Abstract: Disclosed is a dentifrice dispenser, comprising: a container defining a chamber storing a dentifrice and having an orifice through which the dentifrice is dispensable from the chamber; and a permanent magnet connected to the container for retaining an oral care implement with the container. Also disclosed is an oral care system, comprising: a dentifrice dispenser according to any preceding claim; and an oral care implement; wherein the oral care implement comprises a second magnet or a metal portion that is magnetically attractable to the permanent magnet.

Abstract: In one aspect, a dispenser is provided herein for dispensing flowable material, such as sunscreen lotion, including a resiliently deformable body encompassing a closed volume with an optional flexible pouch disposed therein to accommodate the flowable material. A discharge element is also provided having at least one discharge opening, along with at least one valve regulating flow from the closed volume or the flexible pouch and through the discharge opening. The body is configured so that a threshold amount of deformation of the body causes the flowable material to urge from the closed body through the discharge opening or the pressure increase of the closed volume acting on the flexible pouch sufficiently so that flowable material accommodated in the flexible pouch is urged therefrom through the discharge opening. Advantageously, the dispenser of the subject invention allows for a generally isobaric environment to be created which acts evenly about the flexible pouch.

Abstract: UV curable sealants, method s for making the sealants, and method for using the sealants are disclosed. The UV curable sealants may be used in seal caps useful to seal fasteners in aerospace fuel tanks. The UV curable sealants may also be used to smooth defects in surfaces such as aerospace surfaces.

Abstract: A drop lid-shaped formed lid to be fittably applied to a container having a flange section is formed with a flange, a fitting section extending downwardly from the flange, and an introducing section below the fitting section. The introducing section is composed of first and second tapered sections whose inner diameters each decrease downwardly. The taper angle ? of the second tapered section is larger than the taper angle ? of the first tapered section, and the second tapered section is formed in an arcuate shape smaller than a range in which the first tapered section is formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spout for use with containers, particularly portable fuel containers. The spout has a slide assembly physically coupled to a proximally positioned plunger. The slide and plunger may be moved in tandem to variably control the flow rate of liquid or fuel through it. The spout may have a main body portion and a nozzle portion, and an exit opening at or near the distal end of the spout. Passageways within the spout are designed to encourage segregated and orderly flows of liquid/fuel and air for control and increased flow rate of liquid/fuel from a container. The spout may further have a holder(s) on the side of the spout for contacting or engaging a structure or surface of a container, tank, etc., being filled, to help hold and properly position the spout to avoid overflow during use. Methods of assembly and operation are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device. In an embodiment, a device for dispensing a fluid under pressure is provided and includes: (A) a flexible container comprising four panels, each panel formed from a flexible multilayer film composed of one or more polymeric materials, the four panels forming (i) a body, and (ii) a neck; (B) a fitment comprising a top portion and a base, the base composed of a polymeric material, the base sealed in the neck; (C) a sleeve bag on valve assembly (SBoV) comprising (i) a valve housing, (ii) a core tube attached to the valve housing, (iii) a bag around the core tube, the bag attached to the valve housing, (iv) a sleeve surrounding the bag and the core tube, and (v) a valve seat; (D) the SBoV inserted through the fitment and located in the body; and (E) the valve seat attached to the fitment.

Abstract: A container has an opening and an automatic closure. A closure flap is secured to a pivot arm, the other end of which has a weighted portion. The closure flap and pivot arm are located within the container. When the container is in a normal upright position, the weighted portion biases the closure flap into a closed position. When the container is rotated in a first direction, the weighted portion causes the pivot arm and closure flap to rotate in a second, opposite direction so that the opening is exposed.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for attaching a plurality of gift bags together within a binding device, where a first gift bag strap of a first gift bag is secured to a first engaging member on a middle section of the binding device. The binding device includes a first crease between an upper section and the middle section, and a second crease between the middle section and a lower section. A second gift bag strap of a second gift bag is secured to a second engaging member on the middle section. The first engaging member is larger than the second engaging member, the first gift bag strap is larger than the second gift bag strap, and the first gift bag is larger than the second gift bag. The binding device is folded at the first crease and the second crease.

Abstract: A fixturing apparatus kit that includes a fixturing apparatus and an unlocking key. The fixturing apparatus comprising a housing formed to include an aperture extending therethrough said aperture formed to include a medial surface and an opposing lateral surface, a plurality of locking teeth disposed on either or both of the medial surface and/or lateral surface, and a flexible strap having a first end and a second end, where the first end is attached to said housing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a package of a plurality of containers unitized with a flexible carrier. The carrier is constructed from a plastic planar sheet having a plurality of container receiving apertures and a panel positioned with respect to the planar sheet. The panel is preferably cut to form a removable and assemblable functional or decorative object, such as a model or glasses.

Abstract: A reclosable wiper blade package for holding a beam-type wiper blade having an adapter cradle of a blade receiving cavity formed in one of a pair of package halves that is configured for snap fit engagement with an adapter of the wiper blade releasably retained in the blade receiving cavity. When an adapter of a beam wiper blade is received in the cradle, pre-curved arms of the blade seated in a generally straight beam seat resiliently urge the adapter away from the beam seat against part of the cradle. A pillow-shaped convexly outwardly bowed cover of the other package half provides an enlarged pillow package style wiper blade viewing window while also overlying and preferably bearing downwardly against one or both the blade arms and adapter capturing and preferably clamping the blade between the cover and the cavity-containing package half more securely retaining the blade therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blister packaging for simultaneously housing, in a single packaging body, any case for storing contents so as to allow same to be put in and taken out, thus facilitating portability and storage, and a packaging container accommodated in the interior of the case so as to allow the former to be put in and taken out, the packaging container containing cartridge- or refill-type contents. A case accommodation part for accommodating the case and a separate content accommodation part which can be filed with contents for the cartridge packaging container are molded on a molding sheet simultaneously, wherein, when both accommodation parts are sealed with a cover film, a cutting line is provided on the flexible part of the content accommodating part so that, during use, just the content accommodation part can be independently torn off to be stored inside the case, or the refill content accommodation part can be opened and inserted into the case to be used.

Abstract: A pouch container as one example of an embodiment is equipped with wall-surface sheets and a grip part, said wall-surface sheets constituting at least a first surface and a second surface that face each other. The grip part comprises an interior sheet that is joined to the inner surface of the first surface and/or the second surface and openings that are formed on the wall-surface sheet to which the interior sheet is joined at positions where the wall-surface sheet overlaps with the interior sheet.

Abstract: A shipment packaging for elongate components is provided. Turbine blades must be sent from remote locations of the world to another location. During shipment, the coating of the turbine blades must be protected. The turbine blades are fixed at both ends by means of shipment packaging so that the turbine blades are protected.

Abstract: A cooling storage container for any of various perishable items, particularly food products. The cooling storage container includes a base on which a perishable item can be positioned, and a lid removably securable to the base so as to enclose the perishable item therein. The base includes a flat upper surface and a channel on the periphery thereof that is adapted to receive an edge of the lid therein. The base includes a slot in which a tray filled with dry ice or other material can be removably positioned. A fan is also positioned within the base and is adapted to create airflow so as to cool the interior of the cooling storage container through one or more vents disposed on the upper surface of the base to preserve the perishable item therein.

Abstract: A container with an insert for a desiccant has a lid, and the insert includes a housing having sidewall portions and a bottom portion with passages for receiving a desiccant to be used with contents of the container. The passages enable air to circulate within the housing, and a cover to be secured to the housing has an upper surface containing adhesive to enable said insert be held to the undersurface of the lid for the container. The insert can be used with traditional containers such as an apothecary glass jar or a glass jar with swing top lid that can be clamped.

Abstract: By, according to the invention, producing a food product tray (1) with a lid (2) using a basic material (3) such as aluminium, and providing said material (3) with a coating (4) comprising at least two layers (9 and 10), of which at least one of the materials has a high emission value, it is possible with a suitable dimensioning and placement of the coating (4) on the inner and/or outer side of the tray (1) and the lid (2) to obtain a hitherto unknown precise heating of the individual food products within the same heating time in an oven (12). The oven (12) has heating elements (14-16) which may abut against the sides and bottom of the tray as well as against the lid (2), said heating elements (14-16) may have a zonal heat emission in order to obtain the best possible cooking of the food.

Abstract: A flexible, self-heating food container capable of withstanding high temperatures is provided. The container comprises a two-layer laminate structure having an air access flap that can be lifted by the consumer to allow air to enter the part of the container where an exothermic reaction takes place.

Abstract: A nested insulated packaging assembly includes: an outer box including an outer top side wall, an outer bottom side wall, and a plurality of outer lateral side walls; an inner box received in the outer box, the inner box including an inner top side wall, an inner bottom side wall, and a plurality of inner lateral side walls; a first thermal liner contacting a one of the outer lateral side walls of the outer box and a one of the inner lateral side walls of the inner box; and a second thermal liner contacting a second of the outer lateral side walls of the outer box and a second of the inner lateral side walls of the inner box.

Abstract: A dispenser for pet food kibble or other loose material, where a floor panel of adjustable elevation is contained within the dispenser. The floor panel is supported by a spring that adjusts the height of floor panel in response to removal or addition of material. The spring automatically adjusts to maintain the level of material at a constant elevation. The floor panel is sealed with a gasket to prevent material from falling into the chamber below. A transparent window in the front of the container allows a user to view the amount of material left in the container to determine when the container may be refilled. The opening of the container may have a shape approximate to that of a standard bag of material to be used in the dispenser. The spring may be surrounded by a telescoping rod to prevent buckling under the increased weight of material.

Abstract: A blade dispenser is provided that includes a housing, a carrier, and a blade eject assembly. The housing defines a carrier cavity having an open end, and includes a blade loading mechanism. The carrier is operable to hold a plurality of blades. The carrier is selectively disposable within the carrier cavity of the housing. The blade eject assembly includes a button biased in a normal position relative to a base. The button is operable to be moved relative to the base and engage a blade disposed within the carrier, and to move the blade to a position where at least a part of the blade is disposed outside the housing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.

Abstract: A carrier for a container for rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, the carrier interior having a cuboid-like shape, the carrier having a bottom wall, a middle sidewall and two outer sidewalls=adjoining it, while from the side of the remaining walls of the abovementioned cuboid the carrier is open. An external movable element is attached to the carrier and extending along the middle sidewall. The height of the middle sidewall is lower than the height of the outer sidewalls, so that between the outer sidewalls and the upper edge of the middle sidewall there is a void space. The movable element is movable between a first position, in which it lies opposite to the middle sidewall, and a second position, in which it lies at least partially opposite to the void space or at least partially is situated within the void space above upper edge of the middle sidewall.

Abstract: A content cartridge is disclosed having a base with a sterile chamber and a content chamber, where the sterile chamber has a sterile chamber opening and the content chamber has a content chamber opening. A cover is sealed to the base, covering the content chamber opening and the sterile chamber opening. A first frangible seal is provided between the cover and the base extending from the content chamber. A second frangible seal is provided between the cover and the base extending between the sterile chamber and the content chamber. When the sterile chamber is pressured with a pressurizing fluid, the pressure in the sterile chamber will increase. When the predetermined pressure is exceeded in the sterile chamber, the second frangible seal opens forming a fluid path between the sterile chamber and the content chamber. In this manner, the pressurized fluid can flow from the sterile chamber.

Abstract: A proppant storage vessel has a container having a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The first and second end walls extend between opposite ends of the first and second side walls. The walls define an interior volume of the container. The walls have a rigidity suitable for retaining no less than 30,000 pounds of proppant therein. A top hatch is formed centrally on the top wall and is movable between an open position and a closed position. A bottom hatch is formed generally centrally on the bottom wall of the container and is movable between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: A proppant storage vessel has a container having a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The first and second end walls extend between opposite ends of the first and second side walls. The walls define an interior volume of the container. The walls have a rigidity suitable for retaining no less than 30,000 pounds of proppant therein. A top hatch is formed centrally on the top wall and is movable between an open position and a closed position. A bottom hatch is formed generally centrally on the bottom wall of the container and is movable between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: An ultra-strong, tear-resistant, cut-resistant, and puncture-resistant fabric article having a high shear strength or modulus is provided by weaving ribbons of flat recycled polyethylene terephthalate sheet into a fabric or bag and method of making same. The fabric article may be a bag which is formed by weaving a cylindrically shaped object, cutting the object transversely and sealing up one end to form the bag. The physical properties of the ribbon-woven bag easily accommodate holding refuse including bricks, wood with nails, glass and other refuse in a lightweight disposable bag. In an alternative embodiment, a ribbon-woven bag is overlain with sheets laminated to the exterior of the bag to provide a fluid-tight container. The fabric article may also be a blanket which is woven as a flat sheet and stitched accordingly, which can be used as a covering or protective structure.

Abstract: A bag apparatus for bags having a main body, front & rear panels, detachable sections that may be perforated and a flip section that provides a user access to the bags within the bag apparatus. The detachable sections, when detached, enable dispensing of bags from the apparatus. The bag apparatus also contemplates a number of mounting holes that align with the holes of bags and bars/rods or mounting structures of bag receptacles.

Abstract: An adapter to allow a sideloading refuse collection body to empty a rear loading container having trunnions. The adapter has a pair of spaced apart trunnion pockets to receive opposing trunnions of the container. A pair of lock arms on the adapter can be lowered against the tops of opposing sides of the container to lock the container in the trunnion pockets and against a stabilizer which engages the front wall of the container. The adapter includes a guide plate aligned with and extending from the front wall of the container. Lift arms on the collection body are joined to opposing sides of the adapter.

Abstract: A bin storage system includes a bin storage structure and robot vehicles for retrieving storage bins from the bin storage structure. The bin storage structure includes pillars that define storage columns for the storage bins, supporting rails, arranged on top of the pillars to provide a vehicle support for the plurality of robot vehicles allowing each robot vehicle to travel across the bin storage structure, a storage bin delivery station, and a bin lift device, arranged to receive storage bins from the plurality of robot vehicles and transport the storage bins from a top level of the bin storage structure to the delivery station. Each robot vehicle includes sets of rolling means for moving the robot vehicle along the supporting rails, a cavity for receiving a storage bin, and a lifting device for retrieving a storage bin from a storage column and storing the storage bin in the cavity.

Abstract: Emergency stop device for a shuttle moveable in a horizontal plane on two elongated rails arranged in parallel, comprising at least one pressure biased locking shoulder displaceable in a horizontal plane, and at least one stabilizing wheel arranged together with the locking shoulder in a holder and protruding outside the locking shoulder, wherein the stabilizing wheel is rotatable in a horizontal plane. The locking shoulder and the stabilizing wheel together have an extension such that they together can be received, at least partially in a hole provided in a substantially vertical web of the rail at an end portion of the rail, when biased by the pressure bias. A frictional coupling arranged between the shuttle and holder allows limited movement of the shuttle in the horizontal plane after that the locking shoulder has reached a locked position vis-ã-vis the rail.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system for fully autonomous order fulfillment and inventory management within a distribution site or warehouse. The system operates by autonomous robots directly pulling customer order items from distribution site shelves or pulling individual bins from distribution site shelves and dispensing appropriate quantities of items from the bins until all items of a customer order are retrieved without human involvement. The system further involves the robots autonomously monitoring item quantities within the distribution site, identifying and autonomously responding to shortages, and organizing the items within the distribution site for most efficient order fulfillment.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system for fully autonomous order fulfillment and inventory management within a distribution site or warehouse. The system operates by autonomous robots directly pulling customer order items from distribution site shelves or pulling individual bins from distribution site shelves and dispensing appropriate quantities of items from the bins until all items of a customer order are retrieved without human involvement. The system further involves the robots autonomously monitoring item quantities within the distribution site, identifying and autonomously responding to shortages, and organizing the items within the distribution site for most efficient order fulfillment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for collecting a number of different products listed in an order in a product collecting system, comprising the following steps: allocating a product listed in an order to the order if said product is already available in the module, allocating a product to the order if said product of the “slow-moving” type is not already available in the module whereas it is available in another module, and moving said product from said other module to the module, and unloading a product carrier carrying a product at least in part if such a type of product is not already available in the module nor in another module, in which case the product is allocated to the order and moved to the module, and releasing the order and loading the products onto a collecting carrier when all the products listed in the order have been collected in the module.

Abstract: A co-formed composite conveyor belt having a flat belt component, a plurality of reinforcing cords, a timing component, and a reinforced netting component, all co-formed together in one integral belt having a single pitch line. The timing component includes first and second adjacent rows of obliquely angled teeth. Additional, optional material layers can be co-formed therewith including for wear resistance and conveying functions. Co-forming apparatus and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A bucket elevator adjustable guide system for efficiently dispensing grain from a bucket elevator with reduced grain dispersion. The bucket elevator adjustable guide system generally includes a head housing for a bucket elevator and a guide member attached to a lower portion of the head housing. The guide member is distally spaced from the head housing forming a lower vent and an upper vent between the exterior surface of the guide member and the head housing for air to pass through thereby preventing the accumulation of particulate material.

Abstract: A spiral conveyor belt system generally includes a rotatable cage, a first drive mechanism for rotating the cage about an axis in a first direction, an endless conveyor belt supported by the cage and a rotatable free wheel. The cage drives the conveyor belt along a helical path in a first direction and the rotatable free wheel rotates about an axis in a second direction opposite the first direction for guiding the endless conveyor belt from the cage along a return path and back to the cage. A second drive mechanism is preferably provided for rotating the free wheel.

Abstract: A force measuring unit for measuring a force applied to an individual chain link of a chain strand is used in underground mining applications. The force measuring unit may include a housing having a first end configured to be contacted by a first chain link leg and a second end configured to be contacted by a second chain link leg, and a distance measuring device accommodated within the housing and configured to measure an actual distance between the first chain link leg and the second chain link leg. The distance measuring device may include a first unit part configured to be contacted by the first chain link leg and a second unit part configured to be contacted by the second chain link leg.

Abstract: A support and coupling assembly for a moving screw auger that is used to move grit, such as grit that is used in the blast cleaning industry. The support and coupling assembly includes a hanger bearing assembly with a hanger bearing bracket with an end for engaging a support surface, such as a wall or a ceiling, and a removed end. A roller bearing engages the removed end of the hanger bracket and a shaft is press fit into the roller bearing. A pair of hub assemblies with flights engages the shaft and rotates with the shaft. Connector assemblies engage the hub assemblies to connect the hub assemblies to screw portions on either side of the hanger bearing assembly. The flights on the connector assemblies will cause the grit to speed up as it moves from the screw portion to the connector assembly.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing of optical lenses in which the processing takes place by means of different processing apparatus between which there is a respective transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus are used both for longitudinal and also cross conveyance. Each processing apparatus has its own conveyor apparatus which is controlled by the processing apparatus itself. The transfer apparatus are controlled by a central transfer control.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying roller (1), wherein a first end of a shaft (2) in the part protruding from a roller body (3) has a shoulder (4) between a first section located on the roller side (5) having a larger first cross-section and a second section (6) located opposite therefrom having a smaller second cross-section. Finally, the invention also relates to an assembly (15) comprising a pivot bearing (18) and a conveying roller (1) of said type, and a conveyor system for the oblique and straight mounting of conveying rollers (1).

Abstract: An unloading device (10) for a product handling device, having a transfer plate (12) for transferring a plurality of rows arranged one after the other, each row having a plurality of treated products (14), onto a conveying apparatus (16) is characterized in that a suctioning section (18) having suction ports (20) for suctioning the products onto the suctioning section (18) is arranged between the transfer plate (12) and the conveying apparatus (16).

Abstract: A continuous coil string staging system is provided herein that includes at least one coiler configured to output at least one continuous coil string, at least one assembler configured to assemble the at least one continuous coil string into a mattress assembly, and at least one coil string staging apparatus disposed between the at least one coiler and at the least one assembler. The at least one coil string staging apparatus can have an input, a staging buffer, and an output such that the coil string staging apparatus receives the at least one continuous coil string that is output from the at least one coiler and outputs the at least one continuous coil string to the assembler such that there is a buffer of coil string available to the assembler. Various coil string staging apparatuses and methods are also provided herein.

Abstract: A conveyor for transferring articles off the end of a conveyor belt onto a discharge conveyor. The conveyor comprises a conveyor belt overlain by belt strands along a carryway. The belt strands are received in recesses below the conveying surface of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt travels an inner circuit inside an outer circuit encircled by the belt strands. The outer circuit diverges from the inner circuit at an end of the carryway. The belt strands extend the carryway and strip articles from the conveyor belt to transfer them to a downstream discharge conveyor or receive articles from an upstream infeed conveyor.

Abstract: A fall impact reducing apparatus for reducing an impact on a falling chip component includes a wire assembly which is formed by stacking a plurality of wire jigs. The wire jig includes a plurality of wires arranged parallel to each other at intervals which allows the chip component C to pass through the wire jig, and the wire jig is formed of an integral body by working a base material having a predetermined thickness, the integral body constituted of a pair of frame portions and the plurality of wires extending parallel to each other between the frame portions. When the chip component is made to fall on the wire assembly, the chip component collides with the wire of any one of wire jigs.

Abstract: An extruder hood configured to operate in a steady-state configuration and a non-steady-state configuration. The extruder hood comprises an air inlet, an extruder hood outlet, and an extruder discharge zone within an interior space of the extruder hood, with the extruder discharge zone configured to receive extruded material. In the steady-state configuration, the extruder hood is configured to direct air received from the air inlet across the extruder discharge zone to cause extruded material to be ejected from the extruder hood via the extruder hood outlet. In the non-steady-state configuration, the extruder hood is configured to direct air received from the air inlet out of the extruder hood via the extruder outlet without being directed across the extruder discharge zone.

Abstract: A glass bottle array lifting and transferring apparatus is operable to vertically lift a two-dimensional arrayed layer of bottles, and in particular glass bottles, and transfer the lifted arrayed layer of bottles horizontally from a stack of bottles. More specifically, the present invention pertains to an apparatus having pluralities of pairs of rails that are operable to lift a top, two-dimensional arrayed layer of glass bottles from the top of a stack of bottles on a pallet, then transfer the lifted bottles horizontally to a position over an accumulator table and then lower the bottles onto the surface of the accumulator table.

Abstract: A top mounted silo unloader utilizes a belt conveyor to move collected silage from the center of the silo structure to the door of the silo chute for discharge of the silage from the silo. The silo unloader uses a vertical auger mounted on top of the silage collection apparatus to receive silage therefrom and elevate the silage for discharge onto the belt conveyor for discharge from the silo. The silage collection apparatus includes an auger and an inboard paddle to discharge silage into the vertical auger. The belt conveyor includes a height adjustment mechanism that facilitates alignment of the belt conveyor with a selected door where a support member engages the door sill to keep the belt conveyor aligned as the silo unloader lowers with the depletion of silage from the surface as the belt conveyor is pivotally supported from the unloader frame to permit vertical movement.

Abstract: A bin sweep comprising a first auger section configured to be movably mounted to a central support framework of a storage bin, and a second auger section operably engaged with the first auger frame such that the second auger section is moveable relative to the first section frame substantially along an axis.