A household appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior, and a basket located within the tub and having a loading opening confronting the tub opening. The appliance also includes a bulk dispenser with a dispensing opening, a first chamber in fluid communication with the dispensing opening, and a second chamber fluidly coupled to the first chamber.

The present invention relates to improvements in devices for sampling liquids, e.g. various biological liquids, in particular, whole blood, urine, etc. arranged in sample containers. As a consequence of the improvements, the sample taken from a sample container with a sampling member (10) is directly transferred to the inlet of a flow structure comprising the aliquoting chamber for segmenting an aliquot of sample with high-precision. That is, there is no need to direct the sample over a long passageway in the sampling member (10) before a sample portion could be dispensed by a sampling unit.

A toilet tank top cover, including: a compartment for containing a liquid detergent; and a dispenser, for manually dispensing a dose of the liquid detergent from the compartment downwards into a toilet tank, being covered by the toilet tank top cover, thereby utilizing a large space of the compartment, as being adapted to a large length and a large width of the toilet tank, for dispensing the liquid detergent therefrom.

A toilet tank top cover, including: a compartment for containing a liquid detergent; and a dispenser, for manually dispensing a dose of the liquid detergent from the compartment downwards into a toilet tank, being covered by the toilet tank top cover, thereby utilizing a large space of the compartment, as being adapted to a large length and a large width of the toilet tank, for dispensing the liquid detergent therefrom.

A toilet tank top cover, including: a compartment for containing a liquid detergent; and a dispenser, for manually dispensing a dose of the liquid detergent from the compartment downwards into a toilet tank, being covered by the toilet tank top cover, thereby utilizing a large space of the compartment, as being adapted to a large length and a large width of the toilet tank, for dispensing the liquid detergent therefrom.

A method for the portioned packaging of liquid or pasty products using a packaging machine. The product is fed via an inlet to a metering chamber, being metered in the metering chamber by a metering member to form a product portion, and the product portion being fed via a metering outlet to a package. In order to avoid impairments of products which are sensitive to crystallizing out in the inoperative state, the metering chamber is operated in continuous flow in at least one operating state of the packaging machine from the following group: downtimes of the packaging machine, start-up of the packaging machine and operation of the packaging machine, by the productwhether entirely or in a partial flowbeing removed entirely or partially from the metering chamber past the metering member via an outlet provided in addition to the metering outlet and being recirculated.

A method for the portioned packaging of liquid or pasty products using a packaging machine. The product is fed via an inlet to a metering chamber, being metered in the metering chamber by a metering member to form a product portion, and the product portion being fed via a metering outlet to a package. In order to avoid impairments of products which are sensitive to crystallizing out in the inoperative state, the metering chamber is operated in continuous flow in at least one operating state of the packaging machine from the following group: downtimes of the packaging machine, start-up of the packaging machine and operation of the packaging machine, by the productwhether entirely or in a partial flowbeing removed entirely or partially from the metering chamber past the metering member via an outlet provided in addition to the metering outlet and being recirculated.

This container lid fits onto existing insulated cups. It has a refillable and sealable reservoir with a top opening to receive substances and a bottom opening to release substances into a container. The release of substances is controlled and measured before release. A double piston and button combination interact with a narrow section of the reservoir to dispense only a portion of the contents from the reservoir into the container. The released portion is carefully metered within the narrow channel when the double piston alternately seals a first opening and a second opening of the narrow channel. The reservoir serves to store the unreleased substance until the next time the button is activated to release addition substance into the container.

This container lid fits onto existing insulated cups. It has a refillable and sealable reservoir with a top opening to receive substances and a bottom opening to release substances into a container. The release of substances is controlled and measured before release. A double piston and button combination interact with a narrow section of the reservoir to dispense only a portion of the contents from the reservoir into the container. The released portion is carefully metered within the narrow channel when the double piston alternately seals a first opening and a second opening of the narrow channel. The reservoir serves to store the unreleased substance until the next time the button is activated to release addition substance into the container.

This container lid fits onto existing insulated cups. It has a refillable and sealable reservoir and in the preferred embodiment includes a top opening to receive substances and a bottom opening to release substances into a container. The release of substances into the beverage container is controlled and is measured before release. A preferred double piston and button combination interact with a narrow section of the reservoir to dispense only a portion of the contents from the reservoir into the container. The released portion is carefully metered within the narrow channel when the double piston alternately seals a first opening and a second opening of the narrow channel. The reservoir serves to store the unreleased substance until the next time the button is activated to release addition substance into the container.