Abstract:
The invention is directed to a rotation cutter (1000, 1000', 10, 10a, 20, 30, 40a, 40b, 40c), adapted to be attached to a protruding outlet nozzle (110) of a container (100), in particular the protruding outlet nozzle (110) of an industrial-grade container (100), the outlet nozzle (110) having a nozzle outlet (101) that is sealable or sealed by a sealing layer (102), the rotation cutter being adapted to open the sealing layer upon being attached to the outlet nozzle (110), and the rotation cutter being in form of a cap-element (1001) and including a piercing element (1) arranged fully inside a cap housing and configured to open the sealing layer upon attaching the rotation cutter to the sealed outlet nozzle (110).
Abstract:
The invention is related to an apparatus on which a carbonated beverage container is mounted and which provides the discharging of the beverage before it goes flat, in order to prevent carbonated beverages from going flat.
Abstract:
Various bungs including a bunging substance, for inserting into a neck of a bottle to seal the bottle. An ampule is disposed within the bunging substance. The ampule is configured to include a compressed gas. A hollow-bore needle having a hollow bore is disposed within the bung, and on activation of self-release, the hollow-bore needle is configured to convey a portion of the gas through the hollow bore into the bottle.
Abstract:
A device (10) for opening, or re-closing, and holding lids (12) of containers (11), each provided with an oblong spout (13), comprises a removal head (20) of the pneumatic type which has a through housing channel (21) which develops along an axis (X) and in which the spout (13) is at least partly housed, and a holding member (25), associated to the removal head (20), to cooperate with the spout (13). The holding member (25) is actuated pneumatically to define at least a reversible condition of holding the spout (13) inside the housing channel (21) and comprises elastically deformable means (33, 133) which laterally delimit the housing channel (21). The elastically deformable means (33, 133) are configured to be deformed elastically by means of a fluid under pressure, so as to selectively define a reduction in section of the housing channel (21) suitable to hold the spout (13).
Abstract:
An intravascular port access device includes a first component having a chamber configured to attach reversibly to an intravenous line port. A second component reversibly attaches to the first component and contains a disinfecting agent and an applicator material. The second component is configured to be reversibly received over external surfaces of the intravenous line port. A method of cleansing an intravenous line port includes providing a port cleaning device having a first component with a chamber containing a first cleaning agent. A second component includes a second cleaning agent. A third component has a microbiocidal agent and is reversibly attached to the first component. The second component is removed from the device, the external surfaces of the port are contacted with the second cleaning agent, the first cleaning agent is ejected from the chamber into the port, and the third component is used to cap the port.
Abstract:
Systems are described for delivery of a wide variety of materials in which liquid and gas or vapor states are concurrently present, from a package preferably including a fluid-containing collapsible liner. Headspace gas is removed from a pressure dispensing package prior to liquid dispensation therefrom, and ingress gas is removed thereafter during dispensation operation. At least one sensor senses presence of gas or a gas-liquid interface in a reservoir or gas-liquid separation region. A gas removal system including an integral reservoir, at least one sensor, and at least one flow control elements may be included within a connector adapted to mate with a pressure dispensing package, for highly efficient removal of gas from the liquid being dispensed from the container.
Abstract:
A reconstituting device including a control system reconstitutes product concentrates. The reconstituting device is further able to pre-wet a mixing device of the dispense circuit, dispense the reconstituted product, and rinse the mixing device during a dispense interval without affecting the mix ratio of the reconstituted dispense. Pre-wetting and rinsing of the mixing device of the dispense circuit is accomplished by moving a portion of a concentrate dispense from an earliest and a latest dispense interval to a mid-range dispense interval, thereby flowing reconstituting fluid alone during the earliest and latest dispense intervals. Pre-wetting allows the reconstituting fluid to form a boundary layer on contact surfaces of the mixing device. Rinsing is accomplished by flowing reconstituting fluid through device after the mixing sequence of the dispense is completed. The control system may conduct the pre-wet or the post-rinse sequence, or may conduct both within a same dispense.
Abstract:
A method for shaping an aerosol container (10) to a desired body contour. A container body (12) is formed into a cylindrical shape and installed into a mold (30) whose inner surface defines the desired body contour. A bladder (74) is fitted onto a tool (50) insertable into an open end (M) of the container body. Once the tool is inserted, the bladder is inflated with a hydraulic fluid. Pressurizing the bladder forces the bladder against a sidewall of the body forcing the body outwardly and deforming it against the inside of the mold. After the container body is shaped, the bladder is de-pressurized and the tool withdrawn leaving the container with a defined body contour. The hydraulic fluid with which the bladder is pressurized is, at all times, contained within the bladder and does not contact the container sidewall so no subsequent drying of the container is required after the shaping process is complete.
Abstract:
A premises (20) is equipped with a plurality of containers (26) in which are stored bulk products (56) that are dispensed from the containers (26) for individual transactions. The containers (26) are equipped with asset tags (48) that monitor the dispensation of products (56). Event records (96) are electronically communicated from the asset tags (48) to a host (46) for processing. A tag event process (198) evaluates the event records (96) and calculates actual dispensation rates (224) that self-calibrate for a number of potential dispensation variances. The tag event process (198) detects when a container (26) becomes empty (68) and then performs a reconciliation (266) for the container (26). The process (198) also detects when inventory usage data is incomplete, whether by failure to receive communications or from missing a single event record (96), and causes a warning to be presented so that an audit may be performed.