Abstract: The polymeric substance delivery method and device, in which the outflow is determined from a first container (5) of a monomeric substance able to polymerize autonomously upon air contact, and eventually, the outflow from a second container (7) is determined of a hardening substance able to accelerate the polymerization of the monomeric substance, by sending the same hardening substance towards a mixing zone of the hardening substance with the same monomeric substance.

Abstract: A method for aerosol spraying liquid perfume products consists of simultaneously spraying liquid perfume products and/or components of liquid perfume products, having different odors, in the form of aerosol streams into a region being treated. Aerosol spraying nozzles are placed proximate each other. The simultaneous spraying of at least two components of a liquid perfume product is carried out, and during the spraying the axes of the aerosol streams of the components are positioned at an angle to each other that ensures intersection of the aerosol streams. The spraying is carried out into at least three regions in which at least three different odors are obtained. Wherein, the third odor is formed in a region located between the first and second regions at the intersection of the aerosol streams of the two initial liquid perfume products.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a method and apparatus providing for the continuous stream blending, preferably on a mass ratio basis, of two or more liquids. Each individual liquid stream is synchronously dosed in precise mass ratio to a common mixing point. The flow of each stream is on-off or digital. Repeated mass ratio doses of defined and matching flow interval, referred to as synchronous digital flow, interspersed with a defined interval of no flow, constitutes digital flow at a net rate sufficient to meet or exceed some required take-away of the blended liquids. In one preferred embodiment, each dose stream flow is produced and measured by a four element apparatus preferably consisting of a servo motor and controller, a precision positive displacement pump, a Coriolis mass meter and a precision flow stream shut-off device. The servo motor and controller establish and control a periodic and intermittent flow rate necessary to displace a defined mass dose in a precisely defined flow interval.

Abstract: A dual-dispenser bottle having middle ornamental window is provided. The bottle is vertically divided into top, middle and bottom sections and both the top and the bottom sections are further horizontally divided into two chambers. The two top chambers are provided with a mouth each for two dispenser heads to connect thereonto. The middle section defines an inner space through which two spaced pipes separately in alignment with the mouths vertically extend. The two bottom chambers are separately communicable with the two top chambers via the two spaced pipes. Whereby the top and the bottom chambers at two sides of the bottle form two independent vertical spaces for the bottle to contain two different fluids at the same time. The inner space of the middle section may have, for example, a dual-liquid ornament provided therein to make the bottle an ornamental article very practical for use.

Abstract: A medical item dispensing apparatus includes a dispenser (100) which encloses a plurality of magazines (168). Each magazine holds a plurality of medical items (170) which in the preferred form of the invention are cylindrical containers. Each magazine includes an opening (180). A guide (182) and a front gate member (194) are positioned adjacent to the opening. A back gate member (200) is positioned further inward from the opening than the front gate member. The front gate member and back gate member are moved in coordinated relation so that the front gate member enables a medical item adjacent the opening to pass through the opening while the back gate member moves to prevent the other medical items in the magazine from moving toward the opening. After the dispense of the medical item from the magazine the front gate member moves to block the passage of further medical items through the opening while the back gate member moves to enable medical items to move toward the opening.

Abstract: A system for allotting soup to customers without possibility of scorching of the soup and to offer the soup with ingredients immediately by simply serving the soup each time. The system eliminates the possibility of causing variations in the quantity of ingredients or prevents impairment of the initial shape of the ingredients. The system comprises means for separating space in a container into a soup accommodating chamber and an ingredient accommodating chamber, which may be mixed with soup, to accommodate soup with ingredients. The system also includes means for accommodating a predetermined quantity of ingredients arranged at openings on the lower ends of the soup accommodating chamber and the ingredient accommodating chamber, and the opening on the lower end of the ingredient accommodating chamber is closed by separating means, which allows only the soup to pass.

Abstract: A bottle for containing fluid, such as milky lotion, includes a top and a bottom section separated from each other by a middle partition connected to and between them. The top section is integrally formed of two spaced pipes, upper ends of which form two mouths to receive two dispensers, and lower ends of which are tightly joined with two holes on the middle partition to communicate external space with two closed chambers formed in the bottom section. Such bottle can therefore be used to contain two different types of milky lotion at the same time to effectively reduce the number of and the space occupied by bottles in, for example, a toilet room. Moreover, a dual-liquid ornament can be contained in the top section of the bottle to give the same additional value as an ornament. The bottle may have a downward protruded bottom center about which the bottle can be easily turned or swung to cause dynamic changes in the dual-liquid ornament.

Abstract: A dual interlocked chamber dispenser having pumps for each chamber. An adapter which connects the chambers to the pump shell is snap fit to the chambers. The chambers may be of various desirable ergonomic shapes.

Abstract: A dispensing system including a housing with an interior bulkhead and four progressive cavity pumps mounted within the housing on one side of the bulkhead. The pumps are mounted with the bores in vertical orientation. Gear boxes including bevel gears coupling the vertically mounted pumps with horizontally mounted motors located on the other side of the interior bulkhead. A dispensing head is located above the housing with outlet passages extending from the motors to the dispensing head defining a path to the dispensing head which is continuously upward. The dispensing head includes valves driven by a pneumatic cylinder. A solenoid controls flow of pressurized air to the pneumatic cylinder from a position adjacent the dispensing head on the boom supporting both.

Abstract: A method of facilitating replacement of a supply of air freshener every time a supply of soap is replaced, including the steps of providing a supply of air freshener, providing a supply of soap and joining the supply of soap and the supply of air freshener. Another aspect of the invention is a method of packaging a supply unit including providing a supply of soap and a supply of air freshener and connecting the supply of soap and the supply of air freshener in a manner such that when the supply of soap is removed from a dispenser, the supply of air freshener is removed from the dispenser as well. Another aspect is a supply unit for the dual dispenser including a receptacle, a supply of soap within the receptacle, and a supply of air freshener connected to or secured within the receptacle.

Abstract: A proportioning apparatus including at least one reservoir tank (1) having an outlet port (11) for pourable bulk material and a weighing tank (3) for receiving bulk material discharged from the at least one reservoir tank, the weighing tank being arranged under the at least one reservoir tank and including a weighing cell for weighing bulk material, in which it is possible to open or close the outlet port of the at least one reservoir tank by using a shut-off device (2), and in which each shut-off device associated with a reservoir tank has a tubular housing (21) with a longitudinal axis LA, as well as a passage opening (20) for bulk material extending transversely across the longitudinal axis of the housing and with two breakthroughs (20a, 20b) extending through lateral surfaces of the housing, the outlet port of the at least one reservoir tank communicating with the passage opening, and in which a closure element (22) having a cross-section corresponding to that of the tubular housing, can be shifted inside

Abstract: A fluid delivery system transfers fluids from a set of containers each of which holds a different type fluid to a group of apparatus, such as washing machines, each of which requires that certain types of fluid be delivered to the apparatus in a certain sequence. The system operates under program control both with regard to sequence in which particular fluids are drawn from the containers and with regard to the apparatus to which the selected fluids are delivered. Fluid pressure in the fluid lines leading to the apparatus is sensed by pressure sensors located along these fluid lines in a manner enabling the operator of the system to immediately know which of several containers are empty.

Abstract: A automatic shower hair product dispenser for dispensing liquid hair care products and soap. The automatic shower hair product dispenser includes a housing with a plurality of reservoirs therein. A lower spout is outwardly extended from a front of the housing towards a bottom of the housing. The lower spout is in fluid communication with a first of the reservoirs of the housing. A first valve is positioned between the first reservoir and the lower spout. An upper spout upwardly extends from the top of the housing adjacent a back of the housing. At least one other reservoir is in fluid communication with the upper spout. This reservoir has a pump for pumping fluid therefrom into the upper spout.

Abstract: A combination drink and spray sports bottle defines a nested arrangement of inner and outer containers that provides a nested set of segregated inner and outer chambers for containing separate quantities of liquid, with a drinking straw being provided for withdrawing drinking liquid from the outer chamber, and with a manually operated spray device being provided for withdrawing spraying liquid from the inner chamber. The outer container has an upstanding body that defines a relatively large neck opening near its upper end, through which the upstanding body of the inner container is insertable. A large cap closes the large neck opening of outer container. A central opening and an off-center opening are formed through the large cap. The straw extends through the off-center opening of the large cap and has a lower end region for depending into a quantity of drinking liquid carried in the outer chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for allotting soup and ingredients, by which it is possible to allot soup for customers without the possibility of scorching, to provide soup immediately for the customers through simple procedure, and to evenly distribute ingredients and to avoid collapse of initial shape of the ingredients.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing viscous fluids includes a turntable that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The apparatus is connected to a plurality of containers that contain fluid to be dispensed. The containers are mounted to the turntable in a spaced relationship about the circumference of the turntable. The turntable is also connected to a plurality of pumps, one pump associated with each container. The pumps include connectors that are releasably connected to the containers and that facilitate the removal of an empty container for replacement with a full container. The apparatus also includes an actuator that facilitates the removal of an empty container. The pumps are preferably disposed on an opposing side of the turntable from the containers. The apparatus also includes a plurality of rollers disposed at the outer circumference of the turntable for supporting the turntable in the radial and axial directions.

Abstract: A system for metering and dispensing single and plural component liquids and solids as described herein. The dispensing system has a microprocessor-based control system and progressive cavity pumps which provide a very accurate control of component ratios, shot sizes, flow rates and dispense durations. The system has numerous feedback components for accurately controlling the pressure, flow rates, fluid levels and amounts of fluids dispensed. Where a valved nozzle is used, the pressure in the flow system is used to control the pumps rather than the valve. Such a system may be used as a sprayer with compressed air added. Drum rams are associated with the supply drums and the progressive cavity pumps may be placed on the drum ram. Maintenance of a steady state in the system is accomplished with back and forth movement of the pump, with compensation for pressure changes. Absolute rotational position of the pump can be monitored when a set pressure is maintained, to diagnose system conditions.

Abstract: An operating apparatus for safely and effortlessly operating beverage dispensers of the character which embody a manually operated air pump for expelling the beverage from the dispenser. The operating apparatus of the invention, which can simultaneously support and operate a plurality of air pump dispensers in a side-by-side relationship, safely constrains the dispensers within an upright supporting structure of novel design to which a number of lever-like, air-pump operating arms can be pivotally connected. The operating arms, each of which includes a pump engaging member, is separately movable from a first at rest position to a second, downward operating position. Because of the mechanical advantage offered by the lever-like operating arms of the device, the plunger component of the air pump can be effortlessly depressed while the dispenser is being securely held in position within the superstructure of the device.

Abstract: A piston is disposed inside a tube having an inner cross sectional size and shape uniform along its length. The tube has an open end. The piston is free to move linearly inside the tube and preferably may move out of the tube through the open end. If the tube is cylindrical, for example, it has a constant inner diameter. The open end of the tube is neither tapered or flaring. Liquid samples are aspirated into the device by pulling the piston back. The sample is then ejected by accelerating the piston to a minimum velocity to force the liquid sample out of the open end of the tube. The velocity of the sample is sufficient to render negligible the effects of surface tension forces. The volume of the liquid sample dispensed is determined by the inner diameter of the tube and the piston displacement. Accurate positioning of the piston provides samples of accurate volumes. A specific embodiment of the present invention uses a tube with an inner diameter of 0.5 mm, resulting in a volume displacement of 1.

Abstract: A machine (10) for dispensing beverages of substantially uniform consistency containing shaved ice is provided and includes a housing (14), a blending assembly (12, 13), a plurality of receptacles 20 disposed within an upper housing portion (15), and a plurality of valves (39) and a manifold (22) in fluid communication with the plurality of receptacles (20) for delivering a measured volume of a selected drink mix to the blending assembly (12, 13). The machine also includes an ice shaver (21) located in the housing for delivering a precise amount of shaved ice to the blending assembly (12, 13). The ice shaver includes the rotating ice shaving blade (36) that is controlled to rotate through a predetermined number of revolutions, to thereby consistently deliver a predetermined quantity of shaved ice to the blending assembly (12, 13) irrespective of a hardness of the ice (19) being shaved.

Abstract: A multi-component dispenser (10) for dispensing at least a first fluid product (23) and a second fluid product (27) from a container (12) includes at least a first chamber (14) and a second chamber (16) situated axially therein. A conduit (32) fluidly communicates the second chamber (16) with nozzle (30) that also receives the first fluid product (23) from the first chamber (14). The rear wall (26) of the second chamber (16) includes an extension member (42) for providing substantially synchronous movement of rear wall (22) of the first chamber with rear wall (26) of the second chamber for dispensing the two fluids generally simultaneously. A hole (44) provided in side wall (18) allows air to flow into the void between the first and second chambers (14,16) to facilitate dispensing the two fluid products (23,27).

Abstract: The device serves to meter at least two free-flowing components and to convey metered quantities of the components into a mixer in which a reactive compound is formed from the metered quantities. For each component the device contains, as metering and conveying means, in each case at least one pump, a flow meter and a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is subdivided by a flexible diaphragm into a first part-volume, which in each case receives one of the components, and a second part-volume which can be acted upon by incompressible fluid. When a starting component containing abrasive substances is used, to avoid sedimentation of the abrasive substances during metering and conveying, the pressure vessel which receives the abrasive component is designed and arranged in such a way that the abrasive component fed into its first part-volume rests on the flexible diaphragm.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing a beverage from either one of two sizes of beverage bottles. The apparatus includes a base, at least one canister, an adapter cap, a valve assembly, and a pump. The adapter cap has two sets of threads. Typically, one set of threads fits a two liter beverage bottle and the other set of threads mates with a three liter beverage bottle. Further, the adapter cap has both a dispensing port and an injection port, each of which is in fluid communication with the contents of a beverage bottle attached to the adapter cap. A dispensing tube connects the dispensing port of the adapter cap with the valve assembly and an injection tube connects the injection port of the adapter cap with the pump. The canister has a pivotable front portion which may be opened to expose the interior of the canister.

Abstract: A dispenser having at least two compartments wherein the amount of product dispensed from at least one of the compartments can be adjusted prior to dispensing. Advantageously, products in both compartments are dispensed using the same actuator. Different volumes of product can be dispensed from at least one of the chambers even through the volume of product dispensed from the other chamber need not be varied and even though the same actuator may be used to effect the dispensing of product.

Abstract: A device for dispensing multiple fluids in, for instance, a vehicle service facility is provided with a plurality of control modules. Each of those modules is capable of being connected to a number of pumps, a number of solenoid valves and a number of meters. This system may be set up such that to dispense one fluid a pump may be turned on from a first control module, that pump being connected to a valve connected to a second control module and even a meter connected with a third module. Of course, the pump, valve and meter may, if desired, all run off of the same module as well. By user programming, the user selects connected sets for each fluid. This architecture minimizes the amount of wiring and other connections as different modules may be closed to different parts of the plumbed section. Provision is made for security on the operator pendants and outputting of data for billing and record keeping.

Abstract: A dispenser for holding two or more cans of material adapted to create a froth, a caulking or like product. The holders of the cans contain separate attachments for engaging the containers and holding them in a position of use. This insures that the cans cannot be inserted the wrong way into the dispenser. In a preferred form, the dispenser includes two can holders, a manifold, a dispensing gun and a receiver for a disposable nozzle. The two can holder fittings are respectively male/female, and in another embodiment, left hand/right hand threads.

Abstract: A dispenser which comprises first and second containers connected together in a head to tail arrangement by screw threads. The first container has a piston therein for dispensing material from the first container. The second container has a piston therein for dispensing material from the second container The piston of the first container includes a push rod which engages and moves the piston disposed within the second container when the piston of the first container is moved.

Abstract: A dye batching machine has a dispensing head and several tanks arranged radially around the dispensing head. The tanks are connected to the dispensing head by means of Victaulic couplings. Each tank is fitted with dye measuring systems and dye mixing systems. A motor system is located above the dispensing head for controlling the dye measuring and mixing systems in the tanks and one or more vertical supports for the motor system are arranged radially around the dispensing head. The lower part of the vertical supports has two or more flat walls that are inserted into free spaces adjacent the Victaulic couplings.

Abstract: A multi-outlet depositor receives fluid material and displaces first and second portions of the material using first and second mechanisms, respectively, that are coupled together in a manner that causes volume of the first portion to vary according to volume of the second portion. The first portion may equal the second portion. The first and second mechanisms may be coupled using a bolt. The multi-outlet depositor may also include an output for providing the first and second portions. The first and second mechanisms may include positive displacement vane pumps. Each of the vane pumps may include a hub/chamber assembly having a hub and a plurality of vanes disposed within a cylinder. The hub/chamber assembly may have two vanes that interlock and are displaceable along their longitudinal axes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation and application device useful for mixing and dispensing a plurality of fluids, wherein the fluids must be mixed immediately prior to use. In one embodiment, the device includes two fluid delivery systems connected to a manifold having two separate fluid channels. Each fluid channel conducts fluid to a mixing chamber, from which, following mixing, the mixture of fluids is dispensed. The manifold additionally includes a gas channel having an outlet connected to one of the fluid channels, which can be used to supply a pressurized gas to the mixing chamber to expel the mixture from the chamber, reducing the likelihood that the mixture can clog the device. The invention also provides a method for preparing and dispensing a mixture of two fluids.

Abstract: A glue dispenser is mountable on a vehicle as part of apparatus for installing raised road markers on a roadway. Preferably, the apparatus is used in a system for automated installation of road markers. The dispenser includes a manifold having an inlet for glue fed downwardly into the manifold from a glue reservoir mounted on the vehicle. First and second glue outlets communicate with the inlet. First and second valves control opening and closing of the first and second outlets, respectively. The valves are operable both simultaneously and independently of each other to permit glue to be dispensed from only of the outlets or from both of the outlets simultaneously, as needed. The outlets are spaced apart a distance equal to a desired distance between lines of markers in a double line installation.

Abstract: A multi-liquid dispenser comprising a housing having at least one vertical partition positioned within its interior to define separate chambers. A removable cover formed with a depending rim, abuts the interior wall of the housing, thereby forming a fluid-tight seal between the housing and the cover. The rim is formed with at least one transverse channel dimensioned to receive the vertical partition, thus creating a barrier which prevents fluid contained in one chamber from migrating to an adjacent chamber. A series of pumps are carried by the cover, with each pump being dedicated to a particular chamber.

Abstract: A dispenser includes a plurality of beverage dispensing valves mounted thereto along a front end thereof Each valve includes an air switch that is pneumatically operable to turn its associated valve on and off. An equal plurality of air actuators are secured to an elongate panel hingedly secured to the dispenser front surface. Each air actuator includes a pressurized chamber and a pliable front surface. Flexible tubes extend between the air switches and the air actuators for communicating pneumatic pressure there between. The air actuators include a graphics layer secured to the front surfaces thereof. In operation, a front surface an air actuator is depressed manually whereby pneumatic pressure created thereby in the pressurized chamber is communicated by the tube thereof to its particular air switch. The air switch then serves to operate a solenoid of the valve with which it is associated, resulting in dispensing of the beverage.

Abstract: A multi-chambered tooth care dispensing device and more particularly, to a device that dispenses toothpaste, mouthwash and dental floss all from one convenient package. The toothpaste and the mouthwash are stored in side by side chambers and the dental floss is stored in the lower portion of the dispensing package and is led through a top opening that is provided with a floss cutting knife to allow the user to cut the floss to the desired length. The toothpaste and the mouthwash is delivered by hand action of a three way finger switch connected to a one-way set of gears and screw auger each connected to a piston. This forces the contents of each chamber up and out of the delivery outlet. The three-way hand/finger operated switch may be set to toothpaste in one direction and to mouthwash in the other direction with an off position in between.

Abstract: A system for mixing and dispensing oxygen sensitive hair dye consists of concentrates in a sealed air-tight system using preferably 3-8 dye concentrates in collapsible bags having an oxygen barrier. The dye concentrates, along with oxygen activating liquids, are sufficient to produce an infinite number of hair dye formulations, thereby avoiding buying and stocking many bottles of specific color dyes. For formulating the dye mixtures, exact charges, i.e., volumes measured to within 1 ml, are raised from the bags and discharged. Each bag is removably connected, in an air-tight seal, to a separate precision lift pump whose piston lift excursion may be selectively set to determine the volume of the dye charge.

Abstract: A system for metering and dispensing single and plural component liquids and solids as described herein. The dispensing system has a microprocessor-based control system and volumetrically efficient non-reciprocating pumps which provide a very accurate control of component ratios, shot sizes, flow rates and dispense durations. The dispensing system maintains constant pressure between the output of the pump and the dispense head. The progressive cavity pump is formed from individual, interlocking pressure sections, each of which has a double helix bore. A rotor is inserted into the double helix bore with an interference fit. The dispense head has no dynamic fluid sealing surfaces and instead uses bellows as a sealing mechanism. The dispensing system includes a simple, easy to use calibration procedure and a weight scale. The system also has numerous feedback components for accurately controlling the pressure, flow rates, fluid levels and amounts of fluids dispensed.

Abstract: A metering device includes an inlet and outlet for a material (liquids, gases or solid particles) to be metered, a rotatable ball driven by a shaft and interposed between the inlet and outlet seats. The rotatable ball has a transverse bore containing a sealess shuttling member which can reciprocate back and forth along the bore between two sealing seats so as to seal against one or the other. The sealess shuttling member is propelled by pressurized material which flows into the bore without surface-to-surface contact of the shuttling member with the bore wall until is engages one of the two sealing seats. Each time the rotatable ball rotates 180.degree., a metered shot is ejected resulting in a quasi continuous flow depending upon a rotatable ball revolution rate.

Abstract: A cheese server includes hangers for engaging cheese bag bottoms and suspending the bags inverted in a steam chamber. Gravity influenced squeeze bars ride down the bag sides to express cheese toward the bag outlet fitment. A hose is connected to the fitment and is pinched off by an "iron udder" clamping apparatus to control dispensing. Water in the bottom of the steam tank is heated to produce steam for heating the cheese quickly. A trough in the chamber top returns condensate to the water.

Abstract: A mobile filling unit mounted on a wheeled base and having one or more pumping systems and liquid dispensing heads. Each of the pumping systems has a metering turret containing a number of adjustable rods, the rods being adjustable to limit the stroke of a reciprocable drive motor, the drive motor being directly connected to a reciprocable pump, so that the volume delivered by the pump is controllable to any of a number of predetermined values equal to the respective settings of the adjustable rods in the metering turret.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing multiple fluids from nested containers, while simultaneously venting the fluid containers, includes a first container for containing a first fluid, a second container, nested within the first container, for containing a second fluid, and a manually operable pump for pumping fluid from the containers to dispense a mixture of the fluids from the apparatus. The pump includes (i) a pump actuator for actuating and deactuating the pump, (ii) a reciprocating fluid conduit, which reciprocates upon actuation and deactuation of the pump actuator and (iii) a discharge nozzle for dispensing the mixture of the fluids from the apparatus upon actuation of the pump.

Abstract: A dispenser for the simultaneous delivery of at least two paste-like products, comprising a container with a head and internally formed with two separate cylindrical chambers which lie side by side parallel to their longitudinal axes, each chamber being open towards the head and having an associated end wall which sealingly slides in a single direction towards the head. A resilient pump member under the head includes a tubular sleeve and is formed from a resiliently flexible cup-shape membrane for each cylindrical chamber of the container with the concave part facing towards these latter. An operating lever for pressing and releasing the pump member is pivoted about an axis which is fixed with respect to the container disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the said cylindrical chambers and which is turnable about the said axis from a rest position to a paste delivery position and vice versa.

Abstract: A method of facilitating replacement of a supply of air freshener every time a supply of soap is replaced, including the steps of providing a supply of air freshener, providing a supply of soap and joining the supply of soap and the supply of air freshener. Another aspect of the invention is a method of packaging a supply unit including providing a supply of soap and a supply of air freshener and connecting the supply of soap and the supply of air freshener in a manner such that when the supply of soap is removed from a dispenser, the supply of air freshener is removed from the dispenser as well. Another aspect is a supply unit for the dual dispenser including a receptacle, a supply of soap within the receptacle, and a supply of air freshener connected to or secured within the receptacle.

Abstract: A fluid composition dispensing system employs a pair of bulk supplies of fluid components which communicate through air-actuated pumps to measurement and dispensing reservoirs. Each of the reservoirs has an associated float switch which is operative to inhibit operation of the associated pump when the reservoir is filled with a desired quantity of fluid component. A dispensing valve assembly is interposed between the two reservoirs to allow for dispensing from the reservoir at predetermined dispensing rates. A mechanical valve assembly has a linkage which is configured to allow the slower flowing fluid to pass through a larger valve orifice such that the dispensing rates of the two fluids are the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved frozen drink and dessert dispenser and method therefor. The improved frozen drink and dessert dispenser and method permits the simultaneous or alternate dispensing of two products. Further, through a dispensing valve system controlled by a controller, residue of dispensed product is purged from the product dispenser prior to the dispensing of the next serving of product and product may be dispensed in predetermined amounts. The improved frozen drink and desert dispenser and method also permits the automated cleaning of substantially all of the dispenser without any significant disassembly of the dispenser.

Abstract: A flavored shake drink is prepared from a prepackaged neutral flavored mix stored within a serving cup. A flavored syrup is selected and dispensed through a dedicated nozzle carried by a housing. Each of a plurality of nozzles is in fluid communication with a corresponding solenoid control valve which controls the flow of the selected syrup pumped from a bag-in-the-box styled reservoir. One reservoir is provided for each of the selected flavors. A manually activated programmable timer controls the length of time that the solenoid activated valve remains opened thus providing a preselected amount of syrup into the cup. Switches are provided for doubling and halving the amount of the preselected quantity of syrup when creating varying single flavored and combination flavored shakes.

Abstract: An automatic fluid mixing device wherein a cylindrical supporting structure supports a first number of valves angularly spaced along a first circumference, and a second number of valves angularly spaced along a second circumference concentric with and inside the first; the valves are three-way types, and present a control rod extending axially from one end; and the mixing device presents a blade type selecting device movable angularly about an axis through the center of the circumferences, and which singly engages an end portion of the control rod to move the rod axially and so open the valve.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a portable laundry detergent dispensing system. This unit is divided into three holding containers, one for liquid detergent, one for powdered detergent and one for liquid fabric softener. The center back compartment is a storage compartment for a measuring cup, a mixing rod and other laundry accessories. The storage compartment also includes a coin-holder for nickles, dimes and quarters in the rear wall. The powder dispenser is a cylindrical dump cup having an opening therein which allows a fixed amount of the the solid detergent to flow into a measuring cup. Liquid detergents and softeners are dispensed with a fixed volume hand pump assembly connected to retractable hose assemblies.

Abstract: A new Multi-Compartment Aerosol Spray Container for providing various colors of paint from within one convenient aerosol can, thereby decreasing painting time and environmental waste. The inventive device includes an aerosol can having a plurality of vertical partitions which define a plurality of compartments, a corresponding plurality of spray nozzles coupled to the compartments, and a horizontal passage projecting through the plurality of spray nozzles which receives a pin thereby horizontally coupling the plurality of spray nozzles together.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser for withdrawing liquids from one or more containers having a mouth and bottom and side walls joined at a juncture comprised of a container support to position the containers with their mouths over the lowermost part of the wall juncture, a probe support spaced above the container support, and a plurality of probes slidably supported on the probe support above the container support, each probe including a lower end with a curved face corresponding to the curvature of the juncture, each probe being moveable between a raised position above the mouth of a container, and a lowered position extending through the mouth of the container and into contact with the lowermost part of the interior of said container at the juncture, and a pump to draw liquid from the container upwardly through the probe.

Abstract: A dual compartment pump dispenser is provided which includes a first and second container with a pair of independent pump mechanisms each for emptying product through a respective dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzles have openings oriented in a direction at least 60.degree. apart from one another, preferably 180.degree. apart. Different compositions are intended to be stored in each container for sequential rather than simultaneous use. The containers are joined along a sinusoidal curvilinear surface having complementary mating elongated recesses and ridges. A collar and base cup fasten the containers together.