Abstract: Described herein is the method of using a complex coacervate system including Gum Arabic and chitosan as lubricating agents. Also described herein are consumer products including the complex coacervate system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, preferably a fibre-based food composition, and the use thereof for the preparation of sugar-free, fat-free and/or allergen-free (in particular gluten-free) food products with a reduced or low calorie content. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the composition of the invention and food products obtained with the composition, as well as a kit for using the composition.

Abstract: Sweetener compositions are provided, particularly tabletop sweeteners, comprising ground Hoodia as a weight control agent in combination with the non-caloric sweetener rebaudioside A and erythritol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for weight management and/or hunger control combining a bolus dose of a taste receptor agonist targeting enteroendocrine cells beyond the stomach with food products.

Abstract: Aqueous lipid emulsions for providing enteral nutrition are provided. The aqueous lipid emulsions include at least 33% of lipids, lipid soluble nutrients, or a combination thereof, based upon the total weight of the emulsion, and are essentially free of carbohydrate and protein. The aqueous lipid emulsions are shelf-stable for at least 7 months. The aqueous lipid emulsions are a source of supplemental enteral nutrition for any patient in need thereof, including preterm infants.

Abstract: A rotary drum blancher/cooler includes skinsheet sections alternating with structural channels and clamps. The skinsheet sections and channels have sidewalls. Each clamp includes at least a portion of a clamp bar, a bolt, a slot and hole combination, and a nut. The clamp bar holds each skinsheet sidewall between the channel sidewall and the clamp bar. The bolt extends through a hole in the clamp bar. The bolt has a first partially threaded end and a second end with at least one groove. One end is within the channel, and the other outside. A slot and hole combination is located in at least one of a retaining plate, channel sidewall and clamp bar. The bolt can pass through the hole of the slot and hole combination, and the groove(s) in the bolt are disposed within the slot to prevent rotation of the bolt. The nut is on the first end, and may be tightened or loosened to tighten or loosen the skinsheet side wall to the channel sidewall.

Abstract: A rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food includes a skinsheet comprised of a plurality of sections, clamps, and structural channels. Each clamp has clamping and release positions, and includes a base, a bail connected to the base, a draw connected to the bail, and at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar connected to the draw. The sections are disposed between structural channels, such that the drum is defined by the skinsheet sections alternating with the structural channels. The base is attached to a structural channel, and the draw extends from within to outside the structural channel. The skinsheet clamp bar is outside the structural channel. When the clamp is in the clamping position the clamp bar holds a skinsheet section to the structural channel in an operating position. When the clamp is in the release position configuration the clamp bar allows skinsheet section to move away from the structural channel in cleaning position.

Abstract: A meat product offers a user stable construction with a rod engaging a threaded socket inside at least one bone of the meat portion. The meat product allows the user to steadily hold meat products using the user's hands without touching the meat or requiring any cutting beforehand. Additionally, the meat product can be easily taken apart by disengaging the rod from the threaded socket. The meat product may have multiple rods, thus allowing the user to hold heavy meat products. Each rod may comprise a handle which provides efficient and effective handling, processing, cooking and/or eating. The handle may comprise various shapes and a slip resistant surface that offers the user more secure handling. The meat product can be made individually by the user or manufactured in batches. Thus, the meat product allows the user to achieve a sanitary eating product.

Abstract: A composition facilitates smooth and efficient intake of a food containing abundant insoluble dietary fibers, including non-edible part, through improvement in its texture and taste. The composition includes a fine particle composite having insoluble dietary fibers and fat/oil. The composition includes edible and inedible parts of a food material. A dry weight ratio of inedible part to edible and inedible part is 1% to 80%. The composition has 0.1 mass % or more of insoluble dietary fibers, a fine particle content of 2 to 98 mass %, a total fat/oil content of 10 to 98 mass %, and less than 20 mass % water. A modal diameter after ultrasonication is 0.3 to 200 ?m, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume after ultrasonication to minimum particle size after ultrasonication is 0.1 or more, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume before and after ultrasonication is 0.01 to 0.99.

Abstract: A method of making coated avian egg yolk cores includes providing dried avian egg yolk cores having a diameter of 100 to 1500 micrometers, applying avian egg albumen to the dried avian egg yolk cores to provide the coated avian egg yolk cores, and optionally drying the coated avian egg yolk cores, wherein the ratio of dry avian egg albumen to dried avian egg yolk in the coated avian egg yolk cores is 1:10 to 10:1. Also included are the coated avian egg yolk cores, food and feed additives containing the coated avian egg yolk cores and food and feed compositions containing the coated avian egg yolk cores.

Abstract: A process for producing a non-tobacco plant composition and a process for producing an electronic cigarette filler to be used for an electronic cigarette using a non-tobacco plant are provided with which cooling sensation of menthol can be enjoyed, capable of keeping menthol flavor even after long-term storage. A process for producing a non-tobacco plant composition includes a menthol-dissolving step of preliminarily mixing menthol, a lower alcohol and a water-insoluble crosslinked polymer to obtain a menthol-dissolved product, and a mixing step of mixing a non-tobacco plant, an aerosol former and the menthol-dissolved product obtained by the menthol-dissolving step.

Abstract: This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with a control unit which, as an instruction to a battery, outputs to the battery a prescribed instruction instructing the battery that the amount of aerosol vaporized by a vaporizer unit should fall within a desired range. The control unit stops power supply from the battery to the vaporizer unit once a prescribed period has elapsed since the start of supplying power to the vaporizer unit. The prescribed period is shorter than the upper limit value of a standard puff period, which is derived from a statistic of the user's puff period.

Abstract: A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for crimping a web of material for the tobacco industry, including the following steps: feeding a web of material for the tobacco industry along a feed path; crimping the web between two crimping rollers operatively coupled to make a plurality of longitudinal easy folding lines on the web; measuring a value of a thickness of the web before the step of crimping; The step of crimping the web is adjusted as a function of the thickness value measured during the step of measuring.

Abstract: A vaping device including a water chamber for filtering smoke or vapor prior to inhalation of the smoke or vapor. The device including a replaceable vaporization module with a vaporization chamber that contains a substance to be heated or burned. The device including an air flow chamber, herein the air flow chamber connects the vaporization chamber, wherein the air flow chamber is configured to provide a tunnel between an upper edge and a lower edge of the air flow chamber, for passage of air/vapor from an air/vapor entry port to a filtered air exit port for air/vapor at the water chamber, in a snake like manner; wherein the air/vapor entry port is located at a point where the vaporization chamber is joined to the water chamber. Also disclosed is a vaping system, including a device body and a plurality of interchangeable vaporization modules.

Abstract: A smoking device which permits combustion and inhalation of smoking material without also inhaling gases from a source of combustion such as lighter. The smoking device has a main body with a lower end adapted to connect to an overall smoking system. A lower portion of the main body defines internal flow channels, while an upper portion defines a smoking chamber therein. A burn plate or disc is clamped against an inner ledge in the lower end of the smoking chamber which is enclosed by a lid having an air inlet. The smoking chamber may house a manifold member which clamps the burn plate against an inner ledge. A user places smoking material on the burn plate and closes the smoking chamber with the lid. While applying a lighter flame directed into the lateral throughbore to the underside of the burn plate, the user applies suction to the lower inhalation passageway which pulls air in through the air inlet in the lid.

Abstract: A smoking implement container and spinner combination assembly includes a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall. The housing has a top side having a first opening and a second opening extending therethrough. A first compartment is positioned in the housing and has an interior is aligned with the first opening. A second compartment is positioned in the housing and has an interior aligned with the second opening. The first and second openings are closable. A disc is rotatably mounted on the housing. The disc has an outer surface having indicia thereon dividing the outer surface into a plurality of sections. Each of the sections has an action indicia thereon. A pointer is mounted on the housing and extends over the outer surface to indicate one of the sections after rotation of the disc terminates.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device that may comprise a housing defining an outer wall. The device may further include a power source and a control component, an exit aerosol path defined through an opening, a tank portion that includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid composition, and an atomization assembly configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. The atomization assembly may comprise two or more vibrating assemblies each of which includes a mesh plate. In some implementations, the mesh plates may be substantially coplanar and substantially perpendicular to the exit aerosol path. In other implementations, the mesh plates may be non-coplanar.

Abstract: A multichannel vaporizer including multiple vapor sources and a user interface to modify a proportion of vapors from the vapor sources into a customized vapor to be delivered to the mouthpiece. Also, a method of providing a customized combination of vapors including adjusting a user interface to control an adjustable vapor manifold with a plurality of vapor paths defined between the plurality of vapor sources and a mouthpiece for issuing vapors.

Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.

Abstract: An e-vapor device may include a capsule, a mouthpiece configured to receive the capsule, and a vaporizer configured to engage with the mouthpiece to enclose the capsule therebetween. The capsule is configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein. The vaporizer is configured to pierce the capsule to access the pre-vapor formulation therein and to heat the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. Additionally, the vaporizer may be configured to cease a heating of the pre-vapor formulation when a current in the heater structure is less than a reference level. Accordingly, the occurrence of an unpleasant taste resulting from overheating may be reduced or prevented.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including: a mouthpiece; a first seal ring; a glass tube; a hollow rod; a permanent seat; a first piece of cotton; a ceramic atomization core; a second piece of cotton; an annular sleeve; two second seal rings; a base seat; an insulation ring; and a joint comprising an anode and cathode. The mouthpiece is disposed on the glass tube. The first seal ring is disposed in the mouthpiece to seal a gap between the mouthpiece and the glass tube. The hollow rod is disposed in the glass tube, and the two second seal rings are disposed on one end of the hollow rod away from the first seal ring to seal a gap between the glass tube and the hollow rod. The first piece of cotton and the second piece of cotton are disposed on two ends of the ceramic atomization core, respectively.

Abstract: This application relates to a vaporization device. The vaporization device includes a housing, a top cap, a heating base, a heating assembly, a first channel, a storage compartment, and a filter screen. The heating base has a first opening. The heating assembly is located between the top cap and the heating base. The housing and the top cap define the first channel and the storage compartment. The first channel is in communication with the outside through the first opening. The filter screen covers the first opening.

Abstract: This application relates to a vaporization device. The vaporization device includes a housing, a top cap, a heating assembly, and a storage compartment. The housing and the top cap define the storage compartment. The top cap surrounds the heating assembly.

Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol-generating device includes a storage portion configured to contain an aerosol-forming substrate and having a fluid permeable internal surface surrounding an open-ended passage extending through the cartridge. The device includes a housing having a cavity for receiving the cartridge, and a heater assembly positioned in the cavity. The heater assembly includes an elongate support member connected to the housing and arranged to extend into the open-ended passage of a cartridge inserted in the cavity. The heater assembly also includes a plurality of electric heaters fixed to and spaced along the length of the elongate support member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a heating member that can be formed of a heating element conformed to a heater substrate configured as a truncated cone (or similar shape) having a first end of a first size and a second end of greater size. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods of forming an aerosol delivery device, which can include providing a shell, providing a heating member formed of a heating element conformed to a substrate, configuring the heating member as a truncated cone (or similar shape) having a first end of a first size and a second end of greater size, and inserting the heating member within the shell.

Abstract: A glass atomizer comprises an oil storage chamber made of glass fused to and encompassing an airflow channel also made of glass. The oil storage chamber and airflow channel are further fused to a glass nozzle, where an externally threaded metal ring is affixed to the oil storage chamber at the end opposite from the nozzle. The externally threaded metal ring is removably joinable with an internally threaded connecting sleeve housing an atomizing core.

Abstract: A heater assembly for heating a cigarette accommodated in an aerosol generating device includes a heating element that extends in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette and includes a ferromagnetic substance for generating heat by an external magnetic field, and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the heating element. The heater assembly is disposed at an inner end portion of an accommodation space provided in the aerosol generating device to accommodate the cigarette.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes aerosol generating material having first and second regions and an inductively heatable susceptor in the first region. The first region can be located upstream of the second region or downstream of the second region relative to an aerosol flow direction within the article. A method for manufacturing an aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system are also described.

Abstract: A component for an aerosol-generating apparatus includes a liquid container for containing liquid, a wick arranged to draw liquid from the liquid container in use; and a heater arranged to volatilize liquid drawn from the liquid container by the wick in use to generate an aerosol in use. The heater defines a channel for receiving a material element for modifying a property of the aerosol generated in use. The component is arranged such that, in use, the material element received in the channel in use modifies a property of the aerosol generated in use thereby to generate a modified aerosol for inhalation by a user.

Abstract: An atomizer for a vapor provision system includes a vaporization chamber having a volume; a vapor generating element disposed in the vaporization chamber for providing vapor into the vaporization chamber volume; at least one plenum chamber separated from the vaporization chamber; and an air flow path through the atomizer including a vapor collecting portion through the vaporization chamber smaller than the volume, along which air travels to collect vapor provided by the vapor generating element, and at least one transport portion through a plenum chamber, the or each transport portion delivering air to or collecting air from the vapor collection portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an atomizer, a power supply assembly, and an electronic atomizing device. The electronic atomizing device includes an atomizer provided with an air inhaling channel therein for inhalation of aerosol, a power supply assembly supplying power to the atomizer and provided with a receiving cavity, a functional channel providing communication between the air inhaling channel and the receiving cavity, and a cushion plug disposed in the functional channel. When a difference between air pressure in the receiving cavity and air pressure in the air inhaling channel is less than a threshold pressure, the functional channel is in an open state. When the difference between the air pressure in the receiving cavity and the air pressure in the air inhaling channel exceeds the threshold pressure, the functional channel is in a closed state.

Abstract: A power-supply unit for supplying power to an electrical load, said load vaporizing or atomizing a flavor source or an aerosol source, comprises a power-supply, a control part and a connection part which electrically connects the power-supply to the load. The control part is configured to acquire a value relating to the electrical resistance of the load, either when a prescribed time elapses after supplying power to the load or on the basis of the change rate of the value relating to the electrical resistance of the load, the temperature of the load or the pulse number of the power supplied to the load.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a vaporizer for generating vapor for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system; an electrical power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer; a user input unit for detecting a manual user actuation; and a control unit configured to control, from an available power level range, a level of power supplied from the electrical power supply to the vaporizer in proportion to a level of manual user actuation detected by the user input unit during vapor generation.

Abstract: An exemplary smoking topography circuit of an electronic aerosol smoking article, includes at least one sensor configured to measure user interaction with the smoking article, a processor, and memory. The processor is configured to detect a smoking event based an output of the at least one sensor, collect data associated with the smoking event, and arrange the data in a pattern that associates the smoking event to shifts in battery voltage. The memory is configured to store the data pattern in a structured multi-byte format.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device includes an elongate housing sleeve accommodating at least part of the following components: a battery as an electric power source powering an electrically activatable atomizer including an electric heater adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer; a puff detector adapted to indicate an aerosol inhaling puff; and control electronics connected to the puff detector and adapted to control the heater of the atomizer. At least part of the battery, the puff detector, the control electronics and/or the atomizer is mounted on an elongate insert permitting lateral access and fitting into the housing sleeve via one of the ends of the housing sleeve.

Abstract: A modular system for vaporizing liquid vaporizing material is disclosed. The modular system includes a mouthpiece having at least one mouthpiece inlet on a mouthpiece sidewall. A first housing is configured to removably attach to the mouthpiece. The first housing includes a tube, an oil chamber, and a coil unit configured to be removably attachable within a coil unit compartment of the first housing. The coil unit includes, a mouth, at least one coil unit passageway, a heating element, a pair of first conductors, and a wick. A second housing having at least one second housing inlet on a second housing sidewall is configured to removably attach with the first housing. The second housing includes a central processing unit, a power source, a display, at least one control, a charging port, and a pair of second conductors configured to contact with the first set of conductors.

Abstract: A shaping undergarment device for supporting breasts and shaping a torso of a user includes a shirt that is configured to be donned by a user so that the shirt substantially covers a torso of the user. A first slat, a set of second slats, and a pair of third slats are coupled to an inner surface of the shirt. The first slat is positioned adjacent to a lower limit of breasts of the user. The set of second slats is adjacent to and configured to support a back of the user. Each third slat extends over a respective shoulder of the user and is coupled to and extends between a respective opposing end of the first slat and the set of second slats. The pair of third slats is configured to transfer load from the first slat to the set of second slats.

Abstract: A dynamic ventilation system for socks including an ergonomic and asymmetric strip structure (3) which contains the plantar arch so as to create internally an integrated aerating sector (4). Further, the system has a first structure with a transparent zone in which an air circulating system is created that is provided for regulating the temperature of the foot and leg, containing a certain quantity of air between skin and sock so as to create an “air chamber” with an effect of insulating from the external environment and a second structure having a plurality of contact sectors (5) that have greater support on the skin that are interrupted by free portions (6) for the passage of air. The system further includes a pair of ribs (11) that create a passage/tunnel for circulating air in addition to increasing Achilles tendon protection in which each rib is a cushion that fills with air.

Abstract: An illustrated view of an exemplary bib for preventing spillage and vomit from coming into contact with an infant and/or a toddler's clothing is presented. The bib is useful for catching vomit and spillage when an infant or toddler spills liquid, spill solids or vomits for providing transfer of a user from one location to another location. The bib has a pocket in the front that is expandable by a expanding portion that is preferably of an accordion style. The pocket has a closure that is preferably a zip-lock closure and has a tab to allow for the easy opening and closing of the closure. The pocket has one or more handles to allow for easy control of the pocket. The pocket being expandable can expand to accept various amount of vomit, spillage, accessories, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are flocked shapewear garments. The flocked shapewear garments comprise a fabric, an elastomeric coating, and flocking fibers embedded in the elastomeric coating.

Abstract: A breast supporting garment and a method for producing it, the garment having at least one layer made of a fabric comprises a breast receiving portion bounded by a frame portion disposed at least partially below the breast receiving portion. The frame portion comprises a fabric reinforcing element in the form of a coating made of a material having, when in a liquid state during a coating process, a viscosity which is high enough for the material to stay contained within an area of the fabric, to which the material is applied, and low enough for the material to have the capability to penetrate the fabric to a part of the thickness of the fabric, at least in a portion of the area. The material, when solidified, has a lower elasticity than that of the fabric.

Abstract: An adjustable multi-layer bra includes an inner bra layer, an outer bra layer, and a middle layer that are independently adjustable for positioning and compression of the breasts. The bra includes an inelastic frame to minimize unnecessary compression of the wearer's torso or chest, and adjustment components of the independent bra layers are provided on the front of the bra for ease of use by the wearer.

Abstract: A brassiere having a pair of breast cups, shoulder straps and a chest band, wherein each of the breast cups can be attached to the shoulder straps using one of a plurality of fasteners, most typically standard nursing clips, with each fastener providing for a different fit. A first fastener could be attached directly to the breast cup and used to provide a snug fit, while a second fastener could be attached to the breast cup via an extension which provides a much looser fit. Using the second extended fastener would, for example, allow the bra to be used with an in-bra breast pump. The first fastener could be used to fit the bra properly when the in-bra breast pump is not in place.

Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting and/or assisting users' movements include detecting, by one or more sensors integrated with a garment having two or more controllable regions, movement of a particular part of a user's body enclosed within the garment, measuring, by the one or more sensors, data that indicates the detected movement of the particular part of the user's body, determining, based on the measured data, an activity classification that indicates a future movement of the particular part of the user's body, identifying, based on the determined activity classification and by the one or more processors, a support configuration for the garment, and dynamically adjusting, by the one or more processors, at least one of an effective tension and an effective stiffness of at least one of the two or more controllable regions of the garment to provide the identified support configuration of the garment.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodology for a burp sash/burping cloth, which is a continuous sash/cloth to ensure that the caretaker who is in the act of burping an infant, has a burping cloth that remains in place, avoiding any unintentional shifting, sliding, and/or dropping. It also protects the wearer's clothing during common parental duties (i.e. burping, holding, bathing, or otherwise performing activities common to caring for a baby). The sash/cloth only becomes a continuous piece when the two ends come together and are attached, such as by using magnets or hook and loop fasteners. Because the sash/cloth is not a fixed continuous circle, and has the capability to detach, the wearer has multiple options to put on or take off the item, making it user-friendly. Absorbent material protects the wearer's clothes, and the continuous loop/piece feature allows a caretaker to rotate the sash, resulting in a clean surface for future utilization.

Abstract: A wearable device such as a garment is disclosed, having at least one sensor, for sensing a parameter. Electronics are provided for processing the sensed parameter, and for providing feedback. Feedback may be in the form of proprioceptive tactile or audible feedback, or in the form of an adjustment of a performance parameter of the wearable device. In one implementation, the processor is configured to activate an effector to provide feedback to the wearer to make a body position correction to bring the position into alignment with predetermined body position reference data.

Abstract: A multi-function garment is disclosed that can be fashioned into a variety of styles without alteration or tailoring. In embodiments, fabric is formed into a center panel and two wing portions, which allows the garment to be fashioned into a number of unique styles.

Abstract: A labor protection glove includes a glove body including a glove liner and a back rubber protection layer disposed on a surface of a back of the glove liner. The glove liner includes a skin contact layer, a moisture absorption layer disposed outside the skin contact layer and a wear-resistant layer disposed outside the moisture absorption layer. The back rubber protection layer includes a finger rubber layer disposed at a back of a finger of the glove, a palm-back rubber layer disposed at a back of a palm of the glove body, and a root knuckle rubber layer disposed between the finger rubber layer and the palm-back rubber layer for protecting a knuckle. The finger rubber layer and the root knuckle rubber layer are independently formed by injection molding.

Abstract: A glove of a form typically, although not necessarily exclusively, provided for single or limited use purposes and discarded thereafter. The glove is to prevent contact between a product and a person's hand and to avoid contamination. The glove material includes components capable of detection by at least one form of noncontact detection apparatus which renders the glove or portion detectable if discarded and inadvertently becomes part of a manufacturing process or product. The components render the glove detectable by using metal detection apparatus and/or X-ray detection apparatus which may allow removal of the glove. The glove may also include an antimicrobial agent as part to prevent or reduced contamination on the surface of the glove. The glove can also be rendered biodegradable.