Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving oxidizable substances such as liquids or foodstuffs are disclosed. These systems incorporate a sealing device and an oxygen scavenging chemical or agent coupleable to the system. The oxygen scavenging agent can remove the oxygen from the headspace of a container such as a bottle of wine without reducing the pressure in the headspace to the extent that the flavor of the wine is adversely affected.

Abstract: Provided is a container, which comprises a container body and a cover and further comprises a variable-pressure component, a metering channel, a liquid extraction channel and an outflow channel. The head of the metering channel is in communication with the variable-pressure component, and the tail thereof is in communication with the outflow channel and the liquid extraction channel. A valve, which is opened when the variable-pressure component is pressurized and is closed when the variable-pressure component is depressurized, is provided between the metering channel and the outflow channel. A valve, which is opened when the variable-pressure component is depressurized and is closed when the variable-pressure component is pressurized, is provided between the metering channel and the liquid extraction channel or within the liquid extraction channel. The metering channel, the liquid extraction channel and the outflow channel are fixed to the cover.

Abstract: Provided is a self-metering container, an initial positioning device thereof and an initial positioning method. The container comprises a container body, a variable pressure component, a metering channel and an outflow channel. When the variable pressure component is depressurized, contents in the container body enter the metering channel; and when the variable pressure component is pressurized, the contents in the metering channel flow outwards via the outflow channel. The container further comprises an initial positioning device. The initial positioning device comprises a backflow cavity, a backflow channel and a component capable of closing the backflow channel. The backflow cavity is in communication with the variable pressure component and the initial end of the metering channel. The initial end of the metering channel is higher than the bottom of the backflow cavity. The backflow channel is in communication with the bottom of the backflow cavity and the container body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a twist-action, portion-control dispenser having a dispenser body, a grip ring attached to an exterior surface of the dispenser body, and a piston movably fitted within the dispenser body and coupled to the grip ring. The piston is configured to move incrementally downwards through the dispenser body when the grip ring is rotated relative to the dispenser body. A sauce pouch is contained within the dispenser body, in contact with the piston, such that sauce is dispensed from the dispenser as the piston is moved incrementally downwards.

Abstract: A container and method for taking out contained product. The container comprises a container body, a pressure transfer channel, a control valve, a liquid taking channel and an outflow channel, the control valve contains a moving part. The moving part is at different positions along with variation of pressure applied to a variable pressure part, and connection and disconnection of the channels which between the pressure transfer channel and the outflow channel and between the liquid taking channel and the pressure transfer channel are determined by three positions of the moving part. The container can quantitatively take out contained product, is simple in structure and avoid the product to be oxidized or polluted.

Abstract: A medicine bottle is provided. The medicine bottle can have a bottle body, which has an inner space to receive a medicine, and a bottle top attached to the bottle body. The bottle top can have a riser tube, which projects into the inner space in order to facilitate a pumping of the medicine out of the inner space through the riser tube and out of the medicine bottle. The inner space can be delimited by a bottom side, of which the height varies over a base area of the bottle body between a maximum height and a minimum height, to allow the medicine to accumulate in the region of the minimum height in the case of a low fill level of the medicine. Additionally, a length of the riser tube can be chosen such that the riser tube projects further into the inner space than to the maximum height of the bottom side.

Abstract: A bottle body structure includes a substrate accommodating a container bottle which includes an inner bottle body, an outer container bottle and a bottle cap. The bottle cap can be accommodated inside the outer bottle body and the side wall of the bottle cap is provided with a discharge hole. An ejecting mechanism, enabling the inner bottle body to displace axially relative to the outer bottle body to expose the discharge hole out of the outer bottle body, is provided between the inner bottle body and the substrate. As a result, the bottle body structure conceals the discharge hole in the outer bottle body and the ejecting mechanism enables the inner bottle body to eject automatically to expose the discharge hole, which is convenient to use and hygienic. Material in the bottle can be poured out easily with one hand. The bottle body is especially applicable to storage of spices.

Abstract: An adjustable container is disclosed, wherein a plunger assembly disposed the container body cooperates with a support formed on an interior of the body to force the contents of the container upwardly towards a top thereof and to militate against the downward movement of said plunger assembly.

Abstract: An inverted bottle assembly includes a bottle, a tip insert, and a cap. The bottle may include: 1) a rounded top portion engaged with or adjacent to a sidewall portion, 2) a base portion engaged with or adjacent to the sidewall portion, 3) a conical flange engaged with or adjacent to the base portion, and 4) a neck portion engaged with or adjacent to the conical flange. Additionally, the bottle may include a non-round cross-sectional shape. The tip insert may engage with the neck portion of the bottle. The tip insert may also have a nozzle with a nozzle passageway with an opening. The cap may cover the tip insert and the neck portion. The bottle assembly may also include first and second sealing structures within the cap.

Abstract: An adjustable container is disclosed, wherein a plunger assembly disposed the container body cooperates with a support formed on an interior of the body to force the contents of the container upwardly towards a top thereof and to militate against the downward movement of said plunger assembly.

Abstract: A cartridge connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The cartridge comprises an outer casing and an inner flexible liner containing fuel for the fuel cell. The inner flexible liner may have an insert disposed inside the inner liner to facilitate the transport of fuel from the cartridge to the fuel cell. The insert minimizes the fuel that is trapped within the cartridge. The inner flexible liner can be used without the outer casing. The outer casing can be substantially rigid or flexible. The cartridge is also adaptable to receive byproducts from the fuel cell. The cartridge can also be pressurized to push fuel to the fuel cell. Unidirectional relief valves are also disclosed to prevent internal pressure in the cartridge from becoming too high or too low.

Abstract: A container comprises a substantially dimensionally stable outer wall and an easily deformable inner pouch which gradually contracts upon discharge of the contents of the container. As a result, pressure compensation is provided in the increasing space between the outer wall and the inner pouch. The outer wall and the inner pouch have, therebetween, a layer of a pressure compensating material that expands when acted upon by an agent. The expanding layer comprises, in an exemplary embodiment, citric acid and sodium bicarbonate foam acting against the inner pouch. The foamed pressure-compensating layer supports the inner pouch so that no vacuum is generated in the pouch.

Abstract: A toy is disclosed for producing a simulated eruption. The toy comprises a container having a first chamber for holding a predetermined quantity of a first reagent and a second chamber for holding a predetermined quantity of a second reagent. The second chamber communicates with an upstanding convergent nozzle terminating at its upper end in an orifice opening to the exterior of the container. When the sidewalls defining the first chamber are squeezed, a portion of the first reagent held therein is forced through a connecting tube into the second chamber, where the first regent reacts with the second reagent to produce gaseous products. The elevated pressure thereby created within the second chamber causes the reagent mixture to be ejected from the nozzle orifice at high velocity. The toy may additionally comprise a simulated volcano landscape having a eruption tube depending from the volcano crater which receives at its lower end the tip of the nozzle.

Abstract: A new two part closure for a sanitary wash bottle assembly comprising an inner multiple lobed elastomer plug and a sealing stopper. A dispensing tube passes through the inner plug and a bulb is positioned next to the neck of the flask of the wash bottle. The sealing stopper is formed with a downwardly extending skirt which encompasses the top rim of the wash bottle and an inner lip-matching groove to engage the wash bottle rim at the lip edge. The inner plug member is formed with uniformly spaced apart lobes at the bottom of the plug and with a central axial bore having narrowed portions at the top and bottom of the bore to facilitate pushing in the dispensing tube. The plug is molded by a transfer molding operation and is formed of a yieldable elastomer having a Durometer (Shore A). The multi-lobe construction of the plug provides a yieldable easily manipulated plug mass which can be easily inserted within the outer skirt and cap member of the double stopper assembly.