Abstract: A reusable pump dispenser may simultaneously dispense and cool a product to a user. The product may be dispensed or dosed in predetermined and/or amounts desired by a user. The product may be cooled from an ambient temperature to a product application temperature. A cooling circuit subassembly may control the temperature, viscosity, and additional properties of the product, thereby providing a maximum benefit of the product when applied to the user. The reusable pump dispenser may eliminate microbes from the product and may provide a physical structure that may be held in a user's hand. The reusable pump dispenser may provide a reusable housing that may be easily replaced, refilled, and reused.

Abstract: A method of storing a product that contains a volatile component within a fluid storage reservoir formed with enclosing walls having a permeability that permits limited passage of the volatile component from the storage reservoir to the atmosphere, preferably with the method increasing the shelf life of the product stored, and a fluid storage reservoir with a first container containing the fluid product to be dispensed including the volatile component and a second container containing a sacrifice material including the same volatile component with an intermediate transfer wall shared by both the first container and the second container for transfer of the volatile component between the first container and the second container. The product preferably is a surface cleaner or a hand sanitizer including 30 to 95% ethanol.

Abstract: Dispensers having a liquid reservoir filled with a main liquid and having a dispensing head, with a dispensing opening and a dispensing channel, which connects the reservoir outlet to the dispensing opening. The dispensing head can be pressed down to actuate the switching valve or the conveying device. The liquid dispenser has a replaceable exchange unit, which, in a functional state, forms the dispensing channel at least in some sections. The exchange unit has a mixing chamber, with an addition medium and an inlet and an outlet separated from the inlet. The exchange unit is part of the dispensing channel such that the inlet is communicatively connected to the reservoir outlet and the outlet is communicatively connected to the dispensing opening. Furthermore, the exchange unit has closures at the inlet and at the outlet to close the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A jet cartridge for jetting fluid material includes a body adapted to receive fluid material, and a fluid passage defined within the body and extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. At least a portion of the fluid passage extends obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis. The body is adapted to receive heat from a heating element and to transfer the heat to the fluid material flowing through the fluid passage. A method of jetting fluid material with a jet dispenser including a jet cartridge includes receiving fluid material into the jet cartridge, directing the fluid material through the jet cartridge along a longitudinal axis thereof and obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis, heating the fluid material directed through fluid cartridge to a target temperature, maintaining the target temperature as the fluid material enters a nozzle, and jetting the heated fluid material through the nozzle.

Abstract: A temperature regulating beverage container lid is provided. The device has a lid with a top surface, at least one annular sidewall, and an internal wall defining a drinking chamber and a ventilation chamber. The perimeter of the sidewall of the lid can secure over the brim of a beverage container. The drinking chamber has a floor and a drinking spout, the drinking spout in fluid communication with a tubular member. The tubular member, in turn, is in fluid communication with an aperture in the floor. The tubular member is surrounded by a material with a high thermal capacity. An aperture in the top surface of the lid provides ventilation while the ventilation chamber is sized to receive the drinking spout of an identical temperature regulating beverage container lid.

Abstract: The present invention is a fluid heater that can easily be reduced in size, that can be manufactured inexpensively, and that provides a stable heating performance. This fluid heater heats a fluid using a heater, and is provided with a heating block in which an internal flow path having an intake port through which the fluid is introduced, and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged is formed, and in which a heater insertion portion that extends in a predetermined axial direction is formed, wherein the internal flow path has a plurality of main flow path portions that extend in the predetermined axial direction, and one or a plurality of connecting path flow portions that connect the plurality of main flow path portions together.

Abstract: A liquid sealant applicator system that may include a liquid sealant applicator having a coupling to reversibly connect to a source of liquid sealant, a sidewall extending from the coupling and defining a sealant flow path, a flow restrictor that restricts the sealant flow path to an annular pattern of apertures in the flow restrictor, a porous matrix that fills at least a portion of the sealant flow path downstream of the flow restrictor, a matrix retainer configured to retain the porous matrix within the sealant flow path, and a fastener socket connected to the sidewall and having a distal end configured to be placed over and at least substantially enclose the head of a preselected fastener. The applicator is configured to provide a uniform application of sealant from the source of the liquid sealant to the head of the fastener enclosed by the fastener socket.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a topical spray composition comprising a biologically active vitamin D derivative or analog and a corticosteroid, and its use in the treatment of dermal diseases and conditions.

Abstract: A flange (101) for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, such flange being equipped with a heating element comprising at least one resistive wire (102) for conducting an electrical current and dissipating heat as an effect of said current, wherein the heating element further comprises guiding means (103), and wherein the at least one resistive wire (102) is guided at a plurality of separate locations along its length by the guiding means (103) to form a heating surface, wherein a first part of the heating surface is present inside the flange (101) and a second part of the heating surface is present outside the flange (101).

Abstract: A self chilling beverage container including a heat exchange unit having a pressurized medium therein secured internally thereof and including an over-pressure relief valve. The valve includes a hollow housing within which there is first and second valves. The first valve is operable to inject and release the pressurized medium into the container. The second valve is normally closed and is continuously exposed to the pressurized medium and in response to the pressure thereof reaching a predetermined level opens to exhaust the pressurized medium to the atmosphere to relieve the excess pressure.

Abstract: An aerosol for disinsectization comprising a mixture comprising a disinfestant component, a solvent, and a propellant, and a pressure-resistant container provided with an actuator, wherein the mixture is contained in the pressure-resistant container, and wherein the solvent is contained in the mixture in an amount of from 0 to 10% by volume, and the actuator has an orifice diameter of from 0.7 to 2 mm; and an aerosol for disinsectization comprising a mixture comprising a disinfestant component, a solvent, and a propellant, and a pressure-resistant container provided with an actuator, wherein the mixture is contained in the pressure-resistant container, and wherein the solvent is contained in the mixture in an amount of from 0 to 10% by volume, and the actuator has a long nozzle having an orifice diameter of from 0.4 to 2 mm.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a product dispensed from a handheld container having a nozzle for discharging the product from the container utilizes a discharge assembly having a discharge housing that defines a reservoir and is in fluid communication with the nozzle when the discharge assembly is coupled to the container. The reservoir receives the discharged product from the nozzle and collects the discharged product within the reservoir and allows the introduction of a warm liquid into the reservoir. A strainer allows the warm liquid introduced into the reservoir of the discharge housing to be separated from the discharged product by pouring the warm liquid from the discharge housing through the strainer. The strainer is configured to retain majority of the discharged product within the reservoir after pouring out the liquid. A product access port allows the discharged product to be removed from the reservoir of the housing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a product dispensed from a handheld container having a nozzle for discharging the product from the container utilizes a discharge assembly having a discharge housing that defines a reservoir and is in fluid communication with the nozzle when the discharge assembly is coupled to the container. The reservoir receives the discharged product from the nozzle and collectes the discharged product within the reservoir and allows the introduction of a warm liquid into the reservoir. A strainer allows the warm liquid introduced into the reservoir of the discharge housing to be separated from the discharged product by pouring the warm liquid from the discharge housing through the strainer. The strainer is configured so that at least a majority of the discharged product is retained within the reservoir after pouring out the liquid. A product access port allows the discharged product to be removed from the reservoir through the product access port of the housing.

Abstract: A spray solution generates a foam to sanitize surfaces. The spray dip solution is a mixture of the solution with carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in a closed vessel. After ejecting the liquid dip solution mixture from a nozzle a foam is generated from the solution as the solution hits a surface. The spray can be applied to a number of different surfaces. In an embodiment of the invention, the spray can be applied to cow teats without risk of cross-contamination of the nozzle or other equipment. The generated foam remains intact on the teat for a prolonged period of time, increases the area of the teat in contact with the foam during the treatment period and disperses skin-conditioning fats present in the dip treatment, thereby increasing the coverage of the skin conditioner on and within the epidermis of the teat and surrounding areas.

Abstract: A fluid-dispenser valve (10) comprising a valve body (11), and a valve member (12) slidable in said valve body (11) between a rest position and a dispensing position, said valve (10) including temperature regulator means (12, 20) for limiting cooling of the valve member (12) while the fluid is being dispensed.

Abstract: A dispensing cap permits the contents of a canister to be heated prior to being dispensed. The cap includes a dispensing mechanism and is designed to be mounted to the top of a canister containing a product. Small apertures spaced about the cap permit heated water from a faucet or other source to enter the cap and flow over the top of the canister below and within the cap. The heated water warms the top of the canister, interior dispensing mechanism, and the contents of the canister. As a result, the contents of the canister are warm when dispensed. When used with a shaving cream or gel canister, for example, the heated contents provide a more comfortable shave than contents dispensed at a colder room temperature.

Abstract: This invention provides a fragrance delivery system having an air-impermeable receptacle containing inside a first air-permeable container comprising an exothermic composition, a second air-permeable container comprising an organoleptically effective amount of a fragrance agent, and an impermeable barrier connecting the first container with the second container. Opening of the air-impermeable receptacle causes air to activate the exothermic composition to produce heat, which volatilizes the fragrance agent. In another embodiment, the second container is a 2-sided container comprising an absorbent substrate attached to an impermeable barrier. The absorbent substrate comprises an organoleptically effective amount of a fragrance agent and the impermeable barrier is attached to the first container.

Abstract: A dispenser for heating a liquid in and dispensing a foam introduced from a canister. The dispenser has a heater for providing heat to the foam/liquid, a chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port and a base having an aperture and a first member. The chamber is in contact with the heater, and the outlet port is connected to a nozzle. The nozzle dispenses the heated foam. The dispenser also has a base adjoining. The first member is slidably retained over the aperture to adjust a size of the aperture and to receive a number of different diameter canisters.

Abstract: An aerosol is formed by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage such that the material volatizes and expands out of an open end of the flow passage. The volatized material combines with ambient air such that volatized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such an aerosol are disclosed wherein the apparatus may include an electrically conductive sleeve at an open end of the flow passage, an electrically conductive flow passage and/or a spacer chamber. The volatilized material may contain a volatilized solute and vehicle such that the resulting aerosol particle sizes of the solute and the vehicle are either different or the same.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided that heats and dispenses a gel or lotion prior to the gel turning into lather. The dispenser can be selectively engaged with different sized and/or shaped cans.

Abstract: A heat transfer cap assembly for use with a dispensing canister containing a pressurized product, such as shaving gel. The cap assembly defines a volume for retaining hot tap water to heat gel in a thermal conductor forming a conduit between a nozzle adaptor and an outlet in the side of the cap assembly. When the nozzle is released, the conduit moves out of alignment with the outlet so as to block any ‘drool’ of the gel remaining in the conduit during later expansion. The outer cap is rotatable to a lock position to disallow activation of the nozzle and to further block the outlet.

Abstract: A heat transfer cap assembly for use with a dispensing canister containing a pressurized product, such as shaving gel. The cap assembly defines a volume for retaining hot tap water to heat gel in a thermal conductor forming a conduit between a nozzle adaptor and an outlet in the side of the cap assembly. When the nozzle is released, the conduit moves out of alignment with the outlet so as to block any ‘drool’ of the gel remaining in the conduit during later expansion. The outer cap is rotatable to a lock position to disallow activation of the nozzle and to further block the outlet.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a heated gel includes a housing having a recess therein, a coupling assembly disposed in the housing and adapted to retain a pressurized gel container in the recess and a heater assembly disposed in the housing. The heater assembly includes a heater selectively operable to develop heat and a heat exchanger in heat transfer relationship with the heater and having a chamber for receiving a quantity of gel. The heater assembly further includes a first valve in fluid communication with a first portion of the chamber and operable to expose the chamber to pressurized gel and a second valve in fluid communication with a second portion of the chamber and operable to allow dispensing of gel without substantial foaming.

Abstract: A shave gel is disposed within a container having a container body defining a space for storage of the product and a valve in fluid communication with the space. A hollow stem is disposed in fluid communication with the valve and includes an exterior end that has at least one side opening therethrough. The valve is actuable to dispense product through the side opening.

Abstract: An improved fluent product dispensing apparatus is disclosed and includes a temperature indicator so that the user may view the temperature of the fluent product components prior to and during dispensing. The apparatus includes one or more supply containers of a reactive component, a dispenser and a conduit for conveying the reactive components to the dispenser. One or more of the supply containers has a temperature indicator mounted to its exterior that is viewable through a package, or carton, that encloses the supply containers. This indicator displays the temperature of the contents of the supply container so that a user can ensure proper dispensing of the reactive components.