Abstract: A refill for devices for evaporating volatile substances includes a body (1) provided with a neck (2). The body has a first coupling means (4; 5; 6) for coupling the body to a device (10; 20; 30) for evaporating volatile substances and also at least a second coupling means (4; 5; 6) for coupling the body to a device for evaporating volatile substances (10; 20; 30). The refill can be used with different devices for evaporating volatile substances by using one of said coupling means, depending on the means provided in the device.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing: a cellulose acylate (A); a thermoplastic elastomer (B); and a fiber (C).

Abstract: A vase including sidewalls; an open upper end; a vase bottom; and at least one water-receiving compartment. The water receiving compartment is substantially located proximal to the vase bottom, configured to hold water, and includes at least one flower support base including at least one aperture which is spaced apart from the vase bottom. The at least one aperture is configured to allow water to pass there-through and configured or disposed to prevent stems of the flowers to pass through. As a result, when in use, flowers in the vase are prevented from consuming the water in the compartment, while water held in the receiving compartment provides weight to stabilize the vase.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system box for holding a bag system and methods for separating composite liquids are described. In embodiments, a bag system may be a blood bag system used to collect blood, separate the blood into components, store the components, and utilize the components in patients. The system box may hold the blood bag system. Processes can then be performed to separate components from the blood.

Abstract: A method for producing a glass container by: a) providing a forming vessel, and b) providing a forming die comprising an outer surface, c) placing the forming die in the forming vessel, in a forming position, in which a receiving space is defined between the inner surface of the forming vessel and the outer surface of the forming die, a deformable glass gob extending partially into the receiving space, d) cooling the deformed glass gob while keeping the glass gob in the forming position in the forming vessel and the forming die, and then e) retracting the forming die.

Abstract: A container made of silicone resin is sufficiently compactable in a collapsed state. The container includes a tubular barrel portion, a bottom portion having a flat surface, a mouth portion having an opening, and a lid portion sealing the opening of the mouth portion, with at least the barrel portion and the bottom portion formed by molding. One end of a binder is attached to the mouth portion and can hold the rolled-up barrel portion and the bottom portion.

Abstract: The replacement bottle cap according has a circular lid. An annular skirt extends downward from the lid to provide an opening for receipt of a threaded neck of a bottle. The skirt has internal threads to engage corresponding threads on an external portion of the neck of a bottle. The lid is permeable to a magnetic field. A magnet is located in the cylindrical opening adjacent the lid. A decorative object extends upwardly from the lid. A decorative object is attracted to the magnet so the object is securely held to the lid. The decorative object is detachable from the lid by pulling on the object sufficiently to overcome the force exerted by the magnet on the object. At least a first connector extends from the outside of the skirt for receipt of a mating connector.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles that incorporate one or more of: fins that are molded in, attached individually or in a finned section; a base section adapting a finned bottle for transport in a track or conveyor of bottling machinery; aerodynamic noses and nosecones, attachable to the neck or bottom of a bottle, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, also optionally acting as a stand for the bottle; a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor; noses, fins and finned sections that are reversible; a crush zone for absorbing impact energy; a pump for providing thrust or structural pressure, some incorporated into the bottle product and others provided externally, and for launchable products, nozzles and mechanisms for containing thrust pressure. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: The neutral glass according to the present invention is characterized by excellent hydrolytic stability, a relatively low processing temperature and low content of boron oxide. Here, the neutral glass has the following composition, in percent by weight based on oxide content: SiO2, 70-79; B2O3, 0-<5; Al2O3, <5; ZrO2, 0.5-<5; TiO2, 0.5-6; Na2O, 1-6; K2O, 3 to 8; and Li2O, 0-0.5, wherein a total amount of SiO2 and B2O3 is less than 83 percent by weight.

Abstract: A drinking bottle assembly includes a bottle having a cavity for storing a fluid and a neck that forms an opening at a dispensing end of the bottle. A removable collar at least partially covers the bottle neck and provides a generally smooth outer surface for a person's mouth and lips to contact when drinking from the bottle. The collar includes a neck attachment for retaining the collar on the bottle. A removable cap can be selectively attached to the collar for opening and closing the bottle.

Abstract: Process of hot-filling a plastic container comprising a side wall connected to a neck and to a base, with a liquid or viscous product; process consisting in at least filling the container with a product at high temperature, hermetically sealing the container, cooling the container and its contents; process characterized in that a plastic container is used for which the linear thermal expansion coefficient of the side wall is greater than 0.00014 m/(m.K) and in that the container is allowed to expand and shrink at least as much as its contents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new salt forms of 5-(2,4-dihydroxy-5-isopropyl-phenyl)-4-(4-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-phenyl)-isoxazole-3-carboxylic acid ethylamide, in particular the mesylate, hydrochloride, tartrate, phosphate and hemi fumarate salt thereof; to crystalline forms of such salts; to polymorphs of 5-(2,4-dihydroxy-5-isopropyl-phenyl)-4-(4-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-phenyl)-isoxazole-3-carboxylic acid ethylamide; to hydrates and polymorphs of the new salt forms mentioned above; to the use of the new salt forms mentioned above for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disorder mediated by Hsp90; to a method for treating a disorder mediated by Hsp90 using the new salt forms; to formulations comprising such salt forms, in particular aqueous solutions suitable for intravenous administration; and to amber glass containers being filled with such formulations.

Abstract: A beverage bottle includes a lower container, and an upper container detachably mounted on the lower container. The lower container includes a lower bottle body. The upper container includes an upper bottle body and a strainer secured on the upper bottle body and detachably mounted on the lower bottle body of the lower container. Thus, when the water is poured outwardly from the upper bottle body of the upper container, the solid beverage item is stopped by the strainer of the upper container to prevent the beverage item from being dropped outwardly from the upper bottle body of the upper container to facilitate the user drinking the water.

Abstract: A drinking bottle assembly includes a bottle having a cavity for storing a fluid and a neck that forms an opening at a dispensing end of the bottle. A removable collar at least partially covers the bottle neck and provides a generally smooth outer surface for a person's mouth and lips to contact when drinking from the bottle. The collar includes a neck attachment for retaining the collar on the bottle. A removable cap can be selectively attached to the collar for opening and closing the bottle.

Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed that include polyester polymers or copolymers having incorporated therein metallic nickel particles that improve the reheat properties of the compositions. Processes for making such compositions are also disclosed. The nickel particles may be incorporated in the polyester by melt compounding, or may be added at any stage of the polymerization, such as during the melt-phase of the polymerization. A range of particle sizes may be used, as well as a range of particle size distributions. The polyester compositions are suitable for use in packaging made from processes in which a reheat step is desirable.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a beverage contained in a container comprising: a container sterilizing process for sterilizing at least an inner surface of a container; a beverage sterilizing process for sterilizing a beverage; a filling process for filling the sterilized beverage in the sterilized container at a temperature within a range from 1° C. to 40° C.; a sealing process for sealing the container filled with the beverage with a sterilized cap; and a positive container-internal-pressure maintaining process made before sealing of the container for maintaining a positive internal pressure of the container after sealing, the container sterilizing process, filling process, positive container-internal-pressure maintaining process and sealing process being respectively performed in an aseptic space. There is also provided an apparatus for carrying out this method.

Abstract: A bottle is provided with a visual camouflage appearance. Walls of the bottle include an outer first layer, a middle second layer and an optionally inner third layer. The first layer is transparent. The third layer can include a contrast coloring agent. The second layer includes foamed unevenly distributed regions arranged to create a camouflage appearance.

Abstract: A methodology 40 which utilizes a container 10 which may be selectively filled with fluid 14, such as water, or another type of beverage, and which includes horoscope information 22.

Abstract: A container can have a body with an integrally formed base attached to the body. The base includes a concave annular wall extending from the container sidewall to a standing surface, and an inner wall extending from the standing surface to a substantially flat inner annular wall. The inner annular wall is recessed in the base and is substantially perpendicular to the container sidewall. The inner annular wall includes a centrally located dimple. The dimple includes a plurality of spaced apart and radially extending indented ribs. One or more of the ribs extend radially into a brace that tapers to meet the inner annular wall.

Abstract: A bottle for alcoholic or non alcoholic beverages has a hollow body part defining an inner space for filling an alcoholic or non alcoholic beverage, at least one electrical/electronic device integrated in the hollow body part without interfering with a content of the bottle and having a light generating unit and a sensing unit selected from the group consisting of a contact sensor, a movement sensor, and both operative for activating the light generating unit for producing light in response to an action selected from the group consisting of a contact, a movement, and both in a vicinity of the device.

Abstract: A coated ceramic article wherein the coating comprises a crosslinked (meth)acrylic resin.

Abstract: A wide neck bottle for dispensing promotional items including a housing including a top section and a bottom section defining an interior cavity for receiving at least one promotional item, a securing element for removably securing the top section to the bottom section, a neck included in the top section including a substantially circular opening, and a cap removably connected to the neck and at least partially covering the opening, the cap including an elongated slot for inserting currency to the interior cavity via the neck, the elongated slot having a length greater than 24 millimeters.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture and a method of making the articles are provided. The articles of manufacture comprise CpFlu metallocene catalyzed polypropylene homopolymers and C2–C3 random copolymers having narrow molecular weight distributions and low xylene solubles (or extractables) contents. Because of a number of desirable properties, the polypropylene homopolymers and C2–C3 random copolymers may be used to prepare a wide variety of useful articles, including but not limited to cast films, such as packaging; fibers suitable for use in fabrics and carpet applications, and injection and blow molded items such as bottles.

Abstract: Assembly (1) adapted to contain a fluid, in particular a cosmetic fluid, including a bottle (2) extending in an elongate direction (6) and including a neck (30), a substantially tubular base (4) substantially covering the bottle and retaining part adapted to hold the bottle in the base. The retaining part including a collar (16) bearing on the bottle about its neck, a tubular member (8) and hooking part (18, 20). The tubular member (8) includes elastic part (10) disposed between a first portion (12) and a second portion (14) of the tubular member in order to be able to vary the distance between the first portion (12) and the second portion (14) of the tubular member, the tubular member (8) being connected to the base (4) by its second portion (14). The hooking part is adapted to secure the collar (16) to the first portion (12) of the tubular member.

Abstract: A squeezable bottle is provided that has a hollow body with an intermediate panel section that is bounded by upper and lower recessed reinforcing rings. The intermediate panel comprises a plurality of recessed gripper rings, each of which is bounded by a pair a raised reinforcing rings. A plurality of recessed vertical ribs extends between the upper and lower recessed reinforcing rings and through the raised reinforcing rings. The vertical ribs are spaced asymmetrically about the vertical axis of the bottle.

Abstract: The left arm 5 is provided on a side face adjacent to the opening 23 of the body part 3. The left arm 5 is formed of a tubular shaped cloth used for wetsuit in its diameter less than that of the body 3. Adjacent to the forefront of the left arm 5, a male piece 15 is sewn on the inside of the arm via a rubber strip 16 so as the piece to be housed in the left arm 5. Adjacent to the forefront of the right arm 7, a female piece 17 is sewn in a similar manner. A user of the holder rolls up the left arm 5 and the right arm 7 slightly so as to expose the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 therefrom, then the female piece 17 is inserted into the male piece 15 so that both pieces are in a locked-state. In this way, the PET bottle holder 1 is in a suspended state. Hence, during the unengaged state, both the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 are accommodated respectively in the left arm and the right arm.

Abstract: The present invention is a unique prescription label, printed on one side that allows a consumer to check and verify the accuracy of the prescribed medication as well as to provide additional information on the medication container by increasing the usable size and area of the prescription label with an informational tab extending radially from the container, the present invention also provides a means for easy application of the prescription label onto the container by scoring the facing on the first portion and second portion of the label and scoring the backing of the second portion of the label in order to create an even fold between the two portions.

Abstract: A vocal container cap includes a cap portion and a vocal assembly received in the cap portion. When the cap portion is fully closed onto a container mouth, an elastic switch associated with a movable member of the vocal assembly is pressed against a contact on a circuit board supported on a fixed member of the vocal assembly to disable the vocal container cap. And when the cap portion is twisted to loosen from the container mouth, a spring lifts the movable member to separate the elastic switch from the contact and thereby actuates the vocal container cap to sound or voice.

Abstract: A preblended additive composition and process for the preparation of polyester resins useful in the manufacture of plastic containers such as bottles is disclosed. The additive composition includes a cobalt-containing compound that is preblended with a phosphorous compound. The polyester resin, e.g., a PET resin, may be prepared by reacting ethylene glycol with dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) or terephthalic acid (TA) in an esterification reaction. The additive composition may be prepared by quickly dumping the phosphorus compound into the cobalt compound such as cobalt acetate, and the resulting composition is added to the reactor vessel before the polycondensation reaction. On the other hand, the additive composition may be prepared by slowly dumping the phosphorus compound into the cobalt compound over a period of at least 5 minutes. Such preblending substantially eliminates any yellow or blue color, or haze in the product article.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a glass container having provided on at least one surface thereof a polymer based coating and/or a polymer label, said surface being provided with a precoating of at least one polyvinyl alcohol, underneath said polymer based coating and/or a polymer label.

Abstract: A container body of which length in the longitudinal direction or a part thereof is formed into horizontal accordion shape except the tap portion, wherein a force in one direction acts on a piece of folds constituting the accordion shape and/or a part of inner periphery, while a force in the opposite direction acts on the outer periphery thereof, when a force from a substantially right-angle direction thereof is applied to the accordion-shaped portion of said container body, thereby a compressed state in a longitudinal direction is maintained.

Abstract: A universal bottle that interfits into a plurality of different housings for liquid vaporization devices. Two of the current commercial devices have specially constructed bottles that are not interchangeable, that is, the bottle intended for use with one of the commercial devices cannot be used with the other device and vice versa. The present bottle is dimensioned so as to interfit into both of the commercial devices and has a neck having an opening and two sets of opposite external surfaces that are dimensioned so that in one orientation, the bottle will fit into one of the commercial devices, and, by rotating the bottle a predetermined amount to another orientation, the bottle can be operatively inserted into the other of the commercial devices. In each instance, a locking system on the bottle cooperates with the housing of the commercial device to retain the bottle in its operative position.

Abstract: Since the disinfectant solution bottle has a detachable section and a sealing section, the disinfectant solution bottle can be connected to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank of the cleaning and disinfecting unit in a watertight manner; the mouth section of the bottle is closed with the sealing section before the disinfectant solution bottle is attached to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank; and while the disinfectant solution is being connected to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank, the disinfectant solution or concentrated disinfectant solution in the disinfectant solution bottle can flow into the disinfectant solution tank via the inlet because the inside of the disinfectant solution bottle and the inside of the disinfectant solution tank can communicate with each other in a watertight manner cut off from the outside, for example, due to automatic rupture of the sealing section when the disinfectant bottle is attached to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank.

Abstract: Security tags for bottles containing valuable or controlled substances are concealed in hidden depressions in the bottle walls and beneath the bottle labels. The security tags are effectively invisible. Alternatively, the hidden depressions may contain fake security tags or the bottles may be molded with integral fake security tags in the depressions.

Abstract: A sounding device includes an assembly housing. A sensor including a clock signal defines a base level capacitance. A circuit medium is located within the assembly housing and includes a control circuit and an output circuit. The control circuit is operatively connected to the sensor, and adapted for generating a signal output in response to a threshold change in the base level capacitance. A loudspeaker is operatively connected to the output circuit, and is activated by the signal output for producing outwardly radiating acoustical energy in a frequency range sufficient to be heard by a user.

Abstract: A preform having a small content of acetaldehyde can be advantageously produced by forming a vent, from which air is exhausted during molding, at a specific position of a molding machine in order for an aromatic polyester to be advantageously exposed under reduced pressure in a molten state when a preform of the aromatic polyester is injection molded.

Abstract: A spill-resistant container for storing and dispensing a liquid, the container having a curved neck which prevents the liquid from spilling when being poured out of the opening of the container. For example, the spill-resistant container may have a curved neck in the form of a number “7 ”, a letter “Z ” or a letter “S ”. When the spill-resistant container that is full of liquid is tilted such that the liquid level inside the container is higher than the liquid level at the opening of the container, no liquid flows out of the container. The liquid will start to flow out of the container only after the container is tilted beyond a predetermined start-to-pour angle. The start-to-pour angle is reached when the container is tilted enough so that the outside air starts to enter the container and the liquid inside the container starts to flow out of the container. This design makes pouring a liquid from a full container much less likely to spill.

Abstract: A bottling apparatus has a frame having a horizontally extending upper portion and a horizontally extending lower portion separated from the upper portion by an open space and an endless conveyor element on the frame having a horizontal lower stretch in the frame lower portion, an upper stretch above the space in the frame upper portion, and upstream and downstream upright stretches extending between and interconnecting upstream and downstream ends of the upper and lower stretches. A drive advances the element continuously in a horizontal transport direction in the lower stretch. A plurality of holders secured to the element each form a transverse row of seats adapted to fit snugly around necks of respective bottles which are loaded into the holders at the upstream end of the lower stretch with mouths of the bottles open upward into the space and the bottles hanging by their necks from the lower stretch.

Abstract: An audio device for a capped medication container to record and playback medication instructions has a housing which carrier a power supply, an input component (i.e., microphone or input jack), an audio output component (speaker), an electronic data and operating memory, and operating control buttons and may be adapted for releasable attachment to a capped upper end or a closed lower end of a medication carrier.

Abstract: A container can be configured as either a bottle or a drinking vessel. The bottle has a base which is detachable. A drinking vessel is formed by removing the base from the hollow body of the bottle, inverting the hollow body of the bottle, and reattaching the top of the bottle to the base. In the bottle configuration, a locking band connects the base of the bottle to the hollow body of the bottle. The locking band also acts as a tamper-evident seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package for foods on the basis of green colored, ultraviolet radiation absorbing soda-lime glass that is permeable to visible light and has a dominant wavelength of 500 to 575 nm, which glass, as compared with the weight of the glass, contains at least 1.5% by weight of iron, calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and at least 0.10% by weight of chromium, calculated as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Abstract: A container holding two separate components, which are mixed prior to use is provided. The container comprises a housing defining a first compartment having a sealable opening and a neck portion between said first compartment and said opening. The container further comprises a displaceable member which is disposed within the housing which has a partition wall with an edge adapted for sealing engagement with the internal wall of the neck portion, thereby defining a second compartment sealed from the first compartment and being in flow communication with the opening. The displaceable member is axially displaceable between two positions along an axis extending through the neck portion. These two positions comprise a first position where the edge of the partition wall sealably engages the internal walls of the neck portion, and a second position where the edge of the partition wall and the internal walls of the neck portion are disengaged, permitting flow communication between the two compartments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packing for foods on the basis of green colored soda-lime glass absorbing UV radiation and transmitting visible light, which glass consists of: at least 2.5 wt. % iron, calculated as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, at least 12 wt. % sodium, calculated as Na.sub.2 O, and at most 4 wt. % aluminum, calculated as Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Abstract: The present invention provides blow bottles of a polyolefin resin having excellent transparency by the utilization of characteristics of the polypropylene. That is, they are the blow bottles of a polyolefin resin obtained by subjecting, to an extrusion blow molding method, a composition having a melt flow rate at 230.degree. C. of 0.5 to 10 g/10 minutes prepared by blending (A) 70 to 99.99% by weight of a propylene random copolymer of multi-component system having a crystalline melting point of 110.degree. to 145.degree. C. and containing 3 to 10% by weight of ethylene units with (B) a certain amount of two or three kinds of polyethylenes selected from 15 to 0.01% by weight of a straight-chain low-density polyethylene, 4 to 0.01% by weight of a low-density polyethylene and 4 to 0.01% by weight of a high-density polyethylene.

Abstract: An in-mold label material is a nonwoven mat of fibers having one side fused with the outer surface of a polymeric container and the other side coated with a pigment-containing latex suitable for printing thereon. The label paper is manufactured from commercially available fibers combined in water into a homogeneous mixture and then formed into a mat employing a wet-lay process. For use with polyethylene containers, the label may be a web consisting of 88-100% polyethylene fibers and 0-15% polyvinyl alcohol fibers or 70-100% polyethylene fibers, 0-15% polyvinyl alcohol fibers and 0-30% polypropylene fibers. For use with polyester containers, the label may be a web consisting of 50-90% polyester staple fibers, 10-40% bicomponent polyester/co-polyester, core/sheath binder fibers and 0-10% polyvinyl alcohol binder fibers thermally bonded together. The nonwoven web of fibers has a pigmented coating.

Abstract: A drinking vessel, preferably a beer mug, includes a sound-generating circuit in the base of the mug which produces a "burping" sound effect. An actuation switch is located in the base which is responsive to the proximity between the bottom of the mug and a support surface upon which it rests. The sound-generating circuit is housed in a bottom portion of the mug which is releasably affixed to the fluid-containing top portion by interlocking lugs and slots. The "burping" sound effect is played only when the vessel is put down on a support surface.

Abstract: A bottle is recycled into a new article of manufacture. A container for articles is thus formed. Two simple cuts are made into a bottle, the neck recycled and the base formed into a holding cavity. A fold-over flap secures the articles in the cavity. Preferably, a loop is provided on the fold-over flap to be used with a button on the base of the bottle. The device provides a secondary use for a soda bottle and is an alternative to merely crushing the same for recycling into other products.

Abstract: A base stand for use with a plastic bottle having a hemispherical bottom includes a thin-wall cylindrical sheath portion and a thin toroidal-shaped base portion having a lowermost rim defining a seating ring. The sheath portion engages the side wall of the bottle and the toroidal-shaped base wall contacts and supports the bottle hemispherical bottom. The base stand is formed by bringing organic plastic material to orientation temperature and drawing the heated plastic material over a conical mandril to form a thin-wall tube. The resulting thin-wall tube is pressed against a forming plate to roll one end of the thin-wall tube in on itself to form a toroid.

Abstract: A base configuration for use with biaxially stretched blow molded PET containers is provided. In particular, the base includes a concave spherical portion disposed at a central position on the base. A first protruding circular member is formed around the circumference of the concave spherical portion. An annular groove is disposed around the first protruding circular member. A second protruding circular member is formed around the circumference of the annular groove. Five legs extend radially outward from the second protruding circular member. The outer surface of each leg subtends an angle of 72 degrees, and a curved rib is formed between every pair of legs, the ribs having an umbrella bone structure and each of the ribs subtending an angle of 0 degree, whereby the base of the container has an increased internal pressure resistance and thus prevents cracking in the base.

Abstract: A process for producing a frozen whole juice product, in which juice is frozen in plastic containers that have substantially planar faces after freezing.