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The same thing is happening in Brazil, where ISPs have convinced telecom regulator Anatel it's absolutely necessary to shift from flat-rate pricing to metered usage lest the Internet explodes (it's surely just coincidental that Netflix's popularity is soaring). And, like here in the States, regulators have been more than happy to help repeat broadband industry claims that you need low caps and overage fees because it's just not possible to continue offering unlimited broadband:
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Dell iPod Deal Returns! 30GB $409 15GB $319
Wow it really is gone.. hope this doesn't affect my order at all. They might have taken it off cause they were getting too many orders for it.
Posted by Jon on May 20, 2003 at 12:28 PM (CDT)
TechTV: AAC Developer Interview
Its the techTV channel
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TechTV: AAC Developer Interview
It is channel 354 on DirecTV.
Posted by MeanE in Halifax on May 20, 2003 at 10:31 AM (CDT)
TechTV: AAC Developer Interview
Whats the channel no for this show in baltimore?
Posted by pete saybolt in baltimore on May 20, 2003 at 9:44 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Guys… You're all missing the obvious. I have an old style iPod, and dependng on under what lighting conditions I view it, the LCD screen goes from as ble as you are reporting to stark white. Same with pictures of it using different white balances on my digital cameras.
What I'm saying is that this whole debate is over nothing but how colors are viewed under different lighting conditions by different people's eyes. If the old iPod can look as striking blue under the right lighting conditions, then it is clear that the same phenomenon is happening with the new ones.
Posted by Devolution on May 20, 2003 at 9:27 AM (CDT)
Online Petition for Firmware Updates for Classic iPods
I don't know how many of you people use the forums, but take a look there. There's been loads of posts in one firmware-related topic.
My two cents? This is a software update, not a hardware update. It'd be like Apple releasing the new 970-based Powermacs bundled with Panther, and then announcing that Panther wouldn't work with the G4 chip.
If you don't like the petition, don't sign it - the less signatures it gets, the less credible it's going to be. But it's got loads so far, so it must be speaking for a lot of people.
Posted by Tim on May 20, 2003 at 9:21 AM (CDT)
AAC vs. MP3: Tested and Rated Part 2
Wait a minute. Gunnar compares iTunes and Quicktime AAC against each other. Don't they use the same codec? I don't iTunes can encode AAC *without* Quicktime.
Posted by san on May 20, 2003 at 8:59 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
You can see that the blue/white color balance is a photography artifact between these shots. The color red is less blue in the 'white' shot as well. I have a feeling if you corrected for the red LEDs to be the same color, you would see backlights the same color.
Until a photo is posted with BOTH the apparent variations in screens in the same shot, the discussion is moot.
Posted by thumbtwidller on May 20, 2003 at 8:08 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
This is just a Wild Ass Guess, but maybe Apple had a bunch of old iPod screens in inventory that they used in the new iPods. Now that the old inventory is gone they're putting in a different screen & backlight. Or maybe it's just a slightly different light…
I'd love for Apple to use Indiglo in the iPod. When that came out originally I couldn't wait for my old watch to die so I could get one with Indiglo.
Posted by MostlyHarmless on May 20, 2003 at 7:42 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Hey Trunks - I've got nothing but (annoying) fluorescent lights in my office. Now, I never reallly noticed the tint of my backlight until I read this article. After some careful examination of viewing the screen in fluorescent light vs. natural ambient light (sunlight, if you prefer =) I can definitely attest to the fact that it DOES look bluish under the fluorescent lights! Not SUPER blue, but pretty damn close to the blue in the picture. When under ambient natural light, though, it's not exactly white - mine is somewhere between the color of the 'blue' pic and the 'white' pic. Interesting.
Posted by Justin D on May 20, 2003 at 7:23 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
By god! the body of the iPod in the lower photo is black! Mine is white! What's going on here!
Don't be daft - there are not two versions of the iPod out there; at the very most there are two versions of the backlight, easily attributable to a difference in the white LEDs used to light it. It's just as likely that most of the difference is from white balance in the cameras used - most digital cameras using automatic white balance go really wonky in low-light situations.
If you want to say it's a case of "misleading marketing" I'd say to you "caveat emptor". Then, since I'm feeling pedantic, I'd give you a lecture about needlessly multiplying entities and how to apply Ockham's Razor.
Posted by Matt in UK on May 20, 2003 at 6:41 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Nick - funny you should use that anology of insurance fraud. It's very similar to if you buy a blue car and get a white one, do you complain or sit there and shut up? I for one am bothered. I was also under the impression that the backlight was suppsoed to be blue as that is how it looked everywhere I saw it, on tv, on apple's website, on the box. The fact remains that as a consumer, I have every right to complain about the product I purchase. The consumer is always right, even when he or she is wrong. okay, that last one was a joke, but I'm upset. This was something I noticed right when I opened mine up, but didn't say anything because a rep at the Apple store told me the same line you did. Now that more users are experiencing the same situation, I feel the need to voice my concern. Five hundred dollars doesn't just fly out of my pocket as easily as it does yours. When I pay for something, I expect to get exactly what I paid for and I expected a blue backlight.
Posted by Alex Bratu in New York on May 20, 2003 at 6:22 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Of course people are entitled to express their opionions, as indeed I am doing. My opinion is that something like the colour of the backlight is a very trivial matter, not worth getting worked up about, and definitely does not represent a flaw in the product, as you term it. The primary issue in my view is whether or not the device performs its primary function - which is to play audio tracks. If it does this OK then I think - once again - that you should give Apple a break on the very minor question of exactly what colour the backlight ends up being on any particular sample of the device. It just isn't important.
Posted by nick in Knebworth, UK on May 20, 2003 at 5:59 AM (CDT)
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Apple, the kings of Customer Support…
or so they'd have you believe.
I own a 2G 20GB Windows IPod & so far have been mighty impressed with the device & customer service to the point of considering purchasing a MAC to see how good they really are!
Alas, now I realise that Apple are like most other manufacturers ... the short term profit & loss account is king & the customer well, a lemon to be squeezed until dry…
My money goes with 'huesage'. I too will use this thing until it dies then swap to some other brand REGARDLESS of how much I love this device.
I refuse to be treated like a lemon.
Posted by AndyO in UK on May 20, 2003 at 5:32 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Some of you keep saying that we should not bother over the minor flaws of the Ipod. But the fact that Apple offers misleading marketing, is a serious problem. People are entitled to expressing their opinion, evn on minor detail such as the colour of the backlight. I personaly think that minor problems on the Ipod only reflects a much larger an serious problem…..in this case misleading marketing of the most popular MP3 player in the world…..by far.
Posted by eric in Trondheim, Norway on May 20, 2003 at 3:16 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Matt (and others who moan about this) - does your iPod play music OK? I guess the answer will be yes. If that is so then enjoy it and stop getting p*ssed off at something so trivial. Don't give Apple such a hard time over every little thing. It's like people defrauding on their insurance - for ever person who does it, insurance gets more expensive for everyone else. It's the same with things like this. There's nothing wrong with your iPod, it just behaves (in a very minor way) differently from some of the others out there. It doesn't affect its primary functionality, so just be cool and enjoy it for what it is.
Posted by nick in Knebworth, UK on May 20, 2003 at 2:52 AM (CDT)
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Could someone in the US record, encode and post this somewere on the web so us not in the US can see it too? :)
Posted by Billy Sardar on May 20, 2003 at 2:29 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
If that is the case then why is apple releasing different versions of the ipod then? IF thats the case then shouldnt we be entitled to get the same ipod?
Posted by TrunksGoku on May 20, 2003 at 12:43 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
I submitted the top photo (the Crystal Method) one. At the same Apple Store I purchased my iPod at, all of the display models (15GB) also had noticably blue backlights. So blue, in fact, that I initially (and stubbornly) thought it was Indiglo. Then I realized it was an iPod, not a watch. :)
Posted by Matt on May 20, 2003 at 12:23 AM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
I just saw this article and was really baffled…i know some white LED's have a bluish tint to them. I turned on my backlight to my ipod in the dark and I saw it was white., but hen I thought….the Apple Employee was in full florescent light in the store…I then turned on my light and then looked at the backlight…sure enough…it was bluish (and this is in regular lightbulb situations)....I think the backlight tends to look bluer in florescent lighting situations….ie: when you by a shirt at a store the colors look brighter then when you take it home or see it out in the sun. I'm sure under the massive usage the ipods recieve at the stores…the backlight might fade…of course a new ipod will look brighter than an old one that been on display in the public's hand. Although…it still could be up for debate…and as far as the picture goes…dont trust it unless you see it with yoru own eyes. Everyone try out the backlight in the dark then in the light and see if it looks bluer under lit conditions or not.
Posted by TrunksGoku on May 19, 2003 at 11:57 PM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
I received a 30 gig last Friday in Tokyo (personalized). It is definitely the top blue backlite one. Where should I email a picture?
Posted by Justin in Tokyo on May 19, 2003 at 10:55 PM (CDT)
iPods.com For Sale
has anyone snagged the domain "eyepod.com" yet? i can see many a grandparent getting confused with this one.
Posted by tactile on May 19, 2003 at 9:25 PM (CDT)
iPods.com For Sale
Typical cybersquating anyway.
Posted by What's your frequency, Kenneth? in my computer on May 19, 2003 at 8:56 PM (CDT)
Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?
Mine is like the bottom picture.
Posted by Darkbandit in Charleston, SC on May 19, 2003 at 8:31 PM (CDT)
iPods.com For Sale
Jaguar, you beat me to it!!!
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In the Spotlight: Happy Leap Day! Would You Avoid Having a Leapling?
As with most things, there are positive and negative sides to any issue. Feelings surrounding the benefits and disadvantages run pretty strong. So strong in fact, that parents due around February 29th (Leap Day) have been known to schedule inductions or C-sections to either have a Leap Year baby or make sure that they don't!
Future issues like driver's licenses, birth certificates, computers recognizing one's birthday become real nuisances.
According to Microsoft, Microsoft's Excel, doesn't recognize that 1900 was not a leap year and as a result other companies' programs, in order to be compatible, have had to put the error in their code. Microsoft has no plans to correct the mistake because, "fixing it now would cause greater impact to customers," a company spokeswoman said.
Then there's the problem of getting teased at school. You can imagine an 8 year old being teased that she's only a 2 year old. Bullying these days is bad enough without adding Leap Year fodder. What about celebrating your "Sweet 16" at age 64?
Of course, the positives include having a unique birthday! You can have a big show-stopping birthday party every four years. As for birth certificates, you have the option of choosing February 28th or March 1st, negating the problem of driver's licenses and birth certificates. Although, there are undoubtedly those who don't want to give up their February 29th birthday identity.
However, it's not always easy for parents to get doctors to comply with early induction requests. Virtually all obstetricians will not induce labor for elective reasons before the baby is full term, usually at 39 weeks.
That means no more early births to avoid delivering on Friday the 13th, September 11th or on grandma's birthday. No more rushing to deliver before the December 2nd cutoff date for getting into a kindergarten class in some states.
Huffington Post's executive lifestyle editor Lori Leibovich's son, Carlos Kanter, is a leapling who, according to his robot-themed party invitations, is celebrating his "8th/2nd Birthday" on Wednesday. Leibovich said that when her doctor gave her the due date Feb. 29, 2004, it didn't seem like a big deal.
"The doctor told me, 'Don't worry, no one has their baby on their due date.' Then, as it got closer I started worrying a little bit, like what kid wants to have a birthday every four years?"
"Leap years occur every four years, except those ending in double zeros, such as 1900 and 2100," says Geoff Chester, a spokesman for the United States Naval Observatory. Because there is no leap year in 2100, anyone born this February 29 who lives a long life will have no birthday from 2096 to 2104.
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MedLAB is an interdisciplinary forum based in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University. Its aims are to provide a focus for researchers in the field by reviewing and discussing recent work, hosting research seminars and symposia, providing feedback on its members' developing papers and proposals, and stimulating new projects. MedLAB is open to all interested researchers at Newcastle University including staff and postgraduate students. All are welcome to attend MedLAB events.
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Ecuador's Coup Alerts Region to a Resurgent Military
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''I saw 25,000 Indians asking for their rights, and I saw military units supporting them,'' Mr. Chavez, who was elected to office in December 1998 after a prison term, said approvingly. ''Who are we to judge the people of Ecuador?'' he asked, adding that, ''We cannot condemn people when they take to the streets.''
On Wednesday, the Venezuelan government approved the restoration to active duty of about 200 officers who took part in Mr. Chavez's 1992 coup attempt and were cashiered as punishment, an action that raised new doubts about its commitment to democratic principles. ''Along with Ecuador's coup, that sends exactly the wrong message to every potential military conspirator in every barracks in the continent,'' a Latin American ambassador here complained.
Here, last week's breakdown of the political order has been portrayed as a victory for constitutional rule, with Gen. Carlos Mendoza, the armed forces commander who briefly led a three-man junta before stepping aside for Vice President Gustavo Noboa, being praised by the new minister of the interior for ''sacrificing a brilliant career so the world would be spared the spectacle of a disoriented and destroyed Ecuador.'' But that interpretation has not found much favor outside the country.
''This was the stereotypical Latin American military coup,'' said Eduardo Gamarra, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University in Miami and an expert on Andean politics. ''The president was toppled and replaced by his vice president, who is supported and guaranteed by the military.''
Indeed, in an interview with foreign reporters this week, Mr. Mahuad directly linked his overthrow to his refusal to adopt policies that the military favored. ''I made peace with Peru'' -- a neighbor with which Ecuador fought several border wars in the 20th century -- ''and cut the military budget,'' he said, incurring the wrath of an officer corps unwilling to accept change.
Still, the new government here is aware that it faces ostracism from other governments in the region unless it moves decisively to punish the rebels, and it has taken some steps to do so. More than a dozen colonels are now in custody and awaiting trial on charges of sedition and conspiring against the constitutional order, and investigations of an estimated 300 junior officers have begun to determine their responsibility in the overthrow of Mr. Mahuad.
But Gen. Telmo Sandoval, who supported the coup, has been promoted to commander of the armed forces, and other generals who played major roles, like Gen. Carlos Moncayo, who permitted Indians to seize the Congress building by withdrawing his troops, are still free. ''I will not permit a witch hunt,'' the new minister of defense, Adm. Hugo Unda Aguirre, said Thursday.
Photos: Vice President Gustavo Noboa of Ecuador signing a degree that allowed him to assume the presidency. Gen. Telmo Sandoval is at his right.; Soldiers guarding the presidential palace in Quito to prevent Indians from taking it over. Indians had stormed the Congress the day before. (Photographs by Reuters) Map: The government in Quito has taken some steps to punish the rebels. Map shows Ecuador.


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The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing system, particularly to a soap dispensing cabinet wherein incremental amounts of soap can be dispensed in response to actuation by a user.
A number of liquid soap dispensers are known. U.S. Pat. No. 4,349,133, U.S. Pat. No. 4,546,904, U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,854 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,463,876 are examples of such dispensers.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,349,133 discloses a liquid dispenser and refill package. The dispenser has a housing, flexible plastic pouch, pumping mechanism and a check valve mechanism. The housing provides a front half and a rear half joined together by a hinge. A pouch located within the housing includes a reservoir and a tubular pumping section in fluid communication with the reservoir.
A "duck bill" check valve for preventing liquid leakage from the pumping section is located at the free end of the pumping section of the pouch. In FIG. 6 of U.S. Pat. No. 4,349,133, the "duck bill" check valve is illustrated. The "duck bill" valve is a plastic cylindrical closure having a diametric slit thereacross which is normally closed but openable when the liquid is pressurized by the pump. The pumping mechanism is contained within the housing and comprises a first block and a second block which sandwich the pumping section and squeeze the pumping section when forced together. The second block is mounted on a lever hinged to the housing. The lever actuates the pumping mechanism when grasped and pulled forward.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,546,904 is similar to U.S. Pat. No. 4,349,133. A check valve is provided in this device. The check valve can comprise one of two embodiments: a first embodiment is a ball and spring valve (see FIG. 5); and a second embodiment is a slit diaphragm valve (see FIG. 4).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,854 discloses a liquid dispenser having a roller which travels along the length of the pumping section. A check valve is provided which comprises a nozzle which has a small opening.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,463,876 discloses a pouch liquid dispenser system having a reservoir section, a pumping section, and a discharge nozzle.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,932,562, which names one of the two inventors of the instant invention as an inventor, discloses a liquid dispensing system. The system includes a compressible housing holding a flexible pouch therein for storing liquid such as soap. A valve mechanism for checking the flow of the liquid from the pouch is provided that includes a mechanism for laterally tensioning the pouch proximate its discharge nozzle.
Although the prior dispensers provide apparatus that can be used to dispense a liquid, such as soap, they suffer a number of disadvantages.
A number of the systems are unnecessarily complex in structure and operation. As a result, these systems are difficult and expensive to manufacture and maintain.
Additional limitations with respect to some dispensers include a slow response (rate of product flow) of the pump section refilling with fluids; a failure of the system to sufficiently "suck-back" fluid at the conclusion of the discharge stroke; and wear and tear on the tube section due to the need to achieve an absolute shut off of the supply side of the fluid system.
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of prior liquid dispensers. To this end, the present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing incremental liquid portions from a liquid reservoir comprising a film pouch, such as a polymeric bag, having a supply section or reservoir section at a top portion thereof. Liquid flows by gravity from the reservoir section into a tubular section or pump section of the pouch. The pump section terminates in a discharge nozzle section which has an aperture at a terminal end thereof. Engagement formations such as holes are arranged on opposite lateral sides of the discharge nozzle section.
The pouch is suspended in a vertical orientation within a housing. An actuating arm is provided which is pivotally mounted within the housing. The actuating arm includes an impact portion that is designed to contact a top portion of the tubular section when the actuating arm is pivoted toward the pouch.
A lower check valve, mounted with respect to the framework, has two lever arms arranged laterally spaced apart and each arm is engageable respectively with one of the engagement formations of the pouch. The lever arms are biased away from each other, at the engagement formations, to effectively stretch flat the discharge nozzle section of the pouch to close the aperture. A check valve actuator, mounted for movement with the actuating arm, is provided which has two cammed surfaces, each arranged to impact one of the lever arms respectively. Pivoting of the actuating arm toward the pouch engages the cams against the lever arms to force the lever arms toward each other which relaxes the nozzle section and effectively opens the aperture.
It is an advantage of the present invention that the apparatus increases the response rate for refilling the pump section or tubular section of the liquid bag after discharge of liquid from the dispenser. As the viscosity of the dispensed liquid increases, the refill or recovery of the pump section after an amount is dispensed is slower. Difficult recovery has been experienced with very viscous or gel-like products.
The present invention overcomes the problems of the prior art by adding a section of injection molded tubular-shaped polymer to the bag in the pump section, secured to the polymeric film of the pouch. Additionally, variations to the pump tube configuration provide a selectable range of advantageous responses.
For easy closing at the upper end, to effect a check valve function, "V" shaped notches are provided at locations spaced 180� apart to each other and on lateral sides of the pump section. These notches reduce the pump actuation force while allowing total shut off. Alternately, slits formed at 180� in lieu of the "V" notches, located in the same described areas, can be provided. These slits require more force to close but require less stroke than the "V" shaped notches.
Thickness in the pumping section can be varied to increase or decrease "memory" or refilling response rate. A thicker tube consequently increases system suction during the return stroke and conversely requires more force. Thicker walls can be used with fluids of higher viscosity which produces higher suction.
Variations in the shape of the discharge end of the sleeve can enhance or diminish the speed of discharge and the "memory" in the pump section.
The impact portion and lower check valve actuator can be formed of a single piece mounted to the actuating arm and referred to as a pump actuator.
As a further aspect of the invention, an improved lower check valve actuator is utilized which controls the operation of the lower check valve in the manner which will provide a controlled amount of "suck-back" (described below) after discharging of the fluid.
An important part of the dispenser function is to provide a "suck-back" characteristic immediately upon conclusion of the discharge stroke or compression of the pump mechanism. This phenomenon eliminates the possibility of a drip, or a non-clean cut-off of the fluid discharge.
In order to inventively achieve this advantage the lower check valve actuator is mounted to the actuating arm which will cause a delay of the closing of the lower check valve, during retraction of the actuating arm, by restricting the action of the lever arms which stretch closed the discharge port. Tensioning pins are used as the lever arms.
The lower check valve actuator provides cams which interact with the tensioning pins of the lower check valve. The lower check valve actuator can be adjusted for extent and duration of check valve opening within the pumping cycle. Hence, when the discharge port is held open for more or less time by the lower check valve as a return stroke of the actuating arm begins, correspondingly more or less of the suction created by the pump tube will be used to create "suck-back" at the aperture to atmosphere.
When the tensioning pins are released from the effect of the lower check valve actuator cams, the full suction of the pump section tube is exerted upon the fluid in the reservoir. This lower check valve actuator can be adjusted to be responsive to a variety of fluids by positioning the cams to move the tensioning pins of the lower check valve more or less duration and at a sooner or later interval in the cycle of operations. A second benefit of this lower check valve actuator is that by containing the tensioning pins during the discharge part of the cycle, a reduced operating force is derived. Also, since the lower check valve actuator can comprise a double cam formed on the pump actuator and since this part is injection molded, an extra component is not required; however, a separate piece check valve actuator mounted to the actuating arm is possible.
An additional advantage of the present invention is to provide a method for reliably and at a low force performing the function of an upper check valve without using a dual or compound actuation mechanism, e.g., using two elements sequentially, one closing the pump tube and the other squeezing the tube to eject the fluid from the tube.
A known manner of achieving an upper check valve function in a tubular peristaltic pumping system is to mechanically squeeze the tube shut. Most mechanisms use this technique. In peristaltic pumping, in order to achieve the absolute shut off from the supply side of the fluid system, in a single component mechanism, the customary technique involves a relatively sharp edge projection on the pump actuator being advanced against the tube ahead of the face of the pump actuator which squeezes the section of the tube containing the fluid to be discharged. However, this method is abusive of the tube, and inefficient as to energy usage, since the actuator must be sufficiently deflected to allow it to be stroked forward of its check valve or closed position into its pumping or fluid discharging position.
One actuator of the system of the present invention has several features which achieve these inventive advantages. As the pump actuator arm is advanced in a predetermined arcuate motion in the performance of the dispensing function, the portion of the pump actuator arm at its upper end, described as the upper check valve actuator tip portion, progressively engages and compresses the upstream end of the pump tube against a "pump anvil" projection on the dispenser back molding. The progressive engagement involves slidably engaging the contoured surfaces of the anvil and the tip in a manner which utilizes the physical properties of the polymer that is used to mold the actuator (high memory, low set retention) and the contoured shapes of the two parts in a rolling, wedging effect, rather than a knife effect. Because of the engagement, a reduced resistance to the closing of the pump sleeve is achieved by the unique notching at the point of engagement with the tip and anvil.
Reduced resistance at the downstream end of the pump sleeve is also achieved by notching this end. By using a "V" notching and altering the length of the rear flap to increase length so that it is equal to that of the front flap, recovery and suck-back is increased along with back pressure and consequent operating force. By decreasing the rear flap length this results in decreased recovery and suck-back while also decreasing back pressure and consequent operating force.
In another embodiment of the invention, a specially shaped actuator with a replaceable adjustable pressure pad is provided. The lower check valve actuator cams can also be provided integral with this actuator at its lower extremity. The cams actuate the lower check valve pins to open the lower check valve during operation.
In this embodiment it is not necessary to use an external transverse bar-shaped device to function as an upper check valve during the pressure stroke of the actuator. Additionally, the V-shaped notches at a top end of the pump sleeve can be preferably set to form a 60� included angle. The 60� notch reduces the force required to accomplish this closing and at the same time, when the pressure is released, the notch insures that as product drains down, the pump tube is able to make a complete evacuation of the reservoir section of the pouch.
Additional features and advantages of the present invention are described in, and will be apparent from, the detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 1A is a bottom plan view of a check valve actuator from FIG. 1 in a dispensing condition.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken generally along line III--III of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view from FIG. 2 showing the actuator in a dispensing condition;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken generally along V--V of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of a pump tube shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the pump tube of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of a pump actuator shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of the pump actuator of FIG. 8; and
FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the pump actuator of FIG. 8.
Referring to the figures, and specifically FIG. 1 an embodiment of the liquid dispenser is illustrated. As illustrated the dispenser 10 includes a back plate 12 which typically is attached to a wall or other structure to support the dispenser 10 in a known way. The back plate 12 is effectively covered by a front cover 14 by suitable formations and/or screws.
The front cover 14 includes a window portion 16 therethrough. A push button 18 proceeds external of the front cover 14 through the window 16 and attaches to an actuating arm 24. The push button 18 is fixedly inserted into a socket 20 of the arm 24.
The actuating arm 24 is pivotably connected to the front cover 14, near its top at pin connectors 28a, 28b (see FIG. 3). Inside the dispenser 10 between the front cover 14 and the back plate 12 is located an elongated conical trough 32 having a wide open top end 34, generally straight sides 36, a cone section 38 and a bottom opening 40. The trough 32 is supported in the dispenser by clips 44 attached to the back plate 12.
Placed within the trough 32 is a film pouch 48 having a sealed top end 50, a liquid containing volume or straight section 52, a generally conical section 58 below the straight section 52, and a cylindrical pathway 60 terminating in a narrow channel section 62 having an aperture 64 at its terminal end. Mounted within the cylindrical pathway 60 is a tube 70 having a sufficient thickness to retain a structural memory after collapsing. That is, the tube will spring back to its tubular shape after being compressed.
In an exemplary embodiment, the tube includes V-shaped notches 72 arranged laterally at a top end of the tube 60 and second V-shaped notches 76 arranged laterally at a bottom end of the tube. In FIG. 1 the second V-shaped notches 76 are shown somewhat flattened, this due to a tightly formed and flattened cylindrical pathway 60 of the film pouch 48.
The actuator arm 24 provides at its low end an actuator 84. The actuator 84 provides at a top end thereof a hammer or impact portion 88 and a check valve actuator 90 at a lower end thereof. The back plate 12 extends inwardly at a lower portion thereof into a raised formation 96 which is generally box-shaped having an anvil formation 98 proceeding toward the cylindrical pathway 60 arranged in front thereof.
The formation 96 provides a bottom wall 102. A lower check valve 106 is attached to the bottom wall 102 via pins 108. The check valve comprises two pins 116, 118 which act as lever arms (see FIG. 5). A spring 120 connects the pins 116, 118 at a base end thereof. The pins 116, 118 are pinned in a middle portion at pivot points 126, 128 respectively. The pins 116, 118 proceed from this middle portion through holes 136, 138 arranged in a nozzle portion of the film pouch.
The operation of the check valve actuator 90 is shown more clearly in FIG. 1A. As the actuating arm 24 approaches the pouch 48 the pins 116, 118 make contact with and slide down the inclined surfaces 90a, 90b. The pins 116, 118 are thus drawn together to relax the aperture 64 of the pouch 48. Holes 90c, 90d are provided to pin the actuator 90 to the actuating arm or to the impact portion 88 or it can be formed integral therewith.
FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment of the dispenser 10 described with regard to FIG. 1, referred to as dispenser 160. The trough 32 is supported within the dispenser 160 by a plurality of clips 166. A film pouch 170 is similar to the film pouch 48 except for a substantially shorter polymeric tube 172 located therein. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the tube 172 provides V-shaped notches 72 at a top end thereof and notches 178 at a bottom end thereof. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a front portion of the tube 172 has a shorter length than a rear portion 172b.
On a front side of the tube 172 mounted to the actuator arm 24 is an actuator 184. The actuator 184 provides a check valve actuator 188 arranged at a bottom end thereof and a hammer portion 196 at a top end thereof. The hammer portion 196 comprises a round compression member 200 bolted to the hammer portion 196 by bolt 204. The compression member 200 can be plastic, rubber or other material selected for hardness and compression (resiliency) to achieve an optimal squeezing effect against the tube 172. Because the compression member is bolted on, it can be readily changed depending on application. The actuator 184 is bolted to the actuator arm by bolts 206.
FIG. 3 illustrates the pouch 170 mounted into the trough 32 having the wide opening 34 at a top end thereof and the smaller opening 40 at a bottom end thereof. The conical bottom section of the pouch 216 extends below the trough 34 and includes engaging holes 136, 138 for receipt of pins 116, 118 of the check valve.
A bolt 204 is used to secure a round compression member 200 to the hammer portion 196. Bolts 206, as illustrated, secure the actuator 184 to the actuating arm 24. The actuating arm 24 is shown as being of a generally U-shaped configuration with parallel actuating levers 230, 232 pinned above at the pins 28a, 28b.
The pouch 170 also comprises a tear-off portion 250. When portion 250 is torn off, aperture 64 is exposed.
FIG. 4 illustrates the operation of the actuator when activated by a user. The round compression member 200 has pivoted with the actuating arm 24 to strike and close the tube 172 against a formation 260 formed on a back plate 262. In the illustrated embodiment, an anvil is not needed, and a flat area 266 is arranged on the formation 260. The compression member 200 squeezes the tube 172 to flatten the tube between its V-shaped notches 72 to close the tube off from the straight section 52 and conical section 58. Simultaneously the compression member 200 squeezes an amount of fluid residing in the tube downward out through the aperture 64. Also, in this condition, the check valve 106 is now engaged by the check valve actuator 184 to assist in holding the aperture 64 open by compressing the narrow Channel 62 by moving the holes 136, 138 closer together.
FIG. 5 illustrates the functioning of the check valve 106. The pins 116, 118 are shown extended through the holes 136, 138 in the narrow channel section 62 of the pouch. The pins have annular slots 262a, 262b to hold the narrow channel section 62 thereon. The pins have distal ends 280, 282 with surfaces 280a, 282a tapered outwardly.
Before the check valve actuator 184 makes contact with the pins 116, 118, a spring 120 causes the pins 116, 118 to pivot about their pivot points 126, 128 to spread apart from each other at their distal ends 280, 282. This places tension on the narrow channel section 62 of the pouch to hold the aperture 64 closed. When cammed surfaces 290, 292 of the check valve actuator 188 approach and impact the distal ends of the pins 280, 282 the sliding cam action on the tapered outside surfaces 280a, 282a of the distal ends 280, 282 causes the pins to move toward each other against the bias of the spring 120 to open up the aperture 64 as shown in dashed lines of FIG. 5.
FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate the tubular section 260 that is used in the present invention. V-shaped notches are formed both in the top section and the bottom section. In the preferred embodiment, the upper V-shaped notches 72 have an angle A=60�. At a bottom end thereof an angle B is provided for the V-shaped notches.
As also illustrated in FIG. 6 at a bottom end of the tube, a first arcuate side or "flap" 300 of the tube 172 is fashioned longer than a second arcuate side or "flap" 302 of the tube 172. The first arcuate side 300 can be arranged either on a side of the tube closest to the impacting hammer 196 (the front side) or on the side furthest away from the impacting hammer 196 (the back side). Depending on the orientation, different benefits are achieved.
One actuator of the system of the present invention has several features which achieve these inventive advantages. As the pump actuator arm is advanced in a predetermined arcuate motion in the performance of the dispensing function, the portion of the pump actuator arm at its upper end, described as the upper check valve actuator tip portion, progressively engages and compresses the upstream end of the pump tube against a "pump anvil" projection on the dispenser back molding. The progressive engagement involves slidably engaging the contoured surfaces of the anvil and the tip in a manner which utilizes the physical properties of the polymer that is used to mold the actuator (high memory, low set retention) and the contoured shapes of the two parts in a rolling, wedging effect, rather than a knife effect. Because of the engagement, a reduced resistance to the closing of the pump sleeve is achieved by the unique notching at the point of engagement with the tip and anvil.
Reduced resistance at the downstream end of the pump sleeve is also achieved by notching this end. By using a "V" notching and altering the length of the rear flap to increase length so that it is equal to that of the front flap, recovery and suck-back is increased along with back pressure and consequent operating force. By decreasing the rear flap length this results in decreased recovery and suck-back while also decreasing back pressure and consequent operating force.
FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate in more detail the actuator 184. The round compression member 200 is shown mounted to the hammer portion 196. The check valve actuator 188 is shown comprising cammed surfaces 290, 292 and additionally shows receiving apertures 402, 404. The receiving apertures 402, 404 are provided for the lower check valve pins 116, 118 to be able to pass therethrough during the compression stroke of the actuator 184 against the pouch 170. The receiving apertures 402, 404 hold the pins 116, 118 together at a predetermined separation. The pins 116, 118 thereby will slide across the cammed surfaces 290, 292 and into the receiving apertures 402, 404.
It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and without diminishing its attendant advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.
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