Abstract: A package having a plurality of individually sealed compartments is described. Each compartment contains a food product in an interior defined between a back panel sealed to a front panel about the interior. The front panel includes a flap detachable from adjacent portions of the front panel along a flap line of weakness to form an access opening configured to permit removal of the food product from the interior of the compartment.

Abstract: A tab member for use in a latchable slidable package. The tab member has opposed major faces connected by opposed side edges and comprises a body portion and a cut out defining a resiliently deformable latch member connected to the body portion by at least one live hinge. The latch member incorporates a latch formation that is moveable by a user in an unlatching direction substantially orthogonal to at least one side edge. The tab member is substantially planar, and the unlatching direction lies substantially in a plane of the tab member. The tab member can be incorporated into a latchable slidable package to provide child resistance by virtue of the latch member and the latch formation. The substantially planar nature of the tab member means that the tab member can be easily accommodated in the package.

Abstract: A thin film valve including a flexible thin film front panel, a flexible thin film rear panel sealed to the front panel along two opposite sides thereof to form a normally closed, self-sealing thin film valve having an openable duct, the duct having first and second open ends, the first end of the duct being openable into a container sealingly affixed to the valve, and a frangible seal sealing the second end of the duct between the two sealed side edges.

Abstract: A corrugated board carrier for an interior bulk beverage container is provided with a larger base, integral handles, and a ramp insert to promote gravity dispensing of beverages therein through a spout.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reinforcement ring (10) for capsules for obtaining beverages, for example espresso coffee, comprising a side wall (1) and a flat surface, preferably having a uniform thickness (2), protruding from the side wall (1), wherein the side wall (1) and the protruding flat surface (2) are made in a single body and wherein the side wall (1) comprises reduced thickness areas (3), so as to reduce the total amount of material used for the production of the ring.

Abstract: Packaging comprising a base having an interior space for receiving an item, wherein the base includes a bottom surface and one or more side surfaces; a ledge formed along a side surface; and a holder supported by the ledge, wherein the holder includes a retaining mechanism for retaining the item.

Abstract: An autonomous anti-pollution liquid container for isotope analysis of earth science area, consisting of an outer protective sleeve (1), a liquid storage main body part (2), a stabilizer storage mechanism (3), a main body base part (4), a control display part (5), a main body inner cover mechanism (6) and a neutralizer storage and releasing mechanism (7). The autonomous anti-pollution liquid container for isotope analysing of earth science area has multiple functions of heating, refrigerating, heat preservation and the like, can monitor temperature and liquid amount in real time, and can autonomously operate to quickly neutralize and scrap a hazardous chemical agent in an emergency, thereby avoiding leakage of a hazardous article and environmental pollution, and making a logistics process safe and reliable.

Abstract: Hazardous article handing and logistics information system for geological sciences and other purposes, comprising a liquid hazardous article logistics container (A), a Beidou satellite navigation system (B) and a remote control terminal (C). The liquid hazardous article logistics container consists of an outer protective sleeve (1), a liquid storage main body part (2), a main body outer cover part (3), a stabilizer storage mechanism (4), a main body base part (5), a control display part (6), a main body inner cover mechanism (7) and a neutralizer storage and releasing mechanism (8). Various liquid hazardous articles can be kept in a good storage environment, the whole logistics process is tracked and monitored in real time, and a liquid hazardous article logistics container can be controlled to release a neutralizer in an emergency.

Abstract: The invention is a safe and stabilized storage equipment for geochemistry research belonging to the chemical storage field. The container comprises an cuter sleeve, a main body of the liquid storage, a stabilizer storage mechanism, a main body pedestal, an Main body inner lid mechanism and a Neutralizer storage release mechanism. It is mostly used for storing high-precision chemicals: maintain the chemical properties of the chemicals during storage and transport, and automatically and quickly neutralize them in case of emergency to avoid chemical leakage and environment pollution. The storage process is safe and reliable, which has benefited the storage and transport of industrial hazardous chemicals, laboratory reagents, petrochemical and coal chemical products to a certain extent.

Abstract: A inflatable insertable bladder and method of use thereof. The bladder may be designed in any shape or size made up of an integrated bladder system that be made of any material such as mylar, plastic, nanoparticle, graphine like material, atoms or any material within the realm of science and knowledge that would provide enough strength to act as a bladder and have enough elasticity to provide protection to the item being shipped or stored and of suitable design able to protect the item being shipped with enough strength to hold and protect the item being shipped, stored or otherwise suspended in a box or container that is being shipped, stored or otherwise used in. The inflatable insertable bladder is uniquely designed to allow for a simple one-step process using a bladder with an integrated valve system that is used to suspend an article to be to be packaged.

Abstract: A packaging for edge-sensitive cargo. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: A moisture absorbent and decontaminant is provided. The moisture absorbent and decontaminant includes a receptacle. The receptacle is formed of a permeable material having a plurality of pores. The present invention includes at least first pellets, second pellets and third pellets. The pellets are enclosed within the receptacle. The pellets include a diameter larger than the diameter of the pores and thereby cannot escape the receptacle. The first pellets include an antimicrobial. The second pellets include an antifungal. The third pellets include a moisture absorber.

Abstract: An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. The insulating layer on the lid assembly may extend beyond the closure when the closure is sealed. The insulating layer on the lid assembly may have an insulating ring that has an increased thickness around its perimeter.

Abstract: An adjustable base container including a first surrounding wall forming a hollow internal space therein, the first surrounding wall having an inner surface including threads lengthwise and a male pattern design on a top portion of the inner surface, a second surrounding wall fitting within the first surrounding wall having one or more slit openings along its length extending completely through a bottom end in an axial direction, and having a female pattern design on a bottom side of a top end, the female pattern design corresponding to and fitting over the male pattern design of the first surrounding wall, and a platform sitting within the second surrounding wall having a top and bottom surface, a central space, and protrusions extending laterally from a rim edge, the protrusions engaging with the inner surface of the first surrounding wall between the threads. A method of using the adjustable base container.

Abstract: A dispenser apparatus is disclosed, and includes a container and a cap. The container includes an at least partially enclosed wall that defines an interior cavity to retain a plurality of pills therein. The at least partially enclosed wall terminates at a neck that includes a lock at least partially protruding therefrom. The neck aperture has a size that is as large or larger than a pill of the plurality of pills. The cap includes an interior recess such that the cap receives and rotationally engages the neck of the container. The cap defines a cap aperture that is rotatably alignable with the neck aperture. When the cap aperture and the neck aperture are aligned, a passage between the interior cavity of the container and an outside environment is provided so that a pill may pass therethrough.

Abstract: A pill dispenser that includes a container and a cap having a pill dispensing chamber that is configured to receive a single pill. The container has a neck extending from the upper segment of the container walls that has an aperture made therethrough. The cap, which also has an aperture in its annular edge is rotatably mounted to the neck of the container. Upon inverting the pill dispenser, a pill will be received in the dispensing chamber. Thereafter, the cap is rotated a sufficient distance to cause the aperture on the cap to align with the aperture in the neck—thereby forming a passage through which a single pill is dispensed.

Abstract: The present invention is a dispenser that is secured to a structure wall. Back walls of the dispenser are fixed relative to each other such that a first spring mechanism applies a first outward force on at least one wall of the dispenser, a second spring mechanism applies a second outward force on at least one wall of the dispenser, and the first and second outward forces are transmitted to the structure wall through one or both of first and second walls and the back walls. An aperture in the front wall is configured to inhibit flexing of the dispenser when the first and second outward forces are applied to the walls of the dispenser.

Abstract: A protective storage pouch is provided. The storage pouch includes a flexible fabric member including a pocket along a lower end for receiving items therein. The fabric member includes flexible regions that enable the fabric member to fold completely around an item inserted into the pocket, enclosing it therein. A flexible fastening tether affixed to a rear of the pocket enables the pocket to be secured in a folded configuration around the item, thereby providing it constant protection. The fastening tether includes a length greater than the length of the fabric member for facilitating the fastening of the same around the fabric member. In one embodiment, the fabric member includes a pair of quilted fabrics connected by stitching for preventing unraveling of the fabric and providing a more durable and protective storage pouch.

Abstract: A punnet for strawberries, configured by a sheet with a flat surface, from which a number of cavities extend inferiorly, to accommodate strawberries in a horizontal position, and superiorly a number of protuberances, located in correspondence with the cavities. The protuberances feature a hollow interior which defines a niche to accommodate strawberries in a vertical position. The geometry and dimensions of each of the cavities and the niches are determined by those of the strawberries to be accommodated therein. The sheet of the punnet further comprises a plurality of tear lines to enable its division into a plurality of punnets. The punnet thus defined therefore enables the accommodation of strawberries in a horizontal position in a first orientation and in a vertical position in a second orientation, opposite and alternative to the first.

Abstract: A container for transporting an item is provided having an outer case member and a pair of partition members. The container is erectable from a collapsed configuration, in which the container is substantially flat, to an erected configuration in which the partition members form a support structure within an interior cavity of the outer case member to support a portion of the item to be transported. Methods of packaging and transporting an item in a container are also provided.

Abstract: A coffee packet includes a compartment defining an enclosure. The compartment is comprised of a fluid permeable material. A loose particulate material is positioned within the enclosure. The loose particulate material includes ground coffee beans. The compartment is placed within a person's mouth to release coffee flavor and caffeine.

Abstract: A pod (10) for preparation of a nutritional liquid composition. The pod (10) includes a nutritional liquid concentrate (20) and at least one nozzle (12) or diffuser for fluid introduction to the nutritional liquid concentrate (20). The nutritional liquid concentrate (20) is hermetically sealed within the pod (10). The nozzle (12) is arranged to diffuse a flow of fluid in the pod (10) prior to contact with the nutritional liquid concentrate (20).

Abstract: The present description includes containers having an improved puncture design that can be punctured without substantial deformation of the container. Such containers are particularly suitable for use in preparing beverages using automatic machines, particularly those used for preparation of single serve beverages. Also provided are thermoplastic materials having improved punctureability for use in containers, containers for preparation of a beverage, and methods for preparing a beverage using such containers.

Abstract: A shell less, biodegradable coffee pod for use with a point of sale coffee pod dispensing device. The pod is compressible for pleated or stacked storage and linearly linked to a series of substantially similar pods by a flexible, hingeable separable tab bridging between adjacent pods. The pods have a support structure that is affixed to a fillable well. Each well is expandable with an expanding means (utilizing a burst of air, a vacuum or mechanical pusher) as the series of pods is mechanically advanced along a tractor feed style conveyor belt that passes the pod to a ground coffee bean filling unit, a sealing unit and a pod separating unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are nutritional powder pods, and their methods of making and using with beverage production machine. Certain aspects of disclosure include nutritional powders with certain properties (e.g., volume flowability, reconstitution time, reconstitution yield, mean particle size, rate of reconstitution, moisture content, surface area, non-circularity (<0.95), circularity, and convexity) that can make the nutritional powder particularly suitable for use in a beverage production machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air freight container and/or air freight pallet with a flat bottom wall and/or side wall, at least two guide devices arranged on the bottom wall and/or side wall, two connecting elements, wherein a fastening region assigned to a first end of the connecting element in each case extends over part of the connecting element, and a fixing element for fixing an item to be transported transportable by means of the air freight container and/or air freight pallet, wherein the fixing element is connected at the first end thereof to the fastening region of one connecting element and at the second end thereof, which is opposite the first end, is connected to the fastening region of the other connecting element, the connecting elements each have, at a second end arranged opposite the first end, a latching device designed for latching into the corresponding guide device, and at least one guide device is formed in such a way that the latching device can be latched into the guide device at differe

Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way to aid in the folding of a shipping container. One or more spring assemblies are provided to control the load applied during the folding process by applying a torque to a series of torsion springs and bar extending along at least a portion of the length of the container sidewall.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a landscaping lawn tarpaulin and system is provided which boasts the ability to provide a unique way of loading and transporting landscaping debris and other objects by utilizing one or more compact sized tarpaulins in which the user can easily load, pick up, transport, and dump objects. The invention generally comprises a loading surface formed by a flexible substantially rectangular sheet of material having four corners; and a flexible handle extending laterally outward and integral with the loading surface at each corner. The tarpaulin is fabricated from a flexible material such as a shade mesh or a shade cloth which enables the tarpaulin to flex into a unique pod shape while transporting its content.

Abstract: A receptacle support device is provided. The receptacle may receive a garbage container and the garbage container may be secured to the receptacle support device such that the garbage container may receive waste materials.

Abstract: A trashcan system is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the trashcan system includes an inlet located about a trashcan to be proximate to a surface upon which the trashcan is placed in order to entrain materials disposed upon the surface into air communicated into the inlet. The trashcan system, in various aspects, includes a collector disposed within the trashcan. A chamber of the collector may receive air with materials entrained therein communicated from the inlet, and the chamber may be adapted to collect materials entrained in the air. An exit may be located about the trashcan that communicates with the chamber to exhaust the air from the chamber, in various aspects. A vacuum assembly located about the trashcan, the vacuum assembly cooperates with the inlet, the chamber, and the exit to communicate the air into the inlet, through the chamber, to the exit where the air is exhausted.

Abstract: A low temperature storage system, a transport mechanism, and a low temperature storage vessel are provided, which enable downsizing and simplification of the transport mechanism, as well as stable transport of stored objects. A low temperature storage system (1) includes a low temperature storage vessel (10) and a transport mechanism (20). The transport mechanism (20) includes a reciprocating part (30) that has a holding part (35) and that is capable of reciprocating along a transfer direction, and guide unit (40). The guide unit (40) include an in-vessel guide (50) fixedly placed inside the low temperature storage vessel (10), and a telescopic guide (60) configured to be able to extend and contract along the transfer direction. The telescopic guide (60) is provided independently of the in-vessel guide (50) so as to be connectable to the in-vessel guide (50).

Abstract: An apparatus for presenting components stored in segmented bottomless trays, and removing empty trays having a base member having an input and an output portion; a discharge area; a shuttle member which removes segmented storage trays and places them in the discharge area.

Abstract: A system for storing product containers including racks, a guide system longitudinal guides and transverse guides extending between adjacent rows of the racks, and trolleys that can move along the guide system.

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle including a frame having a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the frame to a back of the frame, at least one first guide member mounted on one side of the frame and having a first guide member frame of reference, and at least one second guide member mounted to an opposite side of the frame than the at least one first guide member and having a second guide member frame of reference, wherein the first and second guide members are asymmetrically compliant guide members so that a stiffness of the at least one first guide member in response to a force in a predetermined direction relative to the first guide member frame of reference is different than a stiffness of the at least second guide member in response to the force in the predetermined direction relative to the second guide member frame of reference.

Abstract: A conveyor-using packing management system is provided. Images of tasks for respective article packing sections in order with respect to a plurality of boxes are simultaneously acquired so that efficiency of the packing management is enhanced, and loss and stress of a packing company in response to an occurrence of a customer claim due to a delivery accident are minimized by providing the customer with an image of a packing task.

Abstract: A braking device for a roller conveyor has at least one brake pad (40) for engagement with an outer circumference of at least one conveyor roller (60) of the roller conveyor. The braking device also has an eccentric shaft (20) with a first eccentric (24) for moving the brake pad (40) toward the conveyor roller (60) and away therefrom; and a stepping motor (10) for rotating the eccentric shaft (20). A roller conveyor and to a method for producing a braking device also are provided.

Abstract: A pressing pulley is formed of a tapered roller having an angle same as a taper angle of a head pulley and having a length in a rotation axis direction of a tapered outer tube which is set to be shorter than a length in a rotation axis direction of a taper-shaped outer tube of the head pulley, and the pressing pulley is arranged in a state where a large-diameter-side end portion of the tapered outer tube is positioned in a vicinity of an outer peripheral edge portion of a fan-shaped belt and the pressing pulley is inclined so that a peripheral surface of the tapered outer tube presses a portion close to the outer periphery in a length from a pivot to the outer peripheral edge portion of the fan-shaped belt wound around the head pulley against a peripheral surface of the taper-shaped outer tube of the head pulley.

Abstract: A conveyor belt system provides a continuous flat support surface for a food item that moves the food item through a food preparation device. The conveyor belt system includes a conveyor belt having a plurality of spaced apart rods and a plurality of slats that are removably attached to the conveyor belt with a snap on mechanism. The slats are easily assembled and provide enhanced field service and/or replacement capability.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positioning foot, a positioning device and a method for correcting position of a glass substrate, and belongs to the technical field of automatic positioning. The positioning foot of the present disclosure comprises: a contact member for contacting a side of the glass substrate; an elastic member, a first end of which is connected with the contact member and receives a counterforce from the glass substrate delivered by the contact member so as to compress the elastic member, and a second end of which is fixed; and a sensor fixed on the second end of the elastic member. Wherein, the contact member is arranged to be displaced with a compression action of the elastic member, and after the contact member is displaced to a predetermined position, the sensor is triggered to be in an “ON” state such that the elastic member stops the compression action.

Abstract: An automatic blade and conveyor gap adjustment assembly for a blade portioning conveyor machine having a blade assembly and a conveyor assembly with an infeed conveyor and an outfeed conveyor includes a blade adjustment assembly suitable for moving the blade assembly between at least first and second positions relative to the conveyor assembly and a first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly. The first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly is configured to define a first gap between an interior nose of the infeed conveyor and an interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the first position of the blade assembly, and it is configured to define a second gap between the interior nose of the infeed conveyor and the interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the second position of the blade assembly.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus including a variable jig and a driving method thereof. The conveyance apparatus includes a transport unit including a transfer belt extending from a loading position to an unloading position of works, the transport unit being a movement path for the works, a variable jig module disposed with respect to a position, where the works stop, in the movement path to support the works, the variable jig module being a variable jig that varies a supporting base, based on shapes of the works, a sensing unit disposed outside the transfer belt with respect to the variable jig module to measure a movement or position of the works, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the works transported through the transfer belt, and a controller electrically connected to the variable jig module to control an operation of the variable jig module.

Abstract: An egg transfer system is provided. Such a system includes a first securing arrangement configured to engage and deflect about an egg such that the egg is capable of being seated within the first securing arrangement. A second securing arrangement is opposingly positioned with respect to the first securing arrangement, the second securing arrangement being configured to engage and deflect about an egg such that the egg is capable of being seated within the second securing arrangement. The first and second securing arrangements are configured to interact through relative movement with respect to one another, such interaction thereby causing an egg to be transferred therebetween. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A method for transferring articles comprises the steps of: preparing a plurality of articles to be transferred along a first conveyor belt movable along a feed direction, picking up the articles by means of a plurality of gripper heads movable along respective pickup axes, releasing the articles into a releasing station. The step of picking up the articles comprises the sub-steps of: detecting given parameters of each of the articles by means of at least one detection and management unit positioned upstream of the plurality of gripper heads, identifying, for each of the rows, at least one homogeneous sub-group of articles based on the given parameters detected, for each homogeneous sub-group, simultaneously picking up all the articles of the first homogeneous sub-group by means of a respective group of gripper heads.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic hoisting system for moving material from an underground position to a surface level. In most cases, the system will be used to move fragmented rock or ore generated during the normal operation of a mine to a position on or near the surface of the Earth so that the rock or ore can be further processed. The system is a conduit loop for continuous flow of circulating fluid from near or at the surface to underground; a slurry preparation unit for mixing the material with a portion of the fluid to form a slurry; and an injection unit for injecting the slurry into the conduit.

Abstract: A pneumatic conveying apparatus operable to transport material from a supply source to a process which requires a rate of change of feed rate far in excess of what is possible from a typical pneumatic conveying system and pipeline alone, and for a process where storage of large volumes of material directly adjacent to the process feed point is either not possible or disadvantageous. The pneumatic conveying apparatus (100; 101;102) comprises at least one conduit (11) and a compression device (8) operable to supply and transport pneumatic media through at least one conduit (11). The supply source (1) may be a feed hopper and is operable to discharge material into the pneumatic conveying system downstream of the supply source. In the pneumatic conveying system at least one vessel (9; 9A, 9B; 20) is arranged to receive material from the supply source (1) and to discharge material to at least one conduit (11).

Abstract: A magnet track for a transport device for moving an armature along the magnet track includes a plurality of linear sections each having an even number of magnets of alternating polarity disposed on a support. In curved regions of the magnet track, the polarity of two adjacent magnets of different sections is the same. A ferromagnetic spacer disposed in each V-shaped gap in the curved regions of the magnet track between the different sections so as to fill the gap.

Abstract: A sheet tray, including a tray body having a bottom plate, and a sheet guide, is provided. The sheet guide includes a guide plate to align sheets at a predetermined position, a lever, a swingable device having a boss and a guide groove, and a stopper pivotably connected with a hinge. The boss guided in the guide groove moves the lever between a first position, wherein the boss is in a first section in the guide groove and the stopper is lowered to an engaged position, with an engageable part being engaged with the bottom plate; and a second position, wherein the boss is in a second section in the guide groove and the stopper is uplifted to a separated position with the engageable part being separated from the bottom plate. When the lever moves from the first position to the second position, the lever tilts by ascending and pivoting.

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.

Abstract: A feeding device includes a plurality of suction units, disposed above a conveyed medium stacked on a stacker, to attract the conveyed medium. At least one of the plurality of suction units includes a rotary fan including a board and a plurality of walls extending from the board; and a driver to rotate the rotary fan. The at least one of the plurality of suction units generates a vortex air with a side of the board with the plurality of walls directed to the conveyed medium. The at least one of the plurality of suction units being a suction unit generates a vortex air.

Abstract: A feeding device to feed a conveyed medium stacked on a stacker, includes a first suction unit, a second suction unit, and third suction units. The first suction unit includes a suction chamber; a suction fan to exhaust air from the suction chamber; and a first driver to rotate the suction fan. The suction units are disposed above the conveyed medium stacked on the stacker. The second suction unit includes a rotary fan including a board and a plurality of walls extending from the board; and a second driver to rotate the rotary fan. The second suction unit generates a vortex flow directed to the conveyed medium. The plurality of third suction units is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the conveyed medium and attracts ends of the conveyed medium in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction.