Abstract: An artificial satellite (100) includes two pointing mechanisms (110, 120). The pointing mechanisms respectively include main body side gimbals (111, 121), deployed booms (112, 122), thruster side gimbals (113, 114), and thruster groups (115, 125). The main body side gimbal connects the deployed boom to a satellite main body (130) and adjusts a direction of the deployed boom. The thruster side gimbal connects the thruster to the deployed boom and adjusts the direction of the thruster. Each gimbal is a two-axis gimbal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cubesat space deployer, and more particularly, to a cubesat space deployer for separating an ultra-small satellite (cubesat) from a launch vehicle in a space orbit while protecting the ultra-small satellite from a launch environment.

Abstract: A system for tracking space object includes a plurality of independent, self-powered, commendable beacons, a plurality of ground sensors that are distributed worldwide and receive the beacon's transmission, a centralized command center that provides signal processing, space object position determination, and message generation, and a set of world-wide distributed ground transmission terminals that send commands to the beacons.

Abstract: Provided is an aseptic filling apparatus which performs sterilization on preforms, and which includes a bottle inspection unit capable of maintaining asepticity with certainty. An aseptic filling apparatus includes an inspection unit where inspection equipment, which inspects a bottle is accommodated in an airtight container so as to prevent the inspection equipment from coming into contact with sterilizer.

Abstract: A wrapping machine includes a first moving device for conveying a plurality of separate products on a movement plane along a first direction, a wrapping unit for wrapping film around the products, once stacked and overlapped on a pallet, and a grouping unit that receives the products from the first moving unit, and arranges and ensures the products remain stacked and overlapped along a second direction on the pallet. The machine also includes a supporting platform to support the pallet, which can be moved during the wrapping phase along the second direction, so as to progressively extract and disengage the stacked and overlapped products from the grouping unit to enable them to be wrapped by the film. The grouping unit includes a hopper equipped with a plurality of movable side walls to vary the grouping volume of the hopper.

Abstract: A manual bundling tool has a first operating means that positionally shifts relative to a tool body opposite a handle. A tightening mechanism pulls an other end of a cable tie band in relative to a head part by positionally shifting the first operating means. A holding mechanism holds the other end side of the band part pulled by the tightening mechanism so as to prevent return movement. A second operating means positionally shifts relative to the tool body. A securing mechanism secures the other end side of the band part to the one end side of the band part in response to positionally shifting the second operating means. A release operation means positionally shifts relative to the tool body and a release mechanism releases the hold on the cable tie band part by the holding mechanism in response to a positionally shifting the release operation means.

Abstract: A packaging machine with an atmosphere modifying station in which an atmosphere within a packaging to be produced can be modified by evacuating air and/or introducing a gas. The packaging machine has a pressure control device that may control an evacuation pressure and/or a gassing pressure. The pressure control device may comprise a first controllable 2/2-way valve and a second controllable 2/2-way valve, both which are configured to influence the evacuation pressure and/or the gassing pressure by setting a volume flow. The first and second 2/2-way valves are connected in parallel with one another and are controllable independently of one another. In one embodiment, the first and second 2/2-way valves are preferably electrically controllable. A method of modifying an atmosphere within a package using a packaging machine and pressure control device is also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for vacuum packaging drilling fluid additives and is particularly effective for low bulk density material. Vacuum sealing technology is employed to decrease the volume of the additive, thereby enabling packaging of larger quantity of additive per bag, effective utilization of storage space and reduced transportation costs. The invention overcomes the drawback of conventional vacuum packing machines where the material being packaged drifts out of the packaging bag into the vacuum chamber on vacuum creation and further deposits on the sealable portion at the open end of the bag leading to ineffective sealing of the bag opening. The apparatus of the invention is modified to increase the headspace between the sealing element of the apparatus and drilling fluid additive being sealed, thereby eliminating the movement of the additive into the vacuuming chamber and deposit on the bag opening.

Abstract: A flexible, stackable container for storing a quantity of a product may include a sealed package formed from a single sheet of film and retaining the quantity of the product disposed therein, and a lid fitment attached to a first side of the package. The first side of the package may have an outer first surface of the film and outwardly extending first corner seals formed in the film at the edges of the first side and surrounding the first side of the package. The package may also have a second side disposed opposite the first side and outwardly extending second corner seals formed in the film at the edges of the second side and surrounding the second side of the package.

Abstract: A device for joining filter bags includes two operating units located on opposite sides of a continuous tubular strip of filter material movable along a feed direction; each operating unit includes a supporting body, a sealing head connected to the supporting body and two kinematic units equipped with a corresponding eccentric rotary system for moving the supporting body along a first trajectory and to move the sealing head between a position of contact with the strip and a position away from the strip; each operating unit includes a carriage associated with the sealing head for and slidably connected to the supporting body to translate in both directions along a second trajectory.

Abstract: A packaging for sterile packaging application includes: a single layer nonwoven fabric obtained from a nonwoven, the nonwoven including meltblown polymer fibers having an average fiber diameter between 2 ?m to 10 ?m and a standard deviation of the fiber diameter of at least 100%. The nonwoven is thermally bonded.

Abstract: An automated system and method wrap the fastening ties around the body of a continuous stream of facemasks in a facemask production line. The facemasks are oriented such that each facemask has a leading pair of ties and a trailing pair of ties extending from a body in a conveying direction of the production line. The leading pair of ties is drawn below the body as the facemask continues to be conveyed in the conveying and wraps under the body. At a wrapping station in the production line, the body is subsequently clamped with an automated clamping device and rotated relative to a rotation axis through the body to cause the leading and trailing pairs of ties to further wrap around the body.

Abstract: A bag filling assembly for holding a bag open for filling the bag includes a basket that is selectively positioned in a bag to retain the bag in an open position for filling the bag. A plurality of clips is provided and each of the clips is movably coupled to the basket. Each of the clips frictionally engages the bag to releasably retain the bag on the basket.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual container device comprising a bottom container comprising a first base, a top member comprising one or more first openings, and a first wall extending between the first base and the top member, a top container comprising a second base comprising one or more second openings, and a second wall extending from the second base, an intermediate wall extending either upwardly from the upper rim of the first wall or downwardly from the lower rim of the second wall, the intermediate wall for slidably receiving the container that is not attached thereto therethrough, and guides and tracks disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the container received within the intermediate wall such that motion of the top container with respect to the bottom container is restricted to between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: Provided is a plastic container with a bottom area and a main body, which adjoins the bottom area in a longitudinal direction of the plastic container, wherein the main body includes a wall which extends all the way around in a circumferential direction of the plastic container and an opening area which at least indirectly adjoins the main body in the longitudinal direction and has a container opening, wherein the circumferential wall of the main body includes at least one first groove and/or elevation extending in a first direction and at least one second groove and/or elevation extending in a second direction.

Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.

Abstract: A flat pack container is capable of formation by folding of a flat panel of foldable material to form the container, the flat panel having an inner surface and an outer surface. A first portion of the flat panel is capable of forming a base of the container and has at least one peripheral fold line. Extending from the at least one peripheral fold line is a second portion which co operates with the base to form a wall of the container. The wall of the container includes at least two foldable pleated regions which enable the wall to be set in upright attitude to define with the base an internal space: the second portion further including flaps which retains the container in its folded configuration.

Abstract: A container comprising an insert and a sleeve which encloses the insert is disclosed. A blank of resilient sheet material comprising a first, second, third and fourth sequential adjoining rectangular panels are folded along their three shared side edges to form the sleeve having a rectangular cross-section, with a locking tab adjoining the first rectangular panel. An insert having a rectangular cross-section slightly smaller than the sleeve cross-section, and a mating locking tab are configured such that when the front end of the insert is substantially inserted into the front end of the sleeve, the back edges of the sleeve locking tab and the insert locking tab abut one another such that the insert may be removed only upon application of pressure at opposed locations on the exterior of the sleeve to cause the sleeve to bow outward and away from the insert.

Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a collapsible product display container that may be shipped or stored in two main pieces, but which may be assembled at the point of sale by reversible attachment of four side walls to a pallet bottom. The four side walls are hingedly interconnected to each other and are attachable to the pallet bottom in an upright vertical relationship without bolts, screws, or other separate hardware. The container further comprises an advertisement display case that is connected to the back side wall by a hinge and may be moved into a vertical planar alignment above the back side wall of the container by hinging mechanism for marketing purposes.

Abstract: A foldable pallet deck is provided. The foldable pallet deck comprises first and second base members connected by a frame member, first and second legs selectively movable with respect to the first base member, third and fourth legs selectively movable with respect to the second base member; first, second, third, and fourth connecting plate assemblies connecting the first, second, third, and fourth legs with the first and second base members such that each of the first, second, third, and fourth legs are movable with respect to the respective first and second base members between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration, first and second cross members configured to securely engage first and second stacking members, respectively, when the pallet deck is in the deployed configuration.

Abstract: A container having interlocking features is provided. The container includes protrusions on the upper edges of the side wall panels and base wall panels, and notches in the runners/feet for receiving the protrusions. The runners and/or feet extend to the outer perimeter of the container so they can rest on an upper edge of a like container, and do not include a recess from the outer perimeter.

Abstract: A self aligning stacking ring guides stacked cans into alignment. The self aligning stacking ring includes radially protruding alignment bumps angularly spaced apart at a common radius corresponding to a recess in the bottom of common cans. The self aligning stacking ring guides tend to center a can placed over the self aligning stacking ring guides to make stacking cans easier and quicker.

Abstract: A collapsible container comprising a frame with a plurality of vertical members connected by pairs of crossed members. Each pair of cross members are pivotally connected at their approximate centers by a pivot pin. The upper and lower ends of the cross members are connected to the vertical members at the foot position and to appropriate slide-able connector, which are attached to the vertical members. A skirt encircles the top of the vertical members. Extending from the skirt can be such features as a durable tapered liner to receive trash, a hooded, insulated liner to be used as a cooler, or a laundry bag. The collapsible garbage container folds into a compact space and can be inserted into an appropriately sized bag for transport.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.

Abstract: A compartmentalization assembly is provided. The compartmentalization assembly includes a base having a surface with shaft seats and at least one separator including a panel and one or more shafts, each of the shafts can each be fittingly received into one of the shaft seats.

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: The present disclosure relates generally to containers and container lids. In at least one embodiment, the disclosed containers and container lids provide a liquid-tight seal without the use of gaskets, and can facilitate full submersion of solid items when the container is filled with liquid. For example, in certain embodiments, a container lid includes a brine disc panel with alternating hatched patterns of downward protruding ridges. Thus, in these embodiments, liquids within the container can pass between the protruding ridges (e.g., with the protruding ridges extending downwardly into the liquid) and the protruding ridges may keep solids that tend to float in the liquid below a surface of the liquid.

Abstract: Provided is a storage container including a base and a cartridge container attachable to the base. The cartridge container defines a plurality of internal chambers and includes a plurality of individually operable doors, each of the plurality of doors corresponding to one of the internal chambers. The storage container further includes a plurality of individually addressable actuators disposed in at least one of the base and the cartridge container, each of the plurality of actuators corresponding to one of the doors. A microprocessor is programmed or configured to receive at least one instruction from a server computer, and transmit a command, based on the at least one instruction, to actuate one of the plurality of actuators. Actuating one of the plurality of actuators causes the corresponding door to move from a closed position to an opened position. Systems and methods are provided for remote and immediate dispensing of articles.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a convenient lid comprising a housing, a lid opening, a press plate, a button, an insertion plate, a guide plate and a threaded body, the lid opening and the threaded body being provided on the lower part of the housing, the side of the lid being provided with a concave cavity, a fixing body and a guide column being provided in the concave cavity, a switch device and a security device being provided on the fixing body and the guide column, a guide plate, an insertion plate and a press plate being provided inside the lid, a concave ring and a guide strip being provided on the outside of the lid opening, a convex ring, a guide slot and a latch being provided on the inner side of the threaded body, ribs and threads being provided on the outer side of the threaded body.

Abstract: A closure comprising a base body with a circumferential recess foreseen to receive a tamper band connected to a top cover. The circumferential recess comprises at least one circumferential protrusion extending in a radial direction into the recess which comprises at least one pillar extending in the radial direction into the recess, tamper band comprises at least one circumferential undercut foreseen to interact in a mounted position with the circumferential protrusion of the circumferential recess. The tamper band comprises at least one notch foreseen to receive at least one pillar arranged in the circumferential recess.

Abstract: A universal single piece venting insert for a container, the insert, when applied, holding a vent tube in position within the container, and extending in proximity with its interior bottom, the vent insert forming a cylindrical member, having an integral flange, the cylindrical member extends through the lid of the container, and the flange is otherwise adhered or held contiguously against the exterior of the lid, to function as a support for the venting structure. The interior of the venting insert, and more specifically its cylindrical member, has a series of communicating channels, a first tapered channel extending upwardly from its bottom, a second flaring portion extending further upwardly within the member, and the remainder being a cylinder forming the vent reservoir, where liquid may accumulate when the container is inverted during consumption of its fluids.

Abstract: The present application provides a container that includes: a first layer of sheet material forming the first side of the container and at least a second and third layer of sheet material forming the second side of the container, a pair of closure strips extending along the opening of the container, each of the closure strips having at least one of a male and a female linear interlocking strip. A first of the pair of closure strips includes: an extension above and an extension below the respective linear interlocking strip, and a second of the pair of closure strips comprising an extension below the respective linear interlocking strip. The linear interlocking strips configured to be released from each other by pulling the extensions below the linear interlocking strips apart using a pair of flaps extending from the closure strip extensions.

Abstract: A container system (20) comprises: a container body (22) having a sidewall (26), a shoulder (32), and an externally threaded neck (34) extending from the shoulder; and a closure (24) having an internally threaded inner sidewall (50) extending from a rim, an outer sidewall (60), and an installed condition with the inner sidewall in threaded engagement with the neck. The outer sidewall has a radially inwardly protruding barb (80) having a ramping surface (82) and a stop surface (84). The container body shoulder has a lug (90) having a ramping surface (92) and a stop surface (94). A first projection (120) protrudes radially outward from the outer sidewall to a first circumferential side of the barb and a second projection (122) protrudes radially outward from the outer sidewall to a second circumferential side of the barb.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.

Abstract: An improved zip tie includes a strap with a plurality of spaced holes formed therein. A head is supported at one end of the strap. The head has an entry opening for insertably accomodating the other end of the strap. A guide channel is formed within the head and extends between the entry opening and an opposite exit opening. A tongue is arranged within the guide channel and pivotally supported on a base at the entry opening. The tongue is pivotable between a locked position and an open position. A securing groove receives the tongue in the locked position. The securing groove is formed in the guide channel opposite the base proximal to the exit opening.

Abstract: A carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels including a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and at least one bottom panel. At least one gusset is foldably connected to the at least one bottom panel and one of the first side panel and the second side panel, and the at least one gusset extends between the one of the first side panel and the second side panel and the at least one bottom panel. At least one top retainer is foldably connected to the top panel and extends across one end of the carrier. A handle extends across at least the top panel for grasping and carrying the carrier.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a packaging includes a first panel including a first end and a second end, wherein first and second opposing perimeter side edges define the first panel and extend between the first end and the second end, and a first area having an inside surface is defined by the first end, the second end, and the perimeter side edges. A second panel includes a third end and a fourth end, wherein third and fourth opposing perimeter side edges define the second panel and extend between the third end and the fourth end, a second area having an inside surface is defined by the third end, the fourth end, and the perimeter side edges and wherein the second end is coupled to the third end at a first fold line. First and second tongues extend from third and fourth opposing perimeter side edges, respectively, at second and third fold lines, respectively.

Abstract: A re-closable packaging assembly includes a container formed at least partially by a first film, and the container has a plurality of walls that cooperate to define an interior volume. The container has an opening through at least one of the plurality of walls. A closure assembly is secured to the container adjacent the opening and comprises a second film and a portion of the first film. The closure assembly includes a lid member pivotable about a hinge portion between a first position in which the lid member releasably engages the container surrounding the opening and a second position in which the lid member is pivoted away from the opening. A first engagement feature may be disposed on the container and a second engagement feature may be disposed on the lid member to removably secure the lid member to the container when the lid member is in the first position.

Abstract: The pack (10) of tissue paper rolls comprises a plurality of rolls (R) of tissue paper that are arranged adjacent to one another with the respective axes parallel to, or coinciding with, one another, and are wrapped in a plastic film (1). The plastic film (1) laterally wraps the rolls (R) and is arranged with a first and a second longitudinal edge (1.1; 1.2) folded and closed onto two approximately flat opposite surfaces (11, 13), which are defined by bases of the tissue paper rolls. The plastic film (1) comprises a first transverse edge (1.3) and a second transverse edge (1.4) extending from one flat surface to the other. One of said transverse edges is outside the pack and the other is inside the pack. A line-shaped element (3), having a first end and a second end (3A, 3B), is applied to a surface of the plastic film (1). At least one of the ends of the line-shaped element (3) is arranged near, or in correspondence of, the transverse edge (1.4) of the plastic film (1) outside the pack (10).

Abstract: The compression resistant package for wall and ceiling tile includes a first container having a box portion and a cover. An L-shaped corner protection member is provided inside the box portion at each of the tour corners of the box portion. Each of the L-shaped corner protection members have two intersecting legs that respectively extend alongside predetermined portions of the interior wall surfaces of the box portion. The corner protection members have a height that extends upwardly from the floor of the box portion to the height of the walls of the box portion. The corner protection members are formed of a compression resistant material that prevents any overlying containers from imposing pressure on a stack of tiles inside the first container when the stack height of the tiles inside the first container is less than the height of the corner protection members.

Abstract: A sheet panel (140) is capable of being used with a base panel (110) to form a retention packaging system. The sheet panel (140) includes a first overwrap panel (142), a second overwrap panel (144), a sheet (152) connected to the first overwrap panel (142) and to the second overwrap panel (144), and a detachable portion (148, 150) between the first and second overwrap panels and configured to be detached from the sheet panel. After the detachable portion (148, 150) is detached from the sheet panel (140), the first overwrap panel (142) is configured to be selectively attached to a first tension flap (112) of the base panel at one of a plurality of locations on the first tension flap and the second overwrap panel (144) is configured to be selectively attached to a second tension flap (114) of the base panel at one of a plurality of locations on the second tension flap such that the sheet (152) spans between the first and second tension flaps (112, 114).

Abstract: A pressure control box used for transporting objects includes a main body and a cover. The main body has a containing space and includes a pressure valve installed on a side of the main body and communicated with the containing space and an external space of the main body for externally connecting a pressure controller to adjust an internal pressure. The cover covers the opening position of the containing space for sealing the containing space, and the cover has a seal embedded into the inner surface of the cover, so that the cover and the main body are sealed with each other. Therefore, the pressure control box can be used for transporting goods stored at a constant pressure to maintain the quality of goods and improve the efficiency and safety of the goods delivery.

Abstract: The invention concerns a mixing vessel (1) for containing a product to be mixed with other content in a receiving vessel (18), said mixing vessel comprising a container (2) and an adapter (3), said container comprising a neck (4) intended to be mounted on a neck of the receiving vessel via the adapter, the neck of the container being a universal neck that can be used on any receiving vessel comprising a neck of any size, said adapter (3) comprising a removable lid (5) for opening the mixing vessel (1) on the receiving vessel (18) such that the product of the mixing vessel and the product of the receiving vessel mix.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a container for microwave oven and a package for microwave oven in which a clearance which is formed between a flanged portion and a lid material and a content may enter is made narrower while maintaining automatic vapor discharge function.

Abstract: A double bag vacuum insulation panel is provided. The double bag VIP comprises a porous core, a heat sealable inner envelope and an outer bag. The inner envelope is made from a substantially gas impermeable first material having a first thickness and defines an interior having a pressure of less than or equal to about 30 millibar. The outer bag is made from a substantially gas impermeable second material having a second thickness. The outer bag encapsulates the inner envelope.

Abstract: Shipping system for storing and/or transporting temperature-sensitive materials. In one embodiment, the system includes an outer box having four side walls, bottom closure flaps, and top closure flaps. A vacuum insulated panel (VIP) is detachably coupled to one of the top closure flaps and is removably covered by a cover. An insulation unit is removably positioned within the outer box, the insulation unit including a plurality of VIPs arranged to define a cavity bounded by a bottom wall and four side walls. A disposable liner is removably mounted on the insulation unit. The liner may be a thermoformed sheet and may cover the interior and top surfaces of the insulation unit. A plurality of temperature-control members and a product box may be removably positioned in the liner. Preferably, the liner is shaped so that the temperature-control members snugly fit around all sides of the product box.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a material under pressure comprises one or more elastic portions defining a chamber within which the material is to be contained, and one or more non-elastic portions that are coupled to the elastic portion(s). The device optionally and preferably also includes an outlet for dispensing the material out of the chamber. When the material is contained within the chamber, the elastic portion(s) is stretched to apply inwardly directed compressive forces and urge a reduction in a volume of the chamber.

Abstract: The object of present invention is to provide a chemiluminescent aerosol product that can easily form an expected quantity of a chemiluminescent composition which exhibits excellent storage stability, is stably self-held for a long period of time and achieves a good luminous effect. This aerosol product includes a double-structure container provided with a discharging mechanism for simultaneously discharging contents filled in two liquid concentrate filling spaces. A propellant filling space is filled with a propellant composed of a compressed gas, a first liquid concentrate filling space is filled with a first liquid concentrate composition containing an oxalic acid ester, a fluorescent substance and a thickener, and having a viscosity of 10,000-200,000 mPa·s (20° C.

Abstract: A container includes a housing and a cover film. The housing extends along a longitudinal axis and includes an outer surface. The container also includes a cover film that encloses the housing on one or more sides on the outer surface of the housing. The cover film includes a covering portion and a receiving portion. The receiving portion forms a receptacle that is adapted to receive an accessory.