A tablet counting apparatus and method and an associated control device are provided to ensure that the same type of tablets is transferred from a canister to a counter following the replacement of one canister with another. In addition to the counter and the replaceable canister, the tablet counting apparatus includes a gate that moves between closed and open positions. The tablet counting apparatus further includes a controller configured, following installation of the canister, to provide an authorization command to authorize the gate to be opened by being moved from the closed position to the open position. The tablet counting apparatus additionally includes a timer responsive to the authorization command. The controller is also configured to be responsive to the timer so as no longer provide the authorization command following expiration of the timer to prevent the gate from being subsequently opened if the gate has not already been opened.

An earplug dispensing system (10), comprising an earplug dispenser (11) and a support plate (12), wherein the dispenser (11) comprises a container (13) for earplugs, a dispensing mechanism having a dispensing aperture (14) and a movable element operably arranged for selectively dispensing earplugs from the container (13) through the aperture (14), and a control device (15) for operating the dispensing mechanism, wherein the support plate (12) on a front side (17) is provided with the earplug dispenser (11) and on a back side (19) is provided with one or more fastening devices (20) for fastening the support plate (12) to a vertical surface. The fastening devices (20) comprise a permanent magnet (21) for fastening the system to the vertical surface, wherein the magnet (21) has a back side provided with a friction-increasing material (22) for preventing the earplug dispensing system (10) from displacement in a plane of the vertical surface.

A child-resistant dispenser includes a housing (110); and a slider (150) disposed on the housing and configured to slide from a closed position to a dispensing position, the slider comprising a movable engagement portion (148) that engages a stop (122) on the housing, wherein the engagement between the movable engagement portion and the stop restricts movement of the slider to the dispensing position and the movable engagement portion is configured to disengage from the stop in response to a release force applied to the slider.

The invention concerns a device for dispensing a product in the form of balls. It comprises a main body (1) forming a tank. The device also comprises: —a central axis (5) extending longitudinally in the main body; —a helical ramp (3) comprising a track winding around the central axis, the central axis (5) being able to rotate with respect to said helical ramp; —a pusher (4) interposed in the helical ramp, said pusher (4) being linked to the central axis (5) such that, when the central axis (5) rotates with respect to said helical ramp (3), said pusher (4) is moved along the track of the helical ramp (3); and —an actuator mounted at the second end of the main body, for causing the central axis (5) to rotate with respect to the helical ramp (3). The invention also concerns an assembly comprising such a device and balls of product.

A smoker's hygiene assembly for performing smoker's hygiene includes a case that has a plurality of storage wells integrated therein. A bottle of body spray is provided and the bottle of body spray is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand cream is provided and the hand cream is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand sanitizer is provided and the bottle of hand sanitizer is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A tin of breath mints is provided and the tin of breath mints is stored in a respective one of the storage wells.

A coffee capsule dispensing assembly that includes at least one substantially gelatin casing capsule or composite which contains a coffee concentrate or composite or coffee enhancing substance. The gelatin casing capsule with a hydrolyzed collagen gelatin portion is designed to dissolve in an aqueous solution. A housing assembly with a distal end and a proximal end is designed to contain the at least one gelatin casing capsule. A depressible button assembly is disposed substantially at the proximal end of the housing assembly and is designed to advance the at least one gelatin casing capsule toward the distal end of the housing assembly. A latch and release assembly at the distal end of the housing assembly is designed to singularly release the at least one gelatin casing capsule when the at least one gelatin casing capsule is advanced by the depressible button assembly.

Systems and methods may include having an integrated unified filing engine. A system may include at least one processor configured to maintain at least one table containing a plurality of items and a plurality of asset designations, and to maintain at least one electronic whiteboard containing at least a subset of the plurality of asset designations. The processor may be further configured to maintain a data structure containing a plurality of links, wherein each link associates at least one of the subsets of asset designations with at least one location on the at least one electronic whiteboard, receive via a network access device, an activation of a particular link associated with a particular asset, alter a display of at least one electronic whiteboard containing an asset designation, and retrieving a presenting a corresponding asset in response to a received selection of a particular asset designation.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media that automatically vary hang-time of pop-up messages, to enable presentation of a shared work environment on a plurality of client devices and cause a presentation of a plurality of visual indicators on a fraction of a display of the shared work environment, wherein each visual indicator represents differing clients associated with the plurality of client devices. The embodiments may further enable at least one group chat between the plurality of client devices, wherein communications are presented in pop-up windows appearing adjacent corresponding visual indicators, and wherein the pop-up windows remain on the display for differing durations depending on variables including at least one of length of message, number of concurrently displayed messages, a client defined threshold, or a sender status.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for syncing data between a tabular platform and a third-party application are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve accessing a first platform that displays a first set of data in a first format; accessing a second platform that displays a second set of data in a second format; linking the first set of data with the second set of data to enable migration of the first set of data to the second platform and the second set of data to the first platform; enabling the first platform to simultaneously display the second set of data in the second format; enabling alteration of the second set of data in the second platform through manipulation of the simultaneous display of the second set of data in the first platform; and syncing the second set of data as altered with the first data set.

Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.