Abstract: A waste container includes a top chamber, a base chamber, upper and lower lids, and a drive mechanism mechanically coupling the lower lid with the upper lid. The top chamber has a first opening for receiving waste, and the base chamber has a second opening for receiving waste from the top chamber. The upper lid is disposed on the top chamber and moves between a closed position covering the first opening and an open position exposing the first opening. The lower lid is disposed on the base chamber and moves between a closed position covering the second opening and an open position exposing the second opening. The drive mechanism is actuated so as to move the lower lid to the open position when the upper lid moves to the closed position from the open position. The lower lid returns to the closed position when the upper lid is in the closed position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a candy storage and dispenser device. A multi-compartment dispensing device offers a unique device for storing and dispensing candy. Accordingly, multiple types and/or colors of candy may be contained in a transparent housing to create a very colorful presentation. Any number of candy types, including powdered, beads, pellets and the like, may be stored and dispensed with the multi-compartment device. The compartments are joined by a series of apertures which may, or may not, be regulated by a movable barricade. Then, when desired, the multiple candies are dispensed through the series of compartment apertures and a dispensing aperture. One version comprises a flute-shaped device having an operational mouthpiece.

Abstract: A dual-container package includes a closure having a body with a first annular wall extending from the body, a second annular wall extending from the body within the first annular wall, a first dispensing opening extending through the body from between the first and second annular walls, and a second dispensing opening extending through the body from within the second annular wall. A first container is mounted to the closure by the first annular wall, and a second container is disposed within the first container and mounted to the closure by the second annular wall. The containers and the annular walls have structure for holding the containers in a predetermined angular orientation with respect to each other. In the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, this structure includes internal beads on the annular walls received by snap fit within external channels on the neck finishes of the containers.

Abstract: Packaging for ready-to-use compound products which consists of a container (1) open in the upper part, a dispenser (11) and an element (21) which define an inner compartment (18) for a first component of the product and other inner compartments (23, 24) for other components of the product. The container (1) is closed by a film (17) which is adhered to the flanged edge (3) of the lateral wall (2) of the container (1); the compartment (23) is closed by means of the sliding element (21) which defines, at the same time, the compartment (24), closed by the same closure element (17) of the container (1) or by an independent closure element, the compartment (24) can be provided with. When the other inner compartments (23, 24) are closed it is impossible that their content mixes with the content of the inner compartment (18).

Abstract: A cup assembly includes a cup (10) and a lid (20) to define therebetween a first passage and a second passage to allow a liquid cooling compartment between the lid (20) and the cup (10) to be filled with liquid contained in the cup when the first passage is clear and the second passage is blocked and the liquid in the liquid cooling compartment is able to flow out of an outlet (23) in communication with the liquid cooling compartment when the second passage is clear and the first passage is blocked.

Abstract: A bottle is described herein. The bottle generally includes a first end, a second end, at least one removable support, at least one support groove clip operably connected to the at least one removable support, a first opening disposed at the first end, a second opening disposed at the second end, at least two caps adapted for securing the first opening and the second opening, a divider disposed proximate a center of the bottle and a handle disposed proximate the center.

Abstract: A dual chamber nursery bottle including upper and lower cylindrical shaped chambers disposed on a common axis one above the other and separated from one another by a rotatable valve assembly that is disposed on the common axis and in contact with the upper and lower chambers.

Abstract: An escape hood, comprising a respirator, having an air filter suitable for filtering toxic air contaminants and positioning members to retain the respirator in a respiratory path of the user; an optical lens; a expanding member, permitting hood to expand from a compact storage configuration to a usage configuration; a sealing structure, around said air filter, for preserving said filter during storage; and an unsealing mechanism, adapted to allow a user to withdraw the escape hood from a storage vessel, wherein during withdrawal, said sealing structure is automatically unsealed. An escape hood system is also provided, comprising: an array of storage vessels, each vessel being adapted to receive a sealed escape hood; a retainer, for retaining a sealed escape hood within the vessel, wherein the escape hood is unsealed during withdrawal of the escape hood from a storage vessel; and an electronic sensor for determining an occupancy of a storage vessel.

Abstract: A multi-chambered container assembly including a two-piece adapter having a base and a hollow member that cooperate to open and close a passage between a first chamber provided by a bottle and a second chamber formed in the hollow member. The base defines a first opening and has a substantially semi-spherical concave wall surrounding the first opening, and the hollow member includes a substantially semi-spherical convex wall that pivotably (slidably) fits within the concave wall of the base. The hollow member is snap-coupled to the base using a pair of pins and a pair of cam grooves that facilitate movement of the hollow member between a closed (first) position and an open (second) position. The base can be integrally formed onto the bottle to provide a two-piece multi-chambered container.

Abstract: A sealed beverage package including a container with a beverage and an insert sealed therein. The insert holds a gas that upon opening the container interacts with the beverage to produce a froth in the beverage. The insert is designed to float in the beverage and is sized relative to the container such that it cannot rotate end-over-end therein. The insert includes a body with at least one fin extending therefrom. The at least one fin may have the dual functions of securing the insert in the container above the beverage to facilitate charging the insert with gas, as well as preventing the insert from exiting the container, once the container is opened.

Abstract: An apparatus for the storage of cellular fluids. The apparatus comprises a first chamber capable of containing a sample of cellular fluid, and a second container which is adapted to receive fluid from the first container. The second container also comprises a bored piston which, when inserted into the first chamber, forces the cellular fluid through the bore and into the second chamber. As the first and second containers are brought together, the piston and the first chamber seal together to create a sealed volume. Also, as the cellular fluid is pressurised through the bored piston into the second chamber the cells of the fluid burst, leaving a disrupted sample which is safe from contamination or degradation.

Abstract: A paint strainer dimensioned to fit in a vertical position in a paint bucket, in a vertical plane passing through the center of the paint bucket, dividing the paint bucket into a receiving side and a strained paint side. The paint strainer has a strainer frame around the perimeter of the paint strainer which defines the bottom sides and top of the paint strainer, and has a paint screen which is secured and sealed to the strainer frame. A pair of bucket top brackets, one affixed to the top of each side of the strainer frame, secures the paint strainer to the paint bucket.

Abstract: A method of packaging a beverage having gas in solution and a beverage package has a container 10 containing the beverage 6 to form a headspace 15. Floating on the beverage 6 is a hollow spherical capsule having a restricted aperture 7. During sealing of the container 10 by a top 20 the headspace 15 is pressurised (by a nitrogen dose 16) and during such pressurisation the insert 1 is raised relative to its natural floating position on the beverage 6 to ensure that the aperture 7 communicates with the headspace 15 to pressurise the chamber of that insert. The aforementioned raising of the insert 1 is preferably achieved by subjecting the insert to a centrifugal force during rotation of the container in seaming the top 20 thereto or by magnetic attraction. Following pressurisation of the headspace 15 the insert is lowered to float naturally on the beverage 6 with its aperture 7 submerged. During pressurisation the insert 1 may take in a minimal volume of beverage from the container.

Abstract: A device for maintaining ingredients separately within a container, of the type having a removable container cap applied on a neck with a central opening, has a sub-container body mounted in the container neck which is formed with a proximate end having screw threads which can be engaged with internal screw threads in the container neck for holding them securely together to allow the ingredients to be shaken out of the sub-container body and mixed with fluid in the container. The sub-container body can have inner divider walls forming multiple compartments with respective orifices for dispensing ingredients selectively from the compartments. The sub-container body may be sealed to the underside of the cap with a sealing film, or seated on the neck rim and held by the cap. In one version, the proximate end of the sub-container body has a protruding shape with inclined walls for guiding it into the neck opening.

Abstract: A device for maintaining ingredients separately within a container, of the type having a removable container cap applied on a neck with a central opening, has a sub-container body mounted in the container neck which is formed with a proximate end having screw threads which can be engaged with internal screw threads in the container neck for holding them securely together to allow the ingredients to be shaken out of the sub-container body and mixed with fluid in the container. The sub-container body can have inner divider walls forming multiple compartments with respective orifices for dispensing ingredients selectively from the compartments. The sub-container body may be sealed to the underside of the cap with a sealing film, or seated on the neck rim and held by the cap. In one version, the proximate end of the sub-container body has a protruding shape with inclined walls for guiding it into the neck opening.

Abstract: An ice cream cone holder and drip collector device (10, 100, 200) includes a sleeve (12, 14) having an open upper end (16). A drip catcher (18, 28) is attached to the sleeve (12, 14) and includes an inner wall (20) that extends downwardly from the periphery of the open upper end (16) of the sleeve (12, 14). An outer wall (22) can be separated from the inner wall (20) by a spacer wall (24), the inner wall (20), outer wall (22), and spacer wall (24) forming the drip catcher (18). Because the drip catcher (18) attaches to the sleeve (12) at the open upper end (16) of the sleeve (12) and the drip catcher (18) provides no surface that is parallel to the vertical plane, a plurality of devices (10) can be intimately stacked one on top of the other and packaged in high density.

Abstract: This pressurized-gas storage assembly includes a pressure vessel having a gas storage chamber and access opening, a polar boss extending through the access opening, a plastic liner lining the gas storage chamber, and a fitting body. The plastic liner includes a nipple portion that extends into the polar boss, terminates at an annular rim, and has a screw-threaded radially inner surface region. The fitting body includes a head portion, an extension longitudinally extending from an end of the head portion and having a screw-threaded radially outer surface region, and an annular shoulder. The annular shoulder has an annular recess formed therein, with a compressible O-ring being accommodated within the annular recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an amusement device for collecting and storing secrets. The device includes two chambers, each chamber having an opening, which leads into the chamber. Each opening has an associated latch for covering and uncovering the opening. Secrets can be communicated to and collected in the device when the openings are uncovered and stored when the openings are covered.

Abstract: A pen needle dispenser having a cover rotatably mounted on a circular shaped container having a plurality of cavities, with each cavity dimensioned to receive a pen needle assembly with or without shields. The cover includes a slot that is rotated into alignment with one of the cavities in the container to provide the user with access to one unused shielded pen needle and thereby permits the pen needle to be mounted on a medication delivery pen. After use the used unshielded pen needle is returned to and locked in the cavity. Then, the cover is rotated until the slot is aligned with another cavity containing the next unused shielded pen needle to be used during the next injection. The pen needle dispenser prevents the cover from rotating the slot back to cavities containing used pen needles.

Abstract: A thermal fluid receptacle, e.g., a vacuum flask, comprises a complete unit which is subdivided into a main fluid container A and a cup compartment B. Fluid from the main container may pass into the cup compartment by depressing a switch H and subsequently opening a stopper G between the main fluid container and the cup compartment. Another switch J located on the cup operates a stopper F on the top of the cup compartment allowing fluid in the cup to be accessed via an aperture E. Thus, the above receptacle enables fluid to be moved from one compartment, which may be heated, cooled, or enclosed by a vacuum, to another compartment all within the same receptacle.

Abstract: A dispersion apparatus for microgravity experiments comprises two blocks in face to face relationships, each having an array of wells for containing liquids and being relatively slidable so that the wells in one of the blocks can be brought into communication with corresponding wells in the other block. The blocks are held together by a retention mechanism which imparts a substantially constant pressure at the interface between the blocks. The retention mechanism comprises rails situated in grooves in the outside surfaces of the blocks and a series of coiled tension springs connected to the rails. The springs, acting through the rails, apply pressure to the blocks, but impart almost no force tending to cause the blocks to slide relative to each other. The blocks are guided by guide plates which cooperate with grooves in the mating faces of the blocks. An embodiment in which one of the blocks has a row of wells with optical windows, utilizes a guided camera to observe the interior of the wells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for storing a quantity of cereal and milk, the container including an upper section, a lower section, a partition separating the upper and lower sections, and a spoon. The upper section has a vent hole therein. The lower section defines a second cavity dimensioned to contain a quantity of cereal therein. The lower section has two channels formed therein, the channels having a wide end and a narrow end. The partition is secured to the upper section forming a milk cavity for holding a quantity of milk therein. The partition is provided with a pair of ports therethrough which are adapted to permit the flow of milk out from the milk cavity. The partition is equipped with a pair of post members formed thereon. The post members have bulb shaped post heads at one end which are adapted to be received in the wide end of the channels in the lower section to releasably secure the two sections together.

Abstract: An odorless container having a selectively openable peripheral constrictor that creates a seal between a holding chamber where waste is deposited and a storage chamber where waste is stored so that odors from the storage chamber do not escape when waste is deposited into the holding chamber. Operation of the pail involves opening the lid, depositing the waste into the holding chamber, and closing the lid. The constrictor is then opened allowing the waste to fall from the holding chamber into the storage chamber. Finally, the constrictor is closed to prepare the pail for the next deposit of waste. Therefore, odors from the second chamber are never directly exposed to the outside environment. The constrictor may be constructed of a single continuous flexible sleeve, or of multiple constrictor elements, which may be rigid members, articulated members having rigid segments, or elastic or inelastic flexible strands or strips.

Abstract: An odorless container having a selectively openable flexible sleeve that creates a seal between a holding chamber where waste is deposited and a storage chamber where waste is stored so that odors from the storage chamber do not escape when waste is deposited into the holding chamber. Operation of the pail involves opening the lid, depositing the waste into the holding chamber, and closing the lid. The flexible sleeve is then opened allowing the waste to fall from the holding chamber into the storage chamber. Finally, the flexible sleeve is closed to prepare the pail for the next deposit of waste. Therefore, odors from the second chamber are never directly exposed to the outside environment.

Abstract: The diffusion through a membrane assaying apparatus and method facilitates rapid detection of small or larger molecular weight substances such as hazardous wastes, toxic chemicals or the like by using a semipermeable membrane having a predetermined molecular weight cutoff. The semipermeable membrane is provided as part of a container having a removable barrier which facilitates control of diffusion through the membrane. The assaying method includes the use of a reaction mechanism for detection of a predetermined substance. The reaction mechanism includes one or more reagents which are designed to either react or compete for a substance for which assaying is being performed. By selecting the proper reagents and molecular weight cutoff of the semipermeable membrane, the presence or absence of a reaction such as a color change or production of vapor provides indication whether the substance being assayed for is present in the test sample.

Abstract: A canteen including a cylindrical container and a head threaded to the open top of the container, and also having a flip-up cap pivotally mounted on the head. A push-button is provided at the side of the head which, when actuated, flips up the cap to an pen position, and also pushes a spring-biased plunger away from the drinking hole to open the drinking hole. When the push-button is released, the spring-biased plunger moves to close the drinking hole. Accordingly, by operating a single push-button, the user causes the cap to flip up to an open position, and also causes the drinking hole to open, the drinking hole remaining open so long as the push-button is held by the operator in its actuated position.

Abstract: A container assembly includes an outer container and at least one inner container whose internal volume has the same ratio to the remaining internal volume of the outer container as the desired ratio of liquids to be mixed. An orifice in the inner container establishes communication between the lower end portions of the two containers so that a previously mixed liquid mixture of a predetermined ratio resides at the same level in both containers. The container assembly may be filled with additional mixture of the same ratio by filling the inner container with one liquid and by flushing that liquid from the inner container and into the outer container with a second liquid until the outer container is full.

Abstract: A beverage vessel includes: a hollow stem member having a lower chamber formed in the stem member for filling a first product such as a beverage additive or concentrate therein and a lower conical plug portion formed on a top end of the stem member, and a bowl member having an upper chamber for filling a second product such as water therein and an upper conical socket sealing a bottom of the bowl member, whereby upon an assembly of the bowl member on the stem member to form a stemware by engaging the lower plug portion of the stem member with the upper socket of the bowl member, both the upper socket and the lower plug portion will be broken to mix the first product and the second product with each other for serving an instantly mixed beverage..

Abstract: In the representative embodiment of the fruit server of the invention, a display container is arranged to support one or more bunches of grapes. Openings are arranged adjacent to a sloping wall portion of the container and respectively sized so that should individual grapes become detached from the clustered grapes supported by the container, those detached grapes will work themselves along the sloping bottom and fall through the openings and be collected on a lower collector container spatially disposed below the upper display container.

Abstract: A disposable sample trap system having a cylindrical hollow sample trap body formed with a bottom end wall and an upper open end and with multiple dividers extending across the hollow of the body to divide the hollow of the body into a plurality of chambers, a cap rotatably attached to and sealing said open end of the trap body, and inlet and outlet conduit attached to an opening in the cap to allow for passage of fluid and samples through the cap opening into one of the plurality of chambers which is aligned with the opening and subsequently out of the trap, wherein there are narrow slots in the dividers to fluidly connect the inlet conduit to the outlet conduit through the plurality of chambers so that when the outlet conduit is connected to a vacuum source, the vacuum causes fluid and samples to be drawn into the one of the plurality of chambers through the inlet passage while allowing the fluid entering into the one of the plurality of chambers to pass through at least one of the narrow slots to the outle

Abstract: A multi-compartment liquid storage container capable of separately storing two or more liquids which may become mixed upon pouring. The storage container comprises a primary container with an internal container of smaller diameter within the hollow of the primary container thus creating an additional storage compartment. Removal of the pull-tab provided on the primary container enables access to the contents of the primary container and the additional storage compartment. In an alternative embodiment, the primary container is provided with a non-removable lift-tab opening and a penetrable foil section is provided in the wall of the internal container. The lift-tab perforates the foil during the opening procedure to provide internal container access. Another alternative embodiment provides an internal container sub-divided by additional compartments, each sealed off from the other by a penetrable foil membrane, allowing for separate storage of a plurality of liquids simultaneously.

Abstract: A coffeemaker with a stand and a carafe. The stand includes a receiving tray to hold the carafe and keep the coffee hot,a water heater, and a basket for holding ground coffee and receiving heated water. The carafe has two concentric chambers of about equal volume. The inner chamber receives freshly made coffee and holds it prior to pouring. The outer cylinder is a reservoir to hold water prior to its being heated to make coffee. After the coffee has been made, the outer chamber is empty and acts as an insulator for the coffee in the inner chamber. A water-receiving tube in the stand presses a valve on the reservoir, opening it, so that the water in the reservoir flows into a water heater in the stand and, after heating, is directed to the coffee-holding filter at the top of the stand.

Abstract: A multiple compartment body comprises a housing having walls defining an interior storage area. An interior wall extends within the interior storage area for defining at least two compartments within the interior storage area. The interior wall is attached for movement between a position opening communication between the compartments and a position closing communication between the compartments. The interior wall is also movable within the interior storage area to selectively alter the respective sizes of the compartments. Movement of the interior wall is accomplished in response to fluid pressure from a location outside the housing.

Abstract: A first cup member (4) has (a) a first channel (18) which passes radially from the center of its bottom panel (6) along the inside surface of said bottom panel (6) and substantially axially, upwardly along the inside of its wall(s) (8) and (b) an outlet (16) which communicates with the first channel (18) at a point remote from said bottom panel (6). A second cup member (10) has an opening (20) in its bottom panel (12) at an edge of the bottom panel (12) which communicates with a second channel (22) which passes radially along the outside surface of its bottom panel (12). The second cup member (10) is positionable within the first cup member (4) for moving the opening (20) to the lowest point in the second cup member (10).

Abstract: A gravimetric cell for centrifugal separation of fine coal by density has a cylindrical body and a butterfly valve or other apparatus for selectively sealing the body radially across the approximate center of the cylinder. A removable top is provided which seals the cylinder in the centrifuge and in unvented areas.

Abstract: A waste material collecting bin has a storage container (24) for containing waste material fed into it via a rotary inlet valve (22). Prior to dropping into the container waste material rests on the valve adjacent the inlet and is there sprayed with treating substance drawn from a reservoir (19).