An apparatus is disclosed and includes a can, which has an end wall incorporating a vent panel and a pouring panel, both panels presenting a contour defined by a rupture line. The apparatus includes an actuation tab with an extracting end portion affixed to the vent panel. The actuation tab includes a punching end portion affixed to the pouring panel and a lower end tooth to be pressed against a spot region of the rupture line of the pouring panel. The actuation tab includes a grip portion affixed to the extracting end portion and is designed to be manually and upwardly actuated for detaching the vent panel from the end wall. The grip portion is designed to punch and rupture the spot region of the rupture line of the pouring panel and, subsequently, detaching the latter from the end wall.

Provided is an appliance including a receptacle for a capsule that contains a food substance; a processing unit for processing the food substance into an edible food product; an adapter unit configured for coupling to the capsule and drawing the food substance therefrom; wherein said adapter unit includes an adapter being at an end of a conduit and being configured for coupling with a tube that extends from the capsule's interior, the conduit leading to the processing unit and being linked to a vacuum source for emptying the content of the capsule by drawing the food substance out of the capsule through the tube into the conduit and transferring it through said conduit into the processing unit.

Provided is an appliance including a receptacle for a capsule that contains a food substance; a processing unit for processing the food substance into an edible food product; an adapter unit configured for coupling to the capsule and drawing the food substance therefrom; wherein said adapter unit includes an adapter being at an end of a conduit and being configured for coupling with a tube that extends from the capsule's interior, the conduit leading to the processing unit and being linked to a vacuum source for emptying the content of the capsule by drawing the food substance out of the capsule through the tube into the conduit and transferring it through said conduit into the processing unit.

Provided is an appliance including a receptacle for a capsule that contains a food substance; a processing unit for processing the food substance into an edible food product; an adapter unit configured for coupling to the capsule and drawing the food substance therefrom; wherein said adapter unit includes an adapter being at an end of a conduit and being configured for coupling with a tube that extends from the capsule's interior, the conduit leading to the processing unit and being linked to a vacuum source for emptying the content of the capsule by drawing the food substance out of the capsule through the tube into the conduit and transferring it through said conduit into the processing unit.

An aluminum alloy and recycle method are provided in which the recycled used beverage containers form an alloy composition useful with relatively minor compositional adjustments for body stock.

Provided is a liquid storage container having a puncture port capable of ensuring hermeticity at the time of puncturing regardless of the size of an insertion part of a puncture instrument and also capable of reducing the loss of contents. A puncture port 40, which is provided in a liquid storage container 1 for storing liquid and is punctured by a puncture instrument 200 having a needle tube portion 210 formed with a through hole 215, comprises a cylindrical port main body portion 43, a liquid discharge portion 30, and a first partition 411 and a second partition 421 provided in the port main body portion 43, wherein the port main body portion 43 is joined to the liquid discharge portion 30 at a boundary portion between a liquid accommodation portion 10 and the liquid discharge portion 30.

Provided is a liquid storage container having a puncture port capable of ensuring hermeticity at the time of puncturing regardless of the size of an insertion part of a puncture instrument and also capable of reducing the loss of contents. A puncture port 40, which is provided in a liquid storage container 1 for storing liquid and is punctured by a puncture instrument 200 having a needle tube portion 210 formed with a through hole 215, comprises a cylindrical port main body portion 43, a liquid discharge portion 30, and a first partition 411 and a second partition 421 provided in the port main body portion 43, wherein the port main body portion 43 is joined to the liquid discharge portion 30 at a boundary portion between a liquid accommodation portion 10 and the liquid discharge portion 30.

A dispenser for dispensing a product from a flexible tube includes a shell and a dispensing apparatus that is positioned within a dispenser opening defined within the shell. A mouthpiece is attached to the shell and is in fluid communication with the dispenser opening and with the flexible tube when the flexible tube is positioned within the dispenser opening. Operation of the dispensing apparatus causes the product within the flexible tube to be dispensed from the flexible tube and expelled from the dispenser through the mouthpiece.

A dispenser for dispensing a product from a flexible tube includes a shell and a dispensing apparatus that is positioned within a dispenser opening defined within the shell. A mouthpiece is attached to the shell and is in fluid communication with the dispenser opening and with the flexible tube when the flexible tube is positioned within the dispenser opening. Operation of the dispensing apparatus causes the product within the flexible tube to be dispensed from the flexible tube and expelled from the dispenser through the mouthpiece.

The present invention relates to an opening device for a beverage container. More specifically, the invention relates to a metal end closure having a primary opening area and at least one optional secondary vent opening which can be opened with the same pull tab. The primary opening area and the secondary vent opening area are defined by a score line which is interrupted by a check slot to inhibit propagation of a fracture along the score line.