Abstract: The present invention relates to a transport device for transporting objects along a transport track having a rail defining the transport track; at least one slide that is travelably guided at the rail; a coupling element which is provided at the slide and via which the slide can be driven; a first drive unit having a first drive means for driving the slid along a first transport section of the transport track; and a second drive having a second drive means for driving the slide along a second transport section of the transport track. The coupling element is configured to be in engagement in a shape fitting manner with the first drive means and to be in engagement in a force-fitting manner with the second drive means in the region of the second transport section.

Abstract: A conveyance mechanism capable of attaining high conveyance performance and protecting a conveyance object and a mechanism itself, a medium processing device and a conveyance method using the conveyance mechanism are provided to solve the problem. The conveyance mechanism includes a conveyance passage which is a passage where a conveyance object is conveyed, a conveyance member moving the conveyance object along the conveyance passage, a motor driving the conveyance member, a control part controlling an output torque of the motor, a conveyance state identifying means identifying a conveyance state that is a position and/or a conveyance direction of the conveyance object in the conveyance passage, and a storage part which upper limit torque information which is an upper limit value of an output torque allowable for the motor or a parameter value required for calculation of the upper limit value is registered for each type of the conveyance state.

Abstract: A packaging machine for packaging products to be packaged using a stretchable film has a film transporter supplying the film. The film transporter has first and second belt conveyors that each have first and second transport belts, which are synchronously driven and arranged next to one another in a film transport direction. A belt conveyor is movable in a direction perpendicular to the film transport direction, and has a movable film guide to insert the film into the film transporter. The film guide has a guide plate for guiding the film. The guide plate has first and second recesses in an upper edge in the vertical direction facing the belt conveyors. The belt conveyors are to be inserted into a respective one of the recesses. The film transporter has cleaners for the belt conveyors.

Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible connector that is attached to the hopper weldment and configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and a flexible skirt that is folded over the flexible connector. The flexible skirt may include a plurality of flexible strips configured to form an enclosure between the flexible connector and the hopper weldment.

Abstract: A movement of the upstream workpiece to the first transfer position by the first mover and a movement of the downstream workpiece to the second transfer position by the second mover are performed in synchronization. A feed of the upstream workpiece from the first transfer position to the second transfer position by the first feeder and a feed of the downstream workpiece from the second transfer position to the third transfer position by the second feeder are performed in synchronization. A movement of the upstream workpiece from the second transfer position to the inversion position by the second mover and a movement of the downstream workpiece from the third transfer position to the second imaging position by the third mover are performed in synchronization.

Abstract: An object processing system is disclosed for unloading objects from a trailer of a tractor trailer. The object processing system includes an engagement system including a truck entry portion for entering the trailer and for indiscriminately engaging unidentified objects within the trailer, and a conveyance system for conveying objects engaged by the engagement system toward an unloading portion of the trailer.

Abstract: A system for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The system includes a conveyance assembly having a receiving surface to receive and retain dishware. The conveyance assembly rotates the receiving surfaces about an axis to convey the dishware to each of at least two unique locations. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: A system for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The system includes a conveyance assembly having a receiving surface to receive and retain dishware. The conveyance assembly rotates the receiving surfaces about an axis to convey the dishware to each of at least two unique locations.

Abstract: A system for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The system includes a conveyance assembly having a receiving surface to receive and retain dishware. The conveyance assembly rotates the receiving surfaces about an axis to convey the dishware to each of at least two unique locations. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: A vacuum lifter apparatus for lifting sheet material articles, comprises an upper chassis joined to a substantially planar lower suction plate and an airflow suction system for conveying vacuum air pressure to the suction plate. The suction plate comprises a plurality of suction plate modules, each comprising a housing with a substantially hollow interior and each of said housings being located laterally adjacent at least one other of said housings. Each of said housings comprises a lower plate, an upper plate and at least one side plate, each housing being affixed to said laterally adjacent housing along a seam between adjoining pairs of side plates. The upper plates each comprise at least one opening and said lower plates are each perforated with a plurality of orifices through which, in use, air is drawn along airflow paths through said interior and out of said opening by the airflow suction system.

Abstract: A system for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The system includes a conveyance assembly having a receiving surface to receive and retain dishware. The conveyance assembly rotates the receiving surfaces about an axis to convey the dishware to each of at least two unique locations. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: A machine and a method for unstacking containers are described, the containers being preferably non-rigid and configured to contain food products. The machine includes pickup elements, hollow inside, disposed between a plurality of vertical loading cylinders and a horizontal conveyor belt. The pickup elements are vertically mobile between a first operating position, in which they are facing toward the loading cylinders, but distant from them, and a second operating position in which they are at least partly inserted in the loading cylinders and in contact with each of the containers that is temporarily at the bottom of the corresponding stack, and vice versa. A suction device is in fluidic communication with the pickup elements to temporarily constrain to them, by air suction, each container that is temporarily at the bottom of the corresponding stack.

Abstract: A control unit performs first loading control that is to be performed when a target article that has been determined by a determination unit as being an article that is in an appropriate orientation is to be loaded onto a first supporting member in the appropriate orientation, and second loading control that is to be performed when a target article that has been determined by the determination unit as being an article that is in an inappropriate orientation is to be loaded onto the first supporting member in the appropriate orientation.

Abstract: A transport vehicle (2) that travels along a container shelf (1) is provided with a plurality of levels of shelf portions (11) arranged in a vertical direction (Z) and configured to support containers (W), thereby transporting the containers (W). The transport vehicle (2) is provided with a support region (22) where the containers (W) are supported in a stacked state, a transfer apparatus (24) that transfers the containers (W) supported by the shelf portions (11) to the support region (22) and transfers the containers (W) supported in the support region (22) to the shelf portions (11), and a lifting mechanism (25) that lifts a container (W) at any height among a container group (WG) stacked in the support region (22) with respect to a container (W) lower than the container (W) at that any height.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a transporting device, a transporting system, and a shelf transporting method. The method includes: estimating a device pose of the transporting device in a specific field; detecting a shelf pose of a shelf located in the specific field; in response to receiving a transporting request for the shelf, setting an entry point associated with the shelf based on the shelf pose of the shelf, and controlling the transporting device to move to the entry point; in response to determining that the transporting device has arrived at the entry point, rotating to align with the shelf, and entering an accommodating space beneath the shelf via an entrance of the shelf; raising a lift bar to dock with the shelf, and moving to transport the shelf.

Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit on which sheets are stacked, a sheet regulating unit, and a cover member. The sheet regulating unit includes a main body having a regulating surface regulating a position of the sheet on the sheet stacking unit, and an operating portion movably supported on the main body and having an operating surface. The operating portion is movable from a first to a second position by operating the operating surface. The sheet regulating unit is locked to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the first position, and unlocked when in the second position. The cover member includes a first surface covering the operating surface and a second surface covering an upper surface of the operating portion, and covers the operating portion with at least the first surface and the second surface so that the operating portion is not visible.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a sheet feeder, a sheet separator, a guide portion, and an adjuster. The sheet feeder is configured to feed a sheet loaded on a sheet loader. The sheet separator is configured to contact the sheet feeder to separate the sheet fed by the sheet feeder. The guide portion is configured to guide the sheet to a contact portion between the sheet feeder and the sheet separator. The adjuster is configured to adjust a position of a downstream end of the guide portion in a sheet conveyance direction.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeder, a contact member, a movement restricting member, a moving mechanism, and control circuitry. The feeder is configured to feed a sheet. A leading end of the sheet in a feeding direction is to contact the contact member. The movement restricting member is configured to lock the contact member to restrict movement of the contact member from a contact position where the contact member contacts the sheet. The moving mechanism is configured to move the movement restricting member between a locking position and a lock releasing position. The contact member is configured to take the contact position by gravity or a biasing force of a biasing part. The control circuitry is configured to control the moving mechanism to move the movement restricting member to the lock releasing position and then to the locking position when a feeding operation of the sheet is finished.

Abstract: A feeding device includes a suction feeding unit having a belt for feeding a sheet in a suction state and a belt driving unit, a sheet detection sensor, and a control unit. The control unit controls the belt drive unit so as to feed the sheet in a feeding direction at a first speed. If the sheet does not arrive at the sheet detection sensor, the control unit controls the belt drive unit so as to execute a low-speed feeding of moving the belt in the feeding direction at a second speed lower than the first speed or so as to execute a reverse feeding of moving the belt in a reverse feeding direction opposite to the feeding direction.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, there is provided an image reading apparatus that includes a reader, an upstream reading conveyance rotator pair, at least one upstream conveyance rotator pair, and an upstream separator. The reader reads a detection target image on a sheet. The upstream reading conveyance rotator pair is disposed upstream from the reader in a sheet conveyance direction to convey the sheet. The upstream conveyance rotator pair is disposed upstream from the upstream reading conveyance rotator pair in the sheet conveyance direction to convey the sheet toward the upstream reading conveyance rotator pair. The upstream separator causes one rotator of the upstream conveyance rotator pair to be contacted against and separated from another rotator of the upstream conveyance rotator pair.

Abstract: A sheet positioning member is provided on a sheet placing surface in such a way as to be movable in a predetermined first direction. The sheet positioning member includes a moving body, an abutting portion, an operation member, and a cam portion. The moving body moves in the first direction on the sheet placing surface. The abutting portion has an abutting surface that abuts on the side end portion when the sheet positioning member positions the sheet. The operation member is supported by the moving body so as to be pivotable around a support shaft that extends in the first direction, on a side of a back surface of the abutting portion. The cam portion displaces the abutting portion toward the side end portion by being pressed by the operation member in response to a pivoting operation of the operation member.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a change conveyance unit. In a case where a first sheet in a sheet storage unit included in the feeding apparatus is fed in a landscape orientation to the conveyance apparatus, the change conveyance unit changes a conveyance orientation of the first sheet to a portrait orientation. The landscape orientation is an orientation in which a short side of the first sheet is parallel to a sheet conveyance direction of the first sheet. The portrait orientation is an orientation in which a long side of the first sheet is parallel to the sheet conveyance direction. The change conveyance unit changes the conveyance orientation of the first sheet from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation on a substantially horizontal region between the image forming apparatus and the feeding apparatus.

Abstract: A core end engagement assembly is provided for a rewinding machine. The core end engagement assembly is configured to engage an end of the core and transmit rotational movement to the core during winding of the web material about the core. The assembly may include a drive housing. A chuck may project from a first end of the drive housing and may be configured to engage the end of the core. A first actuator may reciprocate the drive housing along a central axis of the core between an engagement and disengagement position of the chuck relative to the core. A second actuator may be mounted on the drive housing. The second actuator may be configured and adapted to move the chuck between release and hold positions. A flexible drive shaft operatively connects with and rotationally drives the chuck.

Abstract: A control device using, as a learning target, a transporting apparatus, a rotation control section which controls at least one of a rotation speed of a first roller and a rotation speed of a second roller, and a position detection section which detects a position of the transport target matter, the control device including a state variable acquisition section which acquires a state variable and a detection result of the position detection section, the state variable being based on information of a state of the transport target matter and information of an environment to which the transport target matter is exposed, and a learning section which learns a control expression for calculating a control value of the rotation control section based on a dataset containing the state variable acquired by the state variable acquisition section and the detection result of the position detection section.

Abstract: An elastic roller is capable of elastic deformation at low load, lightweight and low-cost, and the surface speed of the roller has been made stable. At a drawing showing the view from the side of pipe 2 and flange 3 which make up roller 1, roller 1 which has pipe 2 and flange 3 is supported by shaft 8 which is inserted therein along axis 8a of shaft 8, the situation being such that elastic deformation occurs upon being pressed downward by pressure P from pressure-applying body 11 above pipe. None of the four outermost ribs 7a disposed in outermost gap 6a between outermost ring 4a of flange 3 and middle ring 4b which is mutually adjacent thereto and toward the interior therefrom is present in the upper portion of pipe 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, in particular a roll cross cutter, for forming a shingled stream of underlapping or overlapping sheets, in particular paper or cardboard sheets, comprising a transport device for transporting sheets, a shingling device for underlapping or overlapping of the sheets at least in some regions, a braking device following the shingling device in the transport direction of the sheets for braking of shingled sheets, in particular by the formation of a brake gap for the passage of sheets brought together in a shingled manner, and a cross-cutting device upstream of the shingling device for cutting a material strip into individual sheets. According to the invention, an intake section is provided between the shingling device and the braking device for intake and further transport of a sheet, trailing in the shingled stream, into the braking device.

Abstract: An equipment of accumulation of sheets forms a stack of sheets on an accumulation plane by means of driving belts and diverters arranged along the path of the sheets and jump on the accumulation plane. The height of the jump is modified by shifting vertically the accumulation plane with respect to the diverters according to number and/or thickness of the sheets. The diverters can be shifted according to the length of the sheets to be accumulated, while a series of arrest lugs delimits at the rear the area of collection of the sheets and a forwarding mechanism with a pair of output rollers forwards the stack of accumulated sheets when the lugs are released.

Abstract: A log roll can be efficiently manufactured in a log roll manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing a multi-ply log roll by using a plurality of parent rolls. When yet-to-be-wound base paper 12 constituted of stacked sheets of first base paper 11a and second base paper 11b fed from first and second parent rolls 10A and 10B is supplied to a main processing-winding unit 50A, if a winder 1 capable of manufacturing a two-ply log roll 62 and including a sub processing-winding unit 50B is to manufacture a one-ply log roll 61 by using the main processing-winding unit 50A, the yet-to-be-wound base paper 12 constituted of the stacked sheets of the first base paper 11a and the second base paper 11b is separated into first separated yet-to-be-wound base paper 12a and second separated yet-to-be-wound base paper 12b by a base-paper separating unit 70.

Abstract: A spool of optical fibre comprises a spool axis and a length of optical fibre wound around the spool axis to form a plurality of wrap segments arranged axially along the spool axis, wherein adjacent wrap segments partially overlap in the axial direction. Each wrap segment comprises a first wrap layer wound in a first axial direction over a first axial distance, and a second wrap layer wound over the first wrap layer in a reverse second axial direction over a second axial distance greater than the first axial distance, the optical fibre extending from the second wrap layer of one wrap segment to the first wrap layer of an adjacent wrap segment. The spool may be mounted in a device such that the optical fibre can be despooled and deployed from the device.

Abstract: An elevator safety system (20) for an elevator system (2) with a self-diagnostic functionality includes at least two safety channels (22a, 22b), wherein each safety channel (22a, 22b) is configured for supplying a safety signal (23a, 23b) in case a safety issue has been detected. The elevator safety system (20) comprises a self-diagnostic evaluator (24), which is configured for receiving any safety signals (23a, 23b) supplied via the safety channels (22a, 22b); starting a timer (25) for measuring a predetermined period of time in case a safety signal (23a, 23b) is supplied on one of the safety channels (22a, 22b); and stopping any further operation of the elevator system (2) in case the received signal (23a, 23b) is still supplied after the predetermined period of time has expired.

Abstract: A method of calling an elevator is provided. The method comprising: detecting, using a door lock, at least one status parameter of a door and the door lock operably associated with the door; transmitting, using the door lock, the at least one status parameter to a remote device; determining, using the remote device, whether to call an elevator in response to the at least one status parameter; transmitting, using the remote device, an elevator call request to a controller when it is determined to call an elevator; and moving, using the controller, an elevator to a floor where the door lock is located.

Abstract: An elevator system including an elevator controller configured for: effecting a first communication with a mobile device to receive data from an electronic calendar that is activated on the mobile device, rendering a plurality of determinations from the first communication, including: a first determination that a first entry in the electronic calendar indicates that a passenger associated with the mobile device has a first scheduled event that occurs at a first scheduled time, a second determination to effect elevator service proximate to the first scheduled time to the passenger, and effecting a second communication with the elevator car to thereby effect the second determination.

Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system including a controller, wherein the controller is configured for: engaging in a first communication with a facial recognition system that identifies a pet and a first person as owner of the pet, and rendering a plurality of determinations from the first communication, including: a first determination that the pet is proximate a first elevator lobby in a building, a second determination to provide instructions to a first elevator car responsive to the first communication, and engaging in a second communication with the first elevator car for effecting the second determination.

Abstract: A safety device for an elevator system may include a safety element that in a release position holds a safety system in a deactivated state and in a blocking position activates the safety system. The safety element may exert a driving force configured to transfer the safety element from the release position into the blocking position. A holding element may exert a holding force on the safety element that counteracts the driving force to hold the safety element in the release position. In the release position of the safety element, the holding force exceeds the driving force by a tolerance amount that is adjustable depending on different operating modes that are possible in the release position of the safety element. The safety device may be configured to transfer the safety element into the blocking position, to reduce the holding force such that the driving force exceeds the holding force.

Abstract: The invention describes a method of ensuring the integrity of a stairlift installation constructed from re-used components. Data representative of the form of a stairlift rail is stored in a control facility included in the stairlift carriage and then compared with data sensed in real time. A stairlift carriage may be disabled in the event sensed data varies from stored data.

Abstract: Elevator systems are provided. The systems include an elevator car movable along an elevator shaft, the shaft having a pit floor, the elevator car having an elevator car door sill and a car apron assembly. The car apron assembly includes an apron frame movably mounted to the elevator car, the apron frame having a frame base, a winding mechanism mounted within the elevator car door sill, and a semi-rigid curtain attached to the winding mechanism and extending to the frame base. The semi-rigid curtain is configured to transition between a deployed state and a stowed state, wherein when in the deployed state the semi-rigid curtain extends below the elevator car to block an open landing door that is lower than the elevator car when the elevator car is positioned offset and above an adjacent landing, and when in the stowed state the semi-rigid curtain is wound about the winding mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a self-climbing robot for installing an elevator guide rail, which comprises a climbing mobile platform, a working mobile platform, a rectangular parallelepiped frame and a PLC control unit.

Abstract: Monitoring device (30) for monitoring a drive element (12) of a conveyor (1), in which the drive element (12) extends in a conveyance direction. The monitoring device (30) comprises a mechanism (39) attached to the drive element (12) and configured for mechanically monitoring a distance between two predetermined locations of the drive element (12) spaced apart in the conveyance direction. The monitoring device (30) is further configured for triggering an alarm signal in case the monitored distance exceeds a predetermined limit.

Abstract: To accurately present information about the shape and location of a hoisting load and an object located near the hoisting load, regardless of the orientation and operational state of the crane. A guide information display device, wherein a camera images part of a work region of a crane, a laser scanner obtains a data point group of the work region captured by the camera, and a data processing unit: removes, from the obtained data point group, a data point group located between a hoisting load hanging from a crane and the tip end section of the telescopic boom of the crane; estimates, on the basis of the remaining data point group, the top surface of the hoisting load, the ground surface of the work region, and the top surfaces of objects located in the work region; generates guide frames which surround the top surfaces of the hoisting load and the objects; and overlaps the generated guide frames on the captured image, and displays the same on a data display unit.

Abstract: A first width direction bending portion bendably connects a portion of a guy link on a distal end side with respect to a first link portion to the first link portion in a width direction. When the guy link is in a stored state, the portion of the guy link located on the distal end side with respect to the first width direction bending portion is disposed outside the first link portion in the width direction. When the guy link is in a stored state, at least a portion of the guy link is disposed on the outer side in the width direction than a front strut and on a back surface or a side surface of a lower jib.

Abstract: A reel braking adjustment device includes a tensile force-related information acquisition unit and a braking parameter correction unit. The tensile force-related information acquisition unit is configured to acquire tensile force-related information. The tensile force-related information is information that is related to tensile force acting on a fishing line and detected during a fishing line discharge period in which the fishing line is released from a dual-bearing reel configured to brake rotation of a spool based on a braking parameter. The braking parameter correction unit is configured to correct braking parameters based on temporal changes in the tensile force-related information acquired by the tensile force-related information acquisition unit.

Abstract: A utility vehicle having a collapsible game hanger apparatus includes a cargo box, a hitch receiver disposed under the cargo box and included in a rear structure, a hoist structure, a winch device, and a winch mounting bracket. The hoist structure consists of a base bar detachably attached to the hitch receiver, a mast attached to an end portion of the base bar, and a boom attached to an upper end of the mast. The winch device consists essentially of a winch detachably attached to a winch mounting bracket and a pulley unit for guiding the winch cable.

Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator machine including: a plurality of stationary structures, including a proximate stationary structure and a distal stationary structure, a brake support that comprises the proximate stationary structure, a brake disc rotably supported in the brake support intermediate the plurality of stationary structures, the plurality of stationary structures and the brake disc each including a respective one of a plurality of orifices, and the plurality of orifices being mutually aligned and offset from a rotational axis of the brake disc to removably receive an elongated bar, wherein when the bar is positioned in the plurality of orifices, the brake disc is prevented from rotating, thereby preventing vertical movement of an elevator car in an elevator hoistway.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a cooling device for a forklift brake system, which is capable of maintaining a predetermined level of heat-radiation performance by reducing heat when heat is generated in a service brake that is provided at a forklift driving shaft. A cooling device for a forklift brake system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention allows cooling oil to bypass a cooler when a pressure of the cooling oil is abnormally increased or there is a concern that a pressure of the cooling oil is increased, thereby preventing the cooler from being damaged.

Abstract: Corkscrew (1) for the extraction of a cork (19) from the neck (18) of a bottle (17), wherein the corkscrew (1) comprises a body (2), an extraction screw (5), an articulated lever (30), the articulated lever (30) comprising a first lever (3) and a second lever (4), which are coupled with each other by a coupling system (35) comprising at least one set of slots (13?, 13?, 15?, 15?), a set of pins (14, 16) and a set of holes (26?, 26?, 27?, 27?), which guide the reciprocal movement of the second lever (4) with respect to the first lever (3).

Abstract: A process method for aseptic canning and an aseptic canning system. The process comprises the following steps: placing a first solid-state food item into a sterilization pot, closing a pot lid of the sterilization pot; warming the interior of the sterilization pot, cooking the first solid-state food item, and sterilizing the first solid-state food item to produce a second solid-state food item; cooling the second solid-state food item in the sterilization pot; and in the aseptic environment within the sterilization pot, placing the cooled solid-state food item into a can and sealing the can. The system applying the process also is provided with a transfer apparatus used for transferring the first solid-state food item and/or the second solid-state food item.

Abstract: An aseptic filling machine capable of performing molding and filling at the same time that has a compact facility size, requires a reduced initial investment, requires a reduced running cost because of its simplified process, and ensures an aseptic condition with reliability, and an aseptic filling method therefor. An aseptic filling machine includes a pre-heating sterilizing portion that sterilizes a preform, a heating portion that heats the sterilized preform, a molding and filling portion that fills the heated preform with a sterilized content under high pressure, thereby molding the preform into a bottle and at the same time filling the preform with the content, and a sealing portion that seals the bottle filled with the content. Before the aseptic filling machine starts operating, each portion is sterilized. During operation of the aseptic filling machine, aseptic air is supplied to each portion to maintain the aseptic condition.

Abstract: A refrigerator contains a dispenser for ice and/or liquid. A dispenser housing covers an opening in an outer shell of the refrigerator. The dispenser housing delimits a dispenser recess that extends outward and upward over an upper edge of the opening and is assembled from at least one main part, which extends from a lower edge of the opening over a rear wall to a front edge of a ceiling of the dispenser housing, and a filling part, which extends from the front edge to an upper edge of the opening.

Abstract: A beverage supply apparatus includes cooling device 6, milk tank 5 in storage chamber 6a of cooling device 6, and detection device 7 that detects the milk. Detection device 7 has first light guide body 7c to penetrate partition wall 12 having a multilayer box body that partitions storage chamber 6a, second light guide body 7d to penetrate partition wall 12 which faces first light guide body 7c, light projection unit 7a attached to partition-wall outer-surface-side end of first light guide body 7c to project light via the body 7c, and light receiving unit 7b attached to the partition-wall outer-surface-side end of second light guide body 7d to receive light transmitted through milk tank 5 via second light guide body 7d. The detection device detects the presence or absence of or the remaining amount of milk based on a light reception state in the light receiving unit 7b.

Abstract: A water dispenser and a method of controlling a water dispenser are provided. The water dispenser may control power output of an induction heater having a hot water module based on changes in flow rate of water supplied or a temperature of water discharged.