A free-standing, portable apparatus or appliance adapted for receiving a first container such as a pliable plastic bag containing a supply of a fluid such as breastmilk; the appliance adapted for storing, cooling, and/or heating the first container and the fluid contained in the first container; the appliance adapted for dispensing the supply of fluid from the first container; and the appliance adapted for dispensing warm fluid such as breastmilk from the first container into a second container such as a standard baby bottle for instant feeding of the fluid such as breastmilk to an infant; and a process for dispensing warm fluid such as breastmilk from the first container.

Methods for treating and preparing chocolate. In one aspect, a method includes heating a quantity of chocolate to a temperature of about 46 degrees Celsius; decreasing the pressure of in a pressure-controllable environment to about 25 Torr; holding the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment at about 25 Torr for a first predetermined period of time; decreasing the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment to about 5 Torr; and holding the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment at about 5 Torr for a second predetermined period of time. Other aspects include ceasing heating the quantity of chocolate; decreasing pressure occurs at an average rate of about 150 Torr per minute; decreasing pressure occurs at an average rate of about 4 Torr per minute; and others.

Systems and methods for a flexible container for transport and storage of a working material are described herein. The material can be a viscous or liquid material when dispensed. The flexible container can be configured to move between a first shape and a second shape. The first shape can allow for efficient transport of the flexible container while the second shape can allow for the flexible container to couple to a dispenser. In certain examples, the flexible container can be cooled for transport and heated for dispensing.

A device for storing and circulating drinking water with vortex flow includes a base, a tank and an actuator housed in the base and configured to circulate the drinking water stored in the tank with vortex flow. The base includes an inlet port through which the drinking water is received and an outlet port through which the drinking water is dispensed. The tank is mounted on the base with a sealed engagement and is configured to store the drinking water. The tank has spherical or egg shape and includes an air inlet on an upper portion of the tank through which air can flow in and out of the tank.

A control device, for a water purifier, that dispenses hot water and that includes: an input unit that is configured to receive a command signal; and a controller that is configured to control the water purifier based on the command signal, wherein the controller is configured to: control power output of a heating unit that is configured to heat water stored in a hot water tank of the water purifier, and based on the power output of the heating unit, control temperature of hot water dispensed by the water purifier is disclosed.

A removable reservoir water dispensing system which includes a water dispenser body with a built-in water reservoir and a coupling for connecting a removable water reservoir to the built-in reservoir. A drainage pipe, through which water is drained from the built-in reservoir, extends through a bottom of the built-in reservoir. The drainage pipe has a first end and a second end. The second end is connected to a dispensing faucet on the water dispenser body. The first end extends vertically into the built-in water reservoir for at least one third of a height of the built-in water reservoir. Water in the built-in water reservoir, positioned below the first end of the drainage pipe, is unable to pass through the drainage pipe to the dispensing faucet and is always resident in the built-in water reservoir at a pre-set dispensing temperature.

The present disclosure relates to a multi-purpose instant chiller-heater apparatus (100) having a housing (102) with a top portion, a bottom portion and a number of side portions. The multi-purpose instant chiller-heater apparatus (100) further includes a hollow tube structure (104) positioned within the housing (102) for passing the liquid to be heated or cooled through it. The hollow tube structure (104) is provided with an inlet (112) at one end of the hollow tube structure (104) for receiving the liquid and an outlet (114) at another end of the hollow tube structure (104) for providing chilled or heated liquid. The housing (102) is configured to store a heating or cooling means to heat or cool the liquid passing through the hollow tube structure (104) positioned inside the housing (102). The housing (102) is provided with an insulator layer for preventing heat exchange between its interior and exterior. The liquid passing through the hollow tube structures (104) inside the housing (102) is cooled or heated to a desired temperature and is discharged through the outlet (114) of the housing (102).

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a heating control method, a heating control device, and an ice maker. The heating control method comprises: determining that the ice maker is in an ice-making operation state; acquiring a first heating strategy of a target part of the ice maker according to a preset first heating strategy acquisition rule, based on ambient parameter information of an ambient in which the target part of the ice maker is located; and heating the target part based on the first heating strategy. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the problem that the deicing heating control technology of the ice maker in the prior art has high energy consumption is solved, and the beneficial effect of precise and low-energy deicing heating control on the ice-prone parts of the ice maker is achieved.

A system (10) for providing a stream of water that includes a surfactant, comprising a source (14) of water, means (32) to cause water to flow along a water supply duct (34), and a venturi injector (36) within the water supply duct. The venturi injector (36) communicates with an inlet duct (77) to supply surfactant; and the system comprises a surfactant supply duct (80, 83) that communicates between the inlet duct (77) and a surfactant container (18), the surfactant supply duct comprising a first portion that incorporates an on/off valve (38) and a second portion (83) that incorporates a check valve (84) to control flow. A plurality of surfactant containers (18) may be connected to the inlet duct (77) in this way; and each surfactant container 18 may be mounted within an open-topped chamber (68) to which hot water may be provided to heat the contents of the surfactant container (18).

An instant tube heater for heating flowing liquid is disclosed that includes at least a hollow heating tube, an inlet connector, an outlet connector, and a temperature sensor. Also disclosed is a beverage preparation machine that includes the instant tube heater.