more side walls and a base portion. The side walls extend around the base portion. A door assembly is included within the one or more side walls and selectively operates between an open position and a closed position. A removable tray is located within the base portion and may be removed while the trash bag is within the container. The trash bag is supported by an internal barrier coupled to the one or more side walls. The internal barrier prevents the trash bag from entering the removable tray.

Abstract: Method for filling a waste container/separating device (50) of a pneumatic material conveying system, in which method material is conducted into a material container from a conveying pipe (100) via an inlet aperture (55) and in which method, for bringing about the suction/partial vacuum needed in conveying the material, the suction side of a partial-vacuum source (30) is connected to act in the container space of the waste container/separating device (50) and onwards into the conveying pipe (100). By changing the point at which the suction of the partial-vacuum source acts or the strength of its action in the container space (68) of the waste container/separating device (50), the input direction in the container space of the material (W) being conducted into the container space from the inlet aperture (55) is acted upon. The invention also relates to an apparatus and to a waste container/separating device.

Abstract: A novel bag holder is provided. In an embodiment, the bag holder includes a retaining bar that is shaped like a rectangular box. The bag holder also includes a wall bracket having a channel portion complementary to the shape of said retaining bar. The wall bracket can be mounted to vertical surface such as a wall. A portion of the rim of a plastic bag can be rolled around the retaining bar. Then, the retaining bar with the bag can be inserted into channel portion thereby securing the bag and facilitating the depositing and withdrawal of articles from the bag opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a lid for a storage receptacle including a substantially planar top panel including a plurality of openings, a substantially planar slideable closure having a plurality of closure portions capable of closing each of the plurality of openings in the top panel, and a plurality of accessible portions capable of allowing access through each of the plurality of openings in the top panel. The lid further includes a guide mechanism capable of guiding the slideable closure between a first position and a second position, and an activation mechanism capable of receiving an input to move the slideable closure between one of the first position and the second position along the guide mechanism.

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor and method for moving articles employs a multi-directional roller assembly including an orienting component for orienting a roller and an actuating component for actuating the roller.

Abstract: A belt conveyor apparatus includes a conveyor frame with a belt support, a belt, a belt drive, and corner containment sidewalls releasably attached to the conveyor frame at a concave corner defined by the conveyor. The corner containment sidewalls each include a disk-shaped recess on an outboard surface at their lower/rearward edges, and corner rollers are rotatably mounted in the recesses, with an edge of each roller extending beyond the recess to engage and hold down the conveyor belt as the belt traverses the concave corner. The corner rollers greatly reduce sliding friction of the belt across the concave corner, and yet do not include lubricant, nor separate fasteners, nor create nib points. Thus, the rollers greatly facilitate maintenance, and reduce maintenance and component cost.

Abstract: An accumulating portal conveyor comprises a conveyor belt, a frame for supporting and guiding the belt, which frame includes a first helical path and a second helical path spaced from the first helical path, a bridging path and a return path. Under operating conditions the belt successively follows the first helical path upwardly, the bridging path, the second helical path downwardly and the return path, and such that in transverse direction of an upright plane through central centerlines of the first and second helical paths. The bridging path includes a static part having a fixed position with respect to the helical paths and a dynamic portion displaceable in transverse direction of the upright plane to change the path length of the belt. At least a portion of the return path is displaceable for compensating the change of the path length of the belt at the bridging path.

Abstract: A screw conveyor for transporting lignocellulose-containing material is disclosed, including a housing containing a screw for transporting the lignocellulose-containing material from the inlet to the outlet of the housing, the screw including a screw core disposed along the screw axis and a screw thread surrounding the screw core, the screw thread including a screw depth defined by the distance between the periphery of the screw and the screw core, the inlet including at least one transverse plate dividing the inlet into at least two axial compartments for evenly distributing the lignocellulose-containing material at the inlet. A method for transporting lignocellulose-containing material by the screw conveyor is also disclosed, in which the axial length of the screw inlet being equal to or greater than the screw depth times the quotient between the axial speed of the screw and the incoming speed of the lignocellulose-containing material at the inlet.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of orienting and decorating container end closures is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to position container end closures in a predetermined orientation and then decorate a predetermined portion of the end closures.

Abstract: A device and a method for singulation of used beverage containers received in bulk into individual containers and forwarding them towards a receiving station. The used beverage containers have different shapes and sizes. The device includes a rotating surface, a conveyor at least partly encircling said rotating surface and adapted to receive used beverage containers from the rotating surface and transport them away from the rotating surface; and an outer wall along the periphery of the conveyor at least along the part of the conveyor that encircles the rotating surface.