An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a body member including a beverage-container-receiving cavity, an aperture disposed on the body member, and a movable member disposed on the body member, the movable member having a beverage-container-puncturing portion. The beverage-container-puncturing portion is selectively movable into the beverage-container-receiving cavity via the aperture.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for pull-tab seal removal are provided. An extraction tool for removal of integrated pull-tab seals from containers may comprise a cover slidably coupled to a body portion in which an extraction shaft and/or a seal gap separator operate to remove the seal while requiring less dexterity and/or less applied force than would otherwise be required.

The invention provides a piercing system for piercing at least one sealing membrane (18) closing off at least one cavity (14) of a receptacle, said system including a piercing member (110) configured to puncture the sealing membrane (18) and an ionizing device for removing the electrostatic charges that might be carried by said cavity (14). In accordance with the invention, said ionizing device comprises the piercing member (110) that is adapted to present ionizing properties. The invention also provides a method of piercing at least one sealing membrane (18) closing off at least one cavity (14) of a receptacle, said method comprising piercing the sealing membrane (18) in order to open up said cavity (14), and removing the electrostatic charges that might be carried by said cavity (14), wherein the sealing membrane (18) is pierced and the electrostatic charges is removed by a piercing member (110) adapted to present ionizing properties.

A single serve beverage dispenser having a beverage dispensing assembly for an appliance is provided. The beverage dispensing assembly may include a brewing body, a lid, an actuating lever, and a lift frame. The brewing body may define a brew chamber and define an outlet. The lid may be pivotally attached to the brewing body to rotate between a first position and a second position. The lid may include a cam and defining an inlet to receive a flow of water in the first position. The actuating lever may extend between a first end and a second end. The first end may be slidably engaged with the cam to move between the first position and the second position. The lift frame may be pivotally attached to the lever at the second end to selectively motivate the brew pod away from the brew chamber in the second position.

Piercing one or more containers (e.g., single use containers) within a cleaning and disinfecting device is provided. An actuator (e.g., motor, or the like) causes drive mechanisms to move a member (e.g., tube) and/or a piercer linearly with respect to a longitudinal axis of the member. The actuator moves the member towards a container until the piercer has pierced a portion of the container. A guide may form a seal with a reservoir located under the container to create a seal with the reservoir and keep contents of the container from passing from a reservoir to components of a piercer apparatus. Alternatively, the piercer and/or guide form a seal with the container, and the contents pass from the container to an outlet channel in the member, such that the contents of the container are emptied out of the container to the outlet channel and directly or indirectly to a medical device.

A portable drinking device capable of fitting over a typical pressurized beverage can to direct the flow of fluid from the can to a recipient's mouth. The portable drinking device may be positioned over the open top of the can and the can and portable drinking device are slightly tilted sideways. After the can has been punctured on its side, the entire assembly is positioned so that the portable drinking device directs a rapid and steady stream of fluid from the punctured can through the tube of the portable drinking device into a recipient's mouth.

A single handed oil filter puncher tool system and method that operates as an easy and simple time saving device for draining an oil filter during vehicle service with single hand operation. The system is a puncher tool assembly having a handle at a proximate end a perpendicular guide shaft. The tool further includes a sliding punch assembly and an outer sliding sleeve that work together in functional combination as a moving assembly that gets cocked into place while compressing a driving spring. An activation lever releases the sliding punch assembly from the cocked position causing the driving spring to unleash force on the sliding punch assembly. The sliding punch assembly slides along the guide shaft forcing a piercing pin into an oil filter in a single handed operation. The piercing pin punctures the oil filter causing it to drain.

A fluid dispenser for containing and dispensing metered amounts of fluid that includes a reservoir for containing fluid and a chamber positioned substantially within the reservoir for containing a quantity of the fluid. The fluid dispenser additionally includes a piston that is moveable within the chamber to draw fluid into the chamber when the piston is moved in a first direction with respect to the chamber, and to discharge fluid from the chamber when the piston is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction. Further, the fluid dispenser includes a user-manipulatable control coupled to the piston and rotatable about an axis to select one of at least two different metered quantities of fluid to be dispensed. The user-manipulatable control is further movable to move the piston relative to the chamber along the axis to selectively dispense the selected metered quantity of fluid.

Apparatus for emptying containers and in particular plastic containers with a first holding device which is suitable and intended for holding a first section of the container, with a second holding device which is suitable and intended for holding a second section of the container, wherein the first holding device and the second holding device are movable with respect to one another in order to compress the container located between these holding devices, and with a removal device in order to remove liquid from the container via a mouth thereof. According to the invention the apparatus has a perforation device which perforates at least a wall region of the container.

A puncturing device for pressurized containers comprises an elongated housing member defining an elongated cavity with openings at first and second ends thereof for receiving an inverted pressurized container at the first end, the housing member including an attachment member for securing the second end of the housing member to a collection receptacle. A non-sparking puncturing member, is mounted within the housing member for piercing a nozzle-end of the pressurized container at its domed top. A counter records each action of the puncture pin. Gases and residual contents are released into the receptacle through the hollow core of the puncture pin. An auxiliary support member is mounted on the housing member for stabilizing relative movement between the housing member and the receptacle. A force-applying apparatus is mounted on the housing member for forcing the pressurized container onto the puncture pin.