Abstract: A container assembly to facilitate liquid transfer from a donor container to a recipient container that includes utilizing a first container and a second container, whereby the second container has a piston coupled to a sidewall thereon in a watertight configuration and that is operably configured to linearly translate within a second container cavity. The assembly includes a container linking structure selectively removably couplable to the second container in a watertight and male-female coupling configuration, a stem member selectively removably couplable to the piston in a male-female coupling configuration and having a grasping portion thereon, and a straw member attached to the linking structure, wherein the stem member is configured to apply a force on the piston to linearly translate the piston to generate a negative pressure within the enclosed conduit for transportation of liquid configured to be housed in the first container cavity to the second container.

Abstract: The present application provides a child-resistant liquid dispensing closure apparatus, which includes a plunger and pipet, and preferably a dosage measuring system that is integrated that appears as the plunger is withdrawn from the pipet. The closure may be used for a bottle containing a liquid for oral administration of solutions, syrups, suspensions, elixirs, tinctures, concentrates, and the like.

Abstract: A tool for delivery and/or compaction of bone graft material includes a cannula with an inner lumen extending along a longitudinal axis from a hopper end of the cannula to a delivery tip of the cannula. A hopper with an internal volume for storing bone graft material is connected to the hopper end of the cannula with the internal volume of the hopper in communication with the inner lumen of the cannula for delivery of bone graft material from the hopper to the delivery tip of the cannula. An output shaft within the inner lumen extends along the longitudinal axis. The output shaft includes a helical screw thread extending radially outward from the output shaft toward an inner surface of the cannula. An actuator is connected to the hopper and to the output shaft to drive the output shaft rotationally relative to the hopper and to the cannula.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dropper type cosmetic container. The dropper type cosmetic container includes a container body for containing a cosmetic material therein; a fixing member fixedly coupled to the container body and formed with a cylinder; an elevating member coupled to the fixing member to move up or down and formed with a synthetic resin elastic body; a dropper tube connected to the fixing member to suck and discharge the cosmetic material contained in the container body; a rotating member rotatably coupled to the fixing member; and a push button moving up or down together with the elevating member and having one side coupled to a piston, wherein a movement limiting protrusion is formed on one side of the elevating member, and a movement limiting hole is formed in one side of the push button, so that the movement limiting protrusion is coupled to the movement limiting hole, thereby limiting a movement section of the push button and a compression range of the elastic body.

Abstract: The container for discharging contents includes a container body, in which contents are accommodated, and a dropper portion detachably coupled to an upper portion of the container body and configured to suction and discharge the contents in the container body, wherein the dropper portion includes: an inner cap detachably coupled to the upper portion of the container body; a pipette portion coupled to the inner cap to communicate with an inside of the inner cap and having at least part thereof accommodated in the container body to suction the contents; a pressing portion configured to discharge the contents suctioned into the pipette portion by pressing; and a button portion including an elastic member which is formed under the pressing portion to be disposed inside the inner cap and provides an elastic force to the pressing portion, wherein the elastic member is accommodated in an uncompressed state in the inner cap.

Abstract: The bone cement injection device includes an injection assembly and a filler assembly. The injection assembly includes a barrel, first needle member, second needle member, and plunger. The first needle member is movably housed inside the barrel, and includes a first member body, a first conduit, a side tube, and puller elements. The second needle member is housed in the first needle member, and includes a second member body, and a second conduit. A space is maintained between the first and second conduits. The plunger is joined to the first member body and is movably housed in the second member body. The filler assembly fills bone cement into the second member body. The first needle member is pulled backward, and the plunger injects the bone cement into the patient's bone. With an air compressor connected to the side tube, a negative pressure is created to facilitate bone cement injection.

Abstract: A tool for delivery and/or compaction of bone graft material includes a cannula with an inner lumen extending along a longitudinal axis from a hopper end of the cannula to a delivery tip of the cannula. A hopper with an internal volume for storing bone graft material is connected to the hopper end of the cannula with the internal volume of the hopper in communication with the inner lumen of the cannula for delivery of bone graft material from the hopper to the delivery tip of the cannula. An output shaft within the inner lumen extends along the longitudinal axis. The output shaft includes a helical screw thread extending radially outward from the output shaft toward an inner surface of the cannula. An actuator is connected to the hopper and to the output shaft to drive the output shaft rotationally relative to the hopper and to the cannula.

Abstract: A packaging and dispensing device (10) comprising: a container (14) for storing a first fluid composition (38); a pipette (54) removably inserted in the container; a plug (110) removably assembled to a dispensing end (66) of the pipette, said assembled pipette and plug defining an inner compartment for temporarily storing a second fluid composition (114) isolated from the first fluid composition; and a pressure supply device comprising: a support (86) assembled to a second end of the pipette; a compressible chamber (93) in fluid communication with the second end of the pipette; and a pressure member (82) able to move relative to the support, between a first and a second configurations. The device comprises locking elements (92, 106) for maintaining the pressure member in the second configuration with an increased pressure in the inner compartment.

Abstract: A curing applicator for curing a curable formulation as it is applied to a surface includes an applicator assembly extending from a base assembly. The applicator assembly is configured to apply the curable formulation to the surface. The curing applicator further includes a curing assembly configured to deliver a curing stimulus. The curing assembly extends from the base assembly and is positioned to follow the applicator as it applies the curable formulation to the surface.

Abstract: In an apparatus for automatically filling a pipette according to the present invention, only a predetermined air is supplied to a pipette assembly to which a substance is discharged, even if an excessive operation force is applied by a user, so it is possible to prevent a waste of the substance being unnecessarily discharged.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device comprising a power semiconductor module and a heat sink; and a method for its manufacture. The module has a cooling plate, with an opening delimited by a lateral first surface thereof extending circumferentially around the opening. The cooling plate is arranged in the opening and has a lateral first surface which extends circumferentially around the cooling plate. The two first surfaces are at a respective angle of less than 90° with respect to a main surface of the cooling plate facing the power semiconductor components. The two first surfaces are pressed together, extending circumferentially along the first surface of the cooling plate and extending circumferentially along the first surface of the heat sink. The inventive power semiconductor device has good heat conduction from the power semiconductor components to the heat sink through which a liquid can flow, and which is reliably leaktight over the long term.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid dropper allowing quantitative withdrawal and discharge, comprising a liquid-dropper tube formed with an annular projecting part around the outer circumferential rim at the upper end, a lid which is joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a through hole in the center, a liquid-dropper piston which is formed with a press pin at the lower end and is inserted inside the liquid-dropper tube and which passes through the through hole, a button which is provided joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper piston, and packing which is provided on the lower part of the annular discharge part of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a projecting part around a lower outer circumferential rim; and to a cosmetic container equipped with the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid dropper allowing quantitative withdrawal and discharge, comprising a liquid-dropper tube formed with an annular projecting part around the outer circumferential rim at the upper end, a lid which is joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a through hole in the center, a liquid-dropper piston which is formed with a press pin at the lower end and is inserted inside the liquid-dropper tube and which passes through the through hole, a button which is provided joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper piston, and packing which is provided on the lower part of the annular discharge part of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a projecting part around a lower outer circumferential rim; and to a cosmetic container equipped with the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the sterile filling of a disposable injector with a defined dose of an injection solution, wherein the disposable injector comprises a cylinder/piston unit with a cylinder and with a piston that can be pulled back manually. The defined dose of the injection solution is stored in an interior of a container of a needle syringe held in a bored stopper. The cylinder interior is connected to the container interior in a gas-tight and liquid-tight manner through the bored stopper. The cylinder/piston unit is filled by pulling back the piston or by pressing the needle syringe piston. With the present invention, a method and a device for filling a disposable injector are developed in which, without intermediate weighing or risk of inaccurate readings, the disposable injector can be filled with a defined dose of an injection solution from a syringe with a fused-in needle.

Abstract: A refillable travel dispenser having a fluid reservoir (1) including a top end that forms a neck (21), and a bottom end that forms a filling orifice (22) that is closed by a valve member (4); a pump (5) mounted on the top end of the reservoir (1); and a pusher mounted on the pump so as to actuate it. The reservoir (1) defines two internal compartments (C1, C2) that communicate with each other via an upper passage (31) situated in the proximity of the top end of the reservoir, and a lower passage (44) that is situated in the proximity of the bottom end of the reservoir, the valve member (4) being movable between a rest first seat (23) that closes the orifice (22) of the reservoir and a filling second seat (34) that closes the lower passage (44) during a filling step for filling the reservoir.

Abstract: A vertical round container (1) for storing liquids comprises a floating cover (6) covering the surface of the liquid. The cover is sealed in relation to the container wall by means of flexible sealing elements (18, 19) and includes, on the lower side thereof, at least one compartment (62) which is open towards the liquid and contains gaseous media/vapors. Devices (40a) are provided for determining the submersion depth of the cover, and supply/discharge lines (29) are provided for modifying the quantity of the gaseous medium in the at least one compartment. The supply/discharge lines for the gaseous medium are connected to a central unit (28) provided outside the container region.

Abstract: Medical devices and methods for delivering therapeutic fluids transcutaneously to a body of a patient via a fluid delivery device and an adapter is provided. A Luer slip connector is provided at a first connecting end of the adapter. A therapeutic fluid container is connected with the second connecting end such that the container's neck is received in the second connecting end and a hollow penetrating member provided in the adapter punctures the septum of the container to admit the therapeutic fluid into a needle-less syringe from the container. After, fluid emerges from the tip of the penetrating member, the second connecting end of the adapter is attached to the fluid delivery device, thereby filling the reservoir with the fluid and pushing the syringe plunger forward to inject fluid into reservoir.

Abstract: An adapter to be pressed into the neck of a bottle to receive a syringe for accessing the bottle contents by a syringe. The adapter has a distal end that extends into the bottle and a normally closed valve located at that distal end to prevent the contents from leaking out of the bottle if the bottle is inverted. An upper flange of the adapter seats against the top of the bottle and is recessed into the top of the bottle to prevent easy access to pry the adapter out of the bottle. A cap is also disclosed that is adapted to be pressed into the neck of a bottle. The cap has an upper lid that is hinged to a lower body to allow the upper hinge to move between a closed position sealing the bottle and an open position where the bottle is accessible by a syringe.

Abstract: A spuit type cosmetics container includes a main container and a spuit having a spuit tube thread-coupled with the main container. The spuit includes a cap, an up/down button, an elastic member, and a cam encasing the up/down button. One of the up/down button and the cam includes a cam protrusion and the other includes an inclined guide guiding the cam protrusion in an inclined direction such that rotation of the cap is transformed into ascending/descending of the up/down button. The up/down button automatically descends to suction the cosmetics accommodated in the main container into the spuit tube beyond a preset rotation angle when the spuit is thread-coupled with the main container, and automatically ascends to keep the cosmetics suctioned in the spuit tube when the spuit is separated from the main container, resulting in convenient use.

Abstract: Bone cement mixing and delivery devices and methods of using the devices are provided. The bone cement mixing and delivery devices and methods comprise a container having a bottom opening that can be sealed by a spacer in a syringe where movement of the plunger of the syringe moves the spacer away from the bottom opening in the container to dispense bone cement into the syringe. In some embodiments, the devices and methods increases efficiency and reduce the mess associated with transferring the bone cement to the syringe for delivery to a patient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cap for a cosmetic bottle. The cap for the cosmetic bottle includes a coupling member provided at the upper end thereof with a plurality of moving bars, a button member provided at an inner surface thereof with a plurality of moving grooves so that the moving bars are vertically inserted into the moving grooves, a pumping part being coupled with a lower end of a pumping member, an elastic member interposed between the coupling member and the button member, a rotating member rotatably coupled with an outside of the coupling member, an adjusting member rotatably inserted into an inner surface of an upper end of the rotating member, a button member outputting unit to allow the button member to vertically move up or down if the rotating member is rotated, and a coupling unit to couple the rotating member with the coupling member or the adjusting member.

Abstract: Metered dose applicators that irradiate a portion of light sensitive product. When a dropper applicator is secured to a reservoir, a usable volume inside the dropper is reduced. As the dropper is removed from the reservoir, the usable volume in the dropper increases, creating a suction within the dropper that draws product into the dropper from the reservoir. When the dropper is off the reservoir, then a button that is accessible to a user is used to increase and decrease the size of the usable volume. The button also turns on a light that is effective to activate the product as it is being dispensed from the dropper.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a fluid reservoir, a fluid suction chamber of variable volume that defines an extraction and application space; a dip tube that connects the reservoir to the chamber at an injection orifice that defines an injection axis; and a suction mechanism for sucking, during a suction stage, fluid from the reservoir into the chamber through the injection orifice. The injection orifice is situated a little way inside or outside the extraction and application space, such that the fluid is injected in the form of an axial jet into the extraction and application space and fills it, at least in part, without the injection orifice penetrating into the space.

Abstract: An improved, leak resistant, siphoning device that includes an elongated hollow body member, a means for filling and emptying the hollow body member, such as an elastomeric resilient suction bulb and a valve placed between the hollow member and the filling/emptying means. The suction bulb defines a chamber therein, so that when it is squeezed and released it will create suction to direct fluid up through the first open head end into the elongated hollow body member using pressure differential. Squeezing the suction bulb can release the liquid and partial solids held within the elongated hollow body member out of the first open head end. The suction bulb also has an optional opening for venting heated air from the bulb, and a means to selectively close the opening for creating vacuum or pressure required to draw or expel liquid from the tube.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid dropper allowing quantitative withdrawal and discharge, comprising a liquid-dropper tube formed with an annular projecting part around the outer circumferential rim at the upper end, a lid which is joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a through hole in the center, a liquid-dropper piston which is formed with a press pin at the lower end and is inserted inside the liquid-dropper tube and which passes through the through hole, a button which is provided joined to the upper end of the liquid-dropper piston, and packing which is provided on the lower part of the annular discharge part of the liquid-dropper tube and is formed with a projecting part around a lower outer circumferential rim; and to a cosmetic container equipped with the same.

Abstract: Metered dose applicators that irradiate a portion of light sensitive product. When a dropper applicator is secured to a reservoir, a usable volume inside the dropper is reduced. As the dropper is removed from the reservoir, the usable volume in the dropper increases, creating a suction within the dropper that draws product into the dropper from the reservoir. When the dropper is off the reservoir, then a button that is accessible to a user is used to increase and decrease the size of the usable volume. The button also turns on a light that is effective to activate the product as it is being dispensed from the dropper.

Abstract: A fluid supply includes a container, a bag within the container and a cap. The cap provides a fluid interface in communication with an interior of the bag and a pressurization interface in communication with an interior of the container adjacent an exterior of the bag. The pressurization interface has a channel that concentrically extends about the fluid interface.

Abstract: An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.

Abstract: An improved liquid handling needle device for use with the reconstitution of toxic drugs such as those used in chemotherapy and other applications. When diluent, in this example, is added through a septum into a sealed container, a positive pressure builds up. Aerosols containing the reconstituted drugs can be release through the punctured opening exposing personnel to potential contamination. This improved needle device provides a low-cost aerosol resistant vent channel between the outside diameter of the needle and the inside diameter of the tubular member holding it allowing gas diffusion from inside of the sealed container through the vent channel to the outside of the container when said needle device is inserted into the sealed container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for packaging and dispensing liquid comprising a receptacle for containing a supply of liquid and a refillable unit configured to be disposed in separable manner on the receptacle, comprising a storage chamber for containing the liquid and capable of being put into fluid communication with the receptacle in order to be filled therefrom when the refillable unit is placed on the receptacle and a pump capable of taking liquid from the receptacle when the refillable unit is placed thereon, and of taking liquid from the storage chamber when the refillable unit is separate from the receptacle, the pump having a pump chamber that is distinct from the storage chamber.

Abstract: The present invention is directed a system for coupling a macroactuator to a movable element of a micromachined device. The system includes a micromachined device, a first body for holding a macroactuator, a macroactuator mechanically mounted on the first body, a second body having a bore for receiving the first body, a screw arrangement for fixing the axial position of the first body within the bore of the second body, and a plate arrangement for mounting the micromachined device on the second body. The plate arrangement is mounted in such a way that the macroactuator exerts a predetermined force or pressure on a movable element of the micromachined device. The present invention further is directed to a pipetting module that includes the micromachined device and the macroactuator.

Abstract: A fuel supply device for direct methanol fuel cells includes a fuel tank for storing liquid fuel, a cavity plate formed on the fuel tank, the cavity plate storing liquid fuel transferred from the fuel tank, and a nozzle plate formed on the cavity plate, the nozzle plate ejecting upwardly the liquid fuel stored in the cavity plate, wherein a fuel tank body of the fuel tank includes a bellows type vessel capable of contracting and expanding. Accordingly, it is possible to actively control an amount of liquid fuel supplied by the fuel supply device to a fuel cell while minimizing electric power consumption, and to effectively remove by-products, thereby improving efficiency of the fuel cell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for distributing substances. The inventive device comprises a distribution container (1) for receiving the substance in question, said container having a closing unit (3) which is provided with a canula (11) for the substance to be distributed, the outer end (15) of said canula protruding from the closing unit (3). The inventive device is also provided with a safety device (5, 17) which can alternate between a protective state in which it covers the outer end (15) of the canula (11), and a user state for the distribution of the substance from the canula (11).

Abstract: The capsule (11), which can be screwed onto the threaded neck (3) of the bottle, coaxially forms the cylinder (15) of the syringe device; an element (21) inside the capsule (11) and surrounding the cylinder (15) forms an annular leaktight seal (21A) which can be tightened onto the edge (3B) of the neck (3) and fits inside the bottle neck by means of a shaped extension piece (21B); said element (21) accommodates, via a central hole, the cylinder (15) of the syringe device and surrounds it with an annular lip (21C) which extends toward the center of the bottle so as to wipe the outer surface of the cylinder as the capsule is fitted with a safety cap (29) and a seal (33).

Abstract: A liquid dosage dispenser includes a bottle and a dispenser apparatus supported on the bottle having a housing or sleeve extending into the bottle and a plunger device having a through passageway extending into the housing for longitudinal movement therein. The housing includes an opening through which liquid in the bottle can be drawn into the housing. A helical channel and one or more vertical channels are provided in the housing. The plunger device is rotatable within the housing to permit a follower extending from the plunger device to ride in the helical channel to move the plunger longitudinally in the housing. As the plunger moves upwardly within the housing, a preselected amount of liquid is drawn into the housing. When the follower is positioned in a vertical channel associated with a desired dosage level, the plunger may be forced downwardly to deliver the desired dosage through the passageway and out of the dispenser.

Abstract: A liquid dosage dispenser includes a bottle and a dispenser apparatus supported on the bottle having a housing extending into the bottle and a plunger device extending into the housing for longitudinal movement therein. The housing includes an opening through which liquid in the bottle can be drawn into the housing, with one of the housing and plunger device including a stop system of predetermined configuration and the other of the housing and plunger device including a follower for contacting the stop system. The plunger is rotatable with respect to the housing to align the follower with a desired portion of the stop system, with the follower and stop system, when aligned, allowing the plunger to be moved longitudinally along the housing until the follower contacts the stop system to draw a predetermined amount of liquid through the opening into the housing. The dispenser is removable from the bottle to allow the predetermined amount of liquid to be dispensed through the opening.

Abstract: The present invention is for a method for treating photographic waste comprising dispensing at least one photographic waste treatment agent from a holder containing at least one treatment agent receptacle and selectively operable releasing means for releasing at least one photographic waste treatment agent from the treatment agent receptacle into a photographic waste receptacle for treating photographic waste received therein; wherein the holder is capable of being arranged in association with the waste receptacle such that on operation of the releasing means, photographic waste treatment agent is released into the waste receptacle.

Abstract: A liquid dosage dispenser includes a bottle and a dispenser apparatus supported on the bottle having a housing extending into the bottle and a plunger device extending into the housing for longitudinal movement therein. The housing includes an opening through which liquid in the bottle can be drawn into the housing, with one of the housing and plunger device including a stop system of predetermined configuration and the other of the housing and plunger device including a follower for contacting the stop system. The plunger is rotatable with respect to the housing to align the follower with a desired portion of the stop system, with the follower and stop system, when aligned, allowing the plunger to be moved longitudinally along the housing until the follower contacts the stop system to draw a predetermined amount of liquid through the opening into the housing. The dispenser is removable from the bottle to allow the predetermined amount of liquid to be dispensed through the opening.

Abstract: A childproof device (1) for holding and dispensing liquids, in particular medicines, that provides precise dosages of liquid, comprising a bottle (2), a cap (5) which is irremovable from the bottleneck (4), said cap being associated with a hollow cylinder (6) extending axially to near the bottle bottom (3) and a reciprocating dispenser comprising a barrel (8) and a plunger (9). The dispenser provides the only means of getting medicine out of the bottle since the cylinder associated with the cap prevents the contents of the bottle from being poured or shaken out. The device is easily assembled and can be stored, sold and used as supplied by the manufacturer.

Abstract: A surgical cement cartridge, for loading with surgical cement and for ejecting surgical cement at a surgical site, comprises a substantially tubular casing comprising a peripheral wall surrounding a longitudinal passage, the passage having an open front end and a remote rear end. A first piston unit is located in the passage for free sliding movement from the front end towards the rear end in response to input of surgical cement into the front end of the casing. A second piston unit is located in the passage adjacent the rear end for forcible driving forward along the passage to cause the first piston unit to eject cement from the first casing end toward a surgical site, the second piston unit having seal mechanism for positively blocking flow of surgical cement axially therepast.

Abstract: In a spare bottle for an ink refilling of piston-type fountain pens or of writing implements fitted with an ink reservoir and an ink conducting system, in which refilling container (10) is provided with an attachment (13) having a substantially cylindrical docking section for the fluid-tight accommodation of a connecting piece to a refillable writing fluid chamber, more particularly for the accommodation of a terminal section of a piston-type fountain pen (14) facing the nib or a refillable ink cartridge (15) and can be closed by means of a cap portion (12) with the aid of a screwed, plugged or clipped connection, the docking section (13) further possessing a sealing collar for engaging into the neck of the refilling container (10), which is comprised of soft, elastic plastic.

Abstract: An assembly or a container including such an assembly which allows powder contents to be dispensed into a cap prior to the removal of the cap, the position of the thread engaged cap relative to the body of the container determining, to some extent, the volume of the materials being dispensed, the container otherwise being closable prior to the removal of the cap with the dispensed contents.

Abstract: An injection pen apparatus (30) for medicament injection including a medicament cartridge assembly (31) formed to receive and contain a medicament therein. A holding sleeve (34) is provided which is dimensioned to receive the medicament cartridge assembly (31) therein which mates with a solution transfer device (35) including an axially movable displacement rod (36). The injection pen apparatus (30) further includes a coupling mechanism (37) removably coupling the solution transfer device (35) to both a plunger (32) slidably movable in the cartridge (33) and to the holding sleeve (34). A sleeve mounting assembly (40) of the coupling mechanism (37) removably mounts the coupling mechanism to the holding sleeve (34).

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method for filling grease guns. The apparatus comprises a top member sealingly and slidable engageable with the interior of a grease container having a generally uniform or non-uniform cross-section. The top member including a socket for sealingly and removably receiving a grease gun body, whereby drawing of grease into the grease gun by rearward movement of a piston in the grease gun body provides suction which causes the top member to inwardly in the grease container and the grease top be forced into the grease gun body.

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing bone cement and containing the mixed bone cement preparatory to dispensing. The mixing chamber has an outlet for the mixed cement. A cartridge has an inlet releasably coupled to the outlet of the mixing chamber for receiving mixed bone cement therefrom. Structure is provided for moving cement from an upper region of the mixing chamber down into a lower region thereof to mix same and for moving such mixed cement off an inner surface of the mixing chamber and into the cartridge.

Abstract: A cup is provided with a flexible lip containing a duct having an end provided with a flexible valve which is opened by pinching the lip; the duct communicates with a receptacle containing the beverage and the wall of the receptacle is made from a flexible material so as to expand when a liquid is injected into the receptacle and to exert on the liquid a pressure tending to expel the liquid from the receptacle; a cover is provided for storing the cup and includes a filling and washing area.

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing bone cement and containing the mixed bone cement preparatory to dispensing. The mixing chamber has an outlet for the mixed cement. A cartridge has an inlet releasably coupled to the outlet of the mixing chamber for receiving mixed bone cement therefrom. Structure is provided for moving cement from an upper region of the mixing chamber down into a lower region thereof to mix same and for moving such mixed cement off an inner surface of the mixing chamber and into the cartridge.

Abstract: A non-aerosol liquid dispenser comprising a container having a preformed elastomeric diaphragm secured therein. The diaphragm stretches during filling of the container to create a return force which causes dispensing when a manually operated valve is actuated. The diaphragm includes a one-way valve which, during filling of the container, operates to permit air trapped beneath the diaphragm to enter the space above the diaphragm where the liquid is being supplied. The trapped air is expelled during the first actuation of the manually operated valve.

Abstract: A device for mixing and dispensing fluid is disclosed and comprises first and second containers each having a valve for dispensing fluid. The valve is normally biased to a closed position and operable against said bias to an open position. Piston and cylinder elements define a chamber for receiving the fluids. The piston element is movable in response to dispensing of fluid into said chamber. The piston element is operably connected to the valves and exerts a force on the valves to maintain them in an open position. The mixed fluids in the chamber are thereafter dispensed through a handpiece.

Abstract: A drop dispenser for liquid or pasty substances such as beauty creams has a bottle and a stoppering device in which the stoppering device includes a piston spring biased to resist depression of the piston to dispense the contents of the bottle drop-by-drop.