Abstract: A child resistant package comprises first and second oppositely disposed sides, and third and fourth oppositely disposed sides. The third side connects the first and second sides along a first edge, and the fourth side connects the first and second sides along a second edge. A tear strip is disposed along the first, third, and fourth sides, and has a free end exposed on the third side. An opaque film is disposed on the third side over the free end.

Abstract: A product transfer system including a first base member, such as a pallet or dolly, supporting a first sleeve having a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, and a second base member supporting a second sleeve having a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A first connector, such as a bar or netting, can connect the first sleeve to the second sleeve to provide stability to the system. Netting can also be used to span the front of the sleeve from side wall to side wall. A top cap can be placed on top of each of the first sleeve and the second sleeve.

Abstract: A corrugated paperboard corner shroud comprising a first side and a second side, each side having an outer layer, a middle layer, and an inner layer, wherein the first side and the second side are foldably coupled together along one side, and the middle layers are fastened to their respective inner and outer layers. A blank for forming a corner shroud, the blank comprising a flat, rectangular piece of corrugated paperboard and having a first, second, third and fourth edge, an inner surface having at least four adhesive sections thereon, an outer surface, and a first series of scorelines extending along the blank from the first edge to the second edge. A method of making the corner shroud. A box having the corner shroud.

Abstract: The invention comprises a container comprising a base and at least four sidewalls extending upwardly from the base. A first sidewall and a second sidewall which is opposite the first sidewall each comprise at least a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel are connected to each other by a first seam. The base comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface. The base is thinner in the location of a pattern disposed on the interior surface of the base and the interior pattern comprises an “X” shaped configuration. The base is thinner in the location of a pattern disposed on the exterior surface of the base and the exterior pattern comprises a first line extending from the first seam of the first sidewall to the first seam of the second sidewall.

Abstract: Methods, kits, and assemblies suitable for gas distribution device transportation are disclosed. An exemplary assembly includes a gas distribution device transport assembly comprising a housing comprising a recess to receive a gas distribution device, a clamping plate to secure the gas distribution device to the housing, a valve assembly, and at least one data logger assembly. Also disclosed is a gas distribution device transport kit comprising a kit housing and the gas distribution device transport assembly. An exemplary method includes transporting the gas distribution device transport kit.

Abstract: A container and accessory system comprising a bottom, at least one wall, and at least one accessory. The exterior of the wall is comprised of a plurality of holes. The accessory has a face and a peg which is configured to be insertable into the holes to allow the accessory to be removably attached to the container. This allows accessories to be attached to and removed from the container without disturbing the contents of the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stopper made entirely or at least in part of plastic material, wherein the plastic material is a thermoplastic elastomeric polymer and includes a dispersion of activated carbon particles. The present invention also relates to a method to manufacture a stopper for a container by means of injection molding comprising: heating granules or pellets of plastic material until the granules or pellets become soft and flexible; adding activated carbon particles to the soft and flexible granules or pellets of plastic material; injecting the softened plastic into a mold, thereby obtaining a desired shape for the stopper; leaving the plastic material to cool until hardening; and opening the mold and removing the stopper.

Abstract: In syringes pre-filled with hydrogen peroxide solution for a long period, a problem of foreign matter generation has become apparent. The purpose of the invention is to provide a syringe sealing body, including a surface portion in contact with a hydrogen peroxide solution to be filled in the syringe, in which the syringe sealing body is for suppressing generation of foreign matter caused by hydrogen peroxide, and material of the surface portion is selected from the group consisting of fluoro rubber, fluororesin, silicone rubber and elastomer.

Abstract: A cap for a container comprises an end wall (4), a skirt (2) which extends about an axis (Z) and a corner zone (5) interposed between the end wall (4) and the skirt (2). The corner zone (5) comprises a first wall portion (6) which projects from the skirt (2) towards the inside of the cap (1) and a second wall portion (7) which protrudes from the end wall (4) and is joined to the first wall portion (6). The first wall portion (6) and the second wall portion (7) define a step on a surface of the corner zone (5) facing towards the outside of the cap (1; 101). The cap (1) further comprises an annular sealing lip (8) which extends towards a free edge (30) of the skirt (2) from a region in which the first wall portion (6) is joined to the second wall portion (7). The annular sealing lip (8) is delimited by an inner surface (9) configured to engage with an outer lateral surface of a neck (31) of the container.

Abstract: A cover member configured to be removable from a liquid container. The cover member includes a resin having a haze value of 14% or more and 96% or less. A thickness of a top surface of the cover member is 3.0 mm or less. A maximum height roughness Rz of the top surface of the cover member is 50 ?m or less. When a back surface of the top surface of the cover member is defined as a first surface and a surface of the protection portion facing the first surface is defined as a second surface, an L? value of the second surface in Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) L?a*b*color space is 5 or more and 35 or less. A shortest distance between the first surface and the second surface is 0.4 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less.

Abstract: A packaging container is provided. The packaging container includes a body defining a volume. The body including a neck extending from an opening of the body. The neck including a proximal surface and a circumferential projection defining at least one gap. The neck further including at least one axial support disposed in the gap. A closure is engageable with the proximal surface, and a sleeve is conformable to an outer surface of the closure and the neck. In some embodiments, container systems and methods of manufacturing containers are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to container systems comprising a container, a container ring, and a container lid. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed container systems use novel designs to provide a liquid-tight seal without the use of gaskets or adhesives. For example, in several embodiments, the container attaches to the container ring, and the container ring attaches to the container lid via a snap-fit assembly to facilitate reduced seams and increased sealing capability without the use of adhesives or additional sealing materials or components.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a lid including a covering part and a fixing part including a U-shaped skirt having a first wall proximal to the covering part, a second wall distal to the covering part, and a third wall connecting the first wall and the second wall so as to form a housing including a first zone extending between the first wall and the middle of the third wall and a second zone extending between the middle of the third wall and the second wall, the lid including a seal arranged in the first zone of the housing only, a container, and a deformation rib configured to deform a part of the seal when the lid is mounted on the container.

Abstract: A hinge with automatic locking includes at least one rotation attachment, linked to the upper lid, capable of rotating around the stem, linked to the lower lid. Between each rotation attachment, there is, in the upper lid, at least one locking attachment facing the retaining attachment of the lower lid in the closed position of the lids, capable of rotating with the upper lid to a locking position with the lids open.

Abstract: A hinge assembly of the box device is provided with a first sliding rail and a second sliding rail; the first sliding rail linearly extends, and the second sliding rail extends along an ellipse. When a door body blocks an opening, the first sliding rail is perpendicular to a plane where the opening is located, and the part of the second sliding rail away from a box body is away from a pivoting side relative to the first sliding rail, and the door body moves towards a target side of the box body during a process from blocking the opening by the door body to opening the door body relative to the box body.

Abstract: A dispensing lid includes a body with a first well therein and a port and a conduit in the first well. The dispensing lid includes a cap in rotatable engagement with the body and having a second well therein. The cap is rotatable from a closed position of the cap, in which the cap nests in the first well and engages with and closes the port, to an open position of the cap, in which the cap disengages from and opens the port. The dispensing lid includes a spout in rotatable engagement with the cap and having a conduit extending therethrough. The spout is rotatable from a closed position of the spout, in which the spout nests in the cap, to an open position of the spout, in which the conduit of the spout aligns with the conduit of the body when the cap is in its closed position.

Abstract: There is described an opening device for a package having a designated pour opening. The opening device comprises a base frame, a collar delimiting a flow channel and a closing element configured to cover and/or close the designated pour opening. The closing element comprises a coupling membrane being detachably fixed to an initial contact portion of the collar. The collar comprises an inlet configured to allow for an inlet of the pourable product into the flow channel and a pouring outlet configured to allow for an outpouring of the pourable product from the flow channel. The initial contact portion is interposed between the base frame and the pouring outlet. The collar comprises a main portion comprising the pouring outlet and extending from the initial contact portion to the pouring outlet and a deflectable sealing ring comprising the inlet and extending from the initial contact portion to the inlet.

Abstract: An opening device for a package of packaging material having a pour opening comprises a base frame, a collar integrally connected to and extending from the base frame and a closing element configured to cover and/or close the pour opening. The closing element is detachably fixed to an initial contact portion of the collar. The collar comprises a sealing ring having a first inner surface facing the flow channel and an outer surface opposite the first inner surface. The base frame comprises a second inner surface facing the outer surface. The base frame comprises first and second contact surfaces for contacting the packaging material from first and second faces respectively. The initial contact portion is interposed between the first contact surface and the pouring outlet. An annular interface interposed between the base frame and the collar has a thickness larger than a distance between the first and second contact surfaces.

Abstract: A container may include a wall and an outlet valve, where the outlet valve includes: a membrane that is elastically deformable under the effect of positive pressure of a substance relative to the outside, an outer surface of the membrane being in contact with an external environment, in the area of a slit formed in a zone for removing the substance, the slit being suitable for allowing the discharge of a flow of the substance caused by the positive pressure; a wall configured to be, in the absence of positive pressure of the substance, in contact with an inner surface of the membrane along a contact line arranged on the periphery of the slit, and configured to allow the inner surface of the membrane to move away from at least part of the wall in the event of positive pressure of the substance.

Abstract: A bottle cap drip tray device is disclosed herein. The bottle cap drip tray device includes an upstanding inner wall portion; an upturned peripheral edge portion extending at least partially around an outer periphery of the bottle cap drip tray device; and a floor portion extending between the upstanding inner wall portion and the upturned peripheral edge portion. The bottle cap drip tray device is configured to prevent a substance being poured from a bottle from dripping down one or more sides of the bottle.

Abstract: A container that includes an outer sleeve and an inner tray and is configured to have an open state and a closed state. The outer sleeve includes side panels defining a chamber having a first opening. The inner tray includes side panels defining a space for holding a product, and a second opening. In the open state, the inner tray extends out of the outer sleeve through the first opening. The inner tray includes a cover panel and a tuck flap that includes an extension member and a tuck flap locking member. In the closed state, the cover panel covers the second opening, and the extension member and the tuck flap locking member are tucked between a side panel of the inner tray and a side panel of the outer sleeve. The tuck flap locking member engages an inner locking member of the outer sleeve and prevents the tray from extending out of the sleeve.

Abstract: A safety cap assembly including an over cap and a screw cap secured within the over cap. The over cap having a plurality of spaced downward lugs extending downward from the top wall of the over cap and the screw cap having a plurality of spaced upward lugs extending from the upper wall of the screw cap which correspond with the downward lugs in the over cap. The over cap has a plurality of spaced air passages passing through the top wall of the over cap. The screw cap has a side wall with internal threads and an air passageway that extends through the side wall and does not interfere with the internal threads. The air passageway in the screw cap is in fluid communication with the plurality of air passages in the over cap such that should the safety cap assembly be swallowed suffocation is prevented.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a breathing lid capable of adaptively balancing air pressure, specifically relating to the technical field of airbags capable of adapting to air pressure. The breathing lid capable of adaptively balancing air pressure includes a can lid and an airbag body. The airbag body is clamped in the can lid. The airbag body includes a connecting outer ring, a soft connecting inner ring, a ventilation component and a mounting seat. The connecting outer ring is in an annular structure, and the soft connecting inner ring is in a convex structure. The soft connecting inner ring is arranged on an inner side of the connecting outer ring, and the mounting seat is mounted on the inner side of the connecting outer ring. The mounting seat is provided with the ventilation component.

Abstract: A child-resistant container includes a container cap with an integrated window. The container cap has a closed top end defining an elevated portion, the window integrated into the closed top end and being substantially flush with the closed top end; and an open bottom end for receiving a container base. The integrated window may include a magnifying lens having a flat top surface and a convex bottom surface, where the flat top surface is substantially flush with the elevated portion of the cap. The integrated window enables a user to view the contents stored within the container. The window can be any transparent, semi-transparent or translucent material. The material can control one or more environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, oxygen, ultra-violet light and others.

Abstract: A bottle cap with an independent stock bin includes a mouth connecting cap and a pressing cap, where an upper end of the mouth connecting cap is fixedly connected to a connecting cylinder cooperated with the pressing cap; a blister stock bin is provided in the connecting cylinder, a content is provided in the blister stock bin; an open end of the blister stock bin is fixedly connected to a limiting retainer ring; the limiting retainer ring is fixedly connected to a sealing aluminum foil; and an inner top of the pressing cap is fixedly connected to a pressing bump cooperated with the blister stock bin.

Abstract: In one example, a stack of beverage containers comprises a first beverage container comprising a first cap secured to a first closure shoulder and a first shell with an opening on its bottom, and a second beverage container comprising a second cap secured to a second closure shoulder and a second shell with an opening on its bottom, wherein first beverage container is stacked on top of the second beverage container such that the second shell is contained at least partly within the first shell and the second cap is received within a space formed by the first closure shoulder.

Abstract: A method for producing an optically machine-readable identifier on a packaging film. The packaging film includes at least one first layer comprising photosensitive substances and at least one second layer arranged at least indirectly on the first layer, wherein, in order to produce the optically machine-readable identifier, a bundled light beam is directed in a specifiable manner onto the first layer, wherein the bundled light beam is at least partially absorbed by the first layer, wherein the bundled light beam brings about a color change in the first layer to produce the optically machine-readable identifier and is locally converted at least partially into thermal energy, wherein the thermal energy results in a local heat transfer to the second layer and causes a thermal reaction in the second layer, whereby an at least optically detectable image of the optically machine-readable identifier is additionally formed in the second layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for packaging and transportation of a preformed wrapping sheet is disclosed and claimed herein. One implementation of the technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for packaging and transportation of preformed wrapping sheets including “Pre-Formed Plant Covers” commonly referred to as a “Pot Cover” involving clear tubing constructed of a pliable material, including clear plastic tubing or other pliable material, and transportation storage racks assembled from substantially rigid pallets, including plastic pallets or other substantially rigid material, and corner boards, commonly known as beads.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article carrier 90; 290 comprises a plurality of top-engaging openings or engaging structures RT1, RT2, RT3 each having an annular series of engaging teeth or tabs 16; 216 along the perimeter of that opening. The annular series of engaging tabs 16; 216 of each opening is interrupted by at most two gaps 26, 26A, 26B. A notional diametrical line z-z? passes through the center of each of the at most two gaps 26, 26A, 26B and extends substantially perpendicular to the grain direction GR of paper material from which the article carrier 90; 290 is formed.

Abstract: A carton for holding one or more articles, the carton includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a front panel, at least one back panel, and at least one top panel, article retention features comprising at least one article retention tab foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the at least one article retention tab for being positioned at least partially in the interior of the carton to secure one or more articles to the carton, and access features for facilitating access to the interior of the carton, the access features comprising at least one access end flap separably connected to the at least one back panel.

Abstract: A self-supporting packaging bag formed by heat-sealing two body portions each including a substrate layer and a sealant layer, to a bottom tape including a substrate layer and a sealant layer and having a mountain fold, includes two side seal portions adhering the two body portions to each other in a vertical direction of the self-supporting packaging bag; and bottom seal portions adhering the respective two body portions to the bottom tape in a horizontal direction of the self-supporting packaging bag, wherein the substrate layers and the sealant layers are made of similar resin materials; a ratio a/L of a minimum width a of each of the bottom seal portions to a distance L from a base of each of the body portions to the mountain fold is 0.15 or greater and 0.50 or less.

Abstract: Both to release air present between a heat-shrinkable film and a container and ensure a favorable appearance of the heat-shrinkable film itself. In a rolled raw material (1) according to the present invention, an overlapping portion (120) of a heat-shrinkable film (101) includes an unsealed region (120b) and a sealed region (120a), and the unsealed region (120b) communicates an inner end (102) with an outer end (103) of the rolled raw material (1) in the overlapping portion (120).

Abstract: A sampling and pour bag includes a bag body with an interior for receiving a liquid through a sealable opening in the bag body. The bag body includes a severable spout section located at a side edge of the bag body that can be severed to open a pour spout for dispensing liquid from the interior of the bag body.

Abstract: A packaging system for storing a fluid substance that includes a pump dispenser. The pump dispenser has a pump assembly, a flexible pouch, and a connecting shell. The flexible pouch contains the fluid substance to be dispensed. The connecting shell has a cavity and an upper portion and a lower portion. The pump assembly includes an actuator having a cavity therein and a closure connected to the actuator. The housing of the pump assembly is secured at the upper portion of the connecting shell. The cavity of the connecting shell and the outer surface of the housing of the pump assembly form an air chamber or the cavity of the housing forms an air chamber. The pump assembly is removably engaged with the flexible pouch in an airtight sealing manner such that when the actuator is pushed down and released by a user, air is balanced in the air chamber by the air ventilating hole and air is not balanced in the flexible pouch.

Abstract: The invention comprises a container for food products that extrudate liquids comprising a tray and a bowed insert. The tray bottom wall has at least one raised area, at least one lower surface, and at least one sidewall. A plurality of flutes are disposed on the inner surface sidewall(s). A plurality of elevated portions extend upwardly from the bowed insert. The insert is secured within the tray. A reservoir is defined between the insert and the tray bottom wall. The elevated portions of the insert, the flutes, and the at least one raised area of the tray bottom define a plurality of channels.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed that includes a self-heating product container that includes a self contained heater, a flexible container physically and thermally coupled to the self-contained heater and containing a product, such as wax, to be heated by an exothermic reaction within the self-contained heater, and a nozzle or spout physically coupled to the flexible container to define a fluid flow path through which the product to be heated exits the flexible container. The self-contained heater defines a first heater compartment and a second heater compartment with a first reactant inside the first heater compartment, a second reactant within the second heater compartment; and a frangible seal or barrier (e.g., in the form of a liquid fuel pouch) between the first heater compartment and the second heater compartment and configured such that rupturing the frangible seal enables the first reactant to physically contact the second reactant to thereby produce the exothermic reaction.

Abstract: A handheld rotary actuated product dispenser having a product compartment with a screw-threaded interior wall; a piston with screw threads on the outer circumference of the piston which cooperate with the screw threads of the product compartment; a spindle of non-circular cross section that passes through the center of the piston; and a base member which facilitates rotation of the drive shaft to move the piston within the product compartment so as to dispense product from the product compartment.

Abstract: A foil cartridge fillable with at least one fluid includes a foil bag as a cartridge shell and a rigid head part. The head part includes an outlet opening for emptying the fluid of the foil cartridge and an external thread for fastening the foil cartridge to a support sleeve. The foil bag is fixed to the head part in the region of the external thread.

Abstract: A candy dispenser enables a user to store and dispense candies therefrom. The candy dispenser includes a housing, a lever element, and a bucket element. The housing includes a candy-housing compartment, laterally opposed housing portions, an upper housing portion, and a lower housing portion. The lever element is displaceable relative to the upper housing portion and the lower housing portion. The bucket element is positioned adjacent the lower housing portion and coupled to the lever element. The bucket element is pivotal about a first pivot axis of rotation when the lever element is displaced. The candy-housing compartment receives and stores at least a candy therewithin deliverable thereto via the upper housing portion. The lever element is displaceable toward the lower housing portion for pivoting the bucket element about the first pivot axis of rotation for selectively dispensing the candy from the bucket element via the lower housing portion.

Abstract: An article dispensing apparatus includes a carousel and an upper casing with a dispensing face including a dispensing orifice through which the articles are dispensed. The carousel includes plural holding sections for holding the articles to be dispensed and is rotationally movable. A controller controls application of a force to cause the carousel to rotate relative to the dispensing face when an instruction to dispense an article is received. When the carousel is moved so that one of its holding sections having an article therein is aligned with the dispensing orifice, the article is allowed to be dispensed therethrough. A locking mechanism selectively engages the carousel to prevent any relative movement of the carousel when the article dispensing unit is not mounted on the main housing and disengages from the carousel to allow intended relative movement when the article dispensing unit is mounted on the main housing.

Abstract: A canister for an automated pharmacy packaging machine includes: a base; a rotary member positioned in the base; a sleeve mounted to the base having a cavity; a diverter mounted to the sleeve and extending into the cavity, the diverter having a leading edge; and a cover mounted to the sleeve. The diverter is oriented at an oblique angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a cloud computing system for controlling a plurality of remote devices. The cloud computing system generates a set of instructions from a plurality of commands and corresponding operations to control the remote devices. In some embodiments, the system may be used to automatically produce an item, such as a food item.

Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment container for discharging of a secondary battery used in the process of processing discharging of a secondary battery, in which a first upper plate and a second upper plate are rotatably disposed in a staggered manner on an upper side of a housing including a receiving space receiving a waste battery, thereby preventing the waste battery from floating during the discharging process.

Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment container for discharging of a secondary battery used in the process of processing discharging of a secondary battery, in which a first upper plate and a second upper plate are rotatably disposed in a staggered manner on an upper side of a housing including a receiving space receiving a waste battery, thereby preventing the waste battery from floating during the discharging process.

Abstract: A container for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof, the container including: a storage portion for containing a precursor material, and; a closing member to close the storage portion, at least part of the storage portion formed of a wood pulp based material, wherein the wood pulp based material includes a perforation region, which is treated to facilitate comparatively easier perforation by a penetrator of the machine than a portion that is not treated.

Abstract: A container for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff or a precursor thereof, the container including: a storage portion comprising a cavity with a base for containing a precursor material, and; a closing member to close the storage portion, at least a base region of the storage portion is formed of a wood pulp based material, wherein the storage portion includes stiffener portions, which are disposed to stiffen the base to resist displacement when the base is perforated by a penetrator of the machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic shipping container transformable between a reduced configuration having reduced height and an erected configuration, the container including a top segment and a bottom segment. The container bottom segment includes a rigid base panel having four corner fittings and the container top segment includes a rigid roof panel having four corner fittings. The container includes four corner posts each extending between a roof corner fitting and a base corner fitting and including a top element rigidly connected to the roof panel and a bottom element rigidly connected to the base panel, each corner post having a retractable/extendable configuration. The container is characterized in that the container includes a front-end panel having at least one hinged door leaf.

Abstract: A device for securely storing liquid hazardous material. The device includes a housing for receiving a storage container for the liquid hazardous material. The housing has a rear protective wall which is designed to protect a rear side of the storage container, a first and a second side protective wall which are designed to protect two side walls of the storage container, and a front protective wall which is designed to protect a front side of the storage container, and a fluid-permeable platform which is designed as a supporting surface for the storage container within the device, and a collection region which is fluidically connected to an inner region of the housing. The front protective wall is designed to be arranged on the storage container in order, when the storage container is received in the device, to form the housing.

Abstract: A storage tank hatch isolation system for a storage tank having a vertical riser attached to a top of the storage tank and having a cover with an aperture, a connecting member extending from a side of the vertical riser, a distal end of the connecting member being attached to a tank hatch, and a valve assembly assessable through the aperture in the cover, the valve assembly configured to be moved from an open position in which flow through the vertical riser to the connecting member is not obstructed, and a closed position in which flow through the vertical riser to the connecting member is obstructed.

Abstract: A stocker crane includes a drive motor configured to operate a wheel, a motor encoder connected to the drive motor, an external encoder connected to a timing belt, and a controller connected to the drive motor, the motor encoder, and the external encoder, in which the controller is configured to instruct the drive motor to move a position of the stocker crane, identify a command position based on information on a first rotational speed received from the motor encoder, identify a movement position based on information on a second rotational speed received from the external encoder, and control an operation of the drive motor based on a deviation between the command position and the movement position. A method of operating a stocker crane is also provided.