Disclosed is an apparatus and method for providing asymmetric oscillations to a container. The container may include a fluid, a particle, and/or a gas. A vibration driver attached to the container provides asymmetric oscillations. A controller connected to the vibration driver controls an amplitude, frequency, and shape of the asymmetric oscillations. An amplifier amplifies the asymmetric oscillations in response to the controller. A sensor disposed on the vibration driver provides feedback to the controller.

Beverage carbonation apparatus having a carbonating system including chassis side plates, a bottle interface assembly, a release handle assembly hingedly coupled to a gas release system adapted for engagement with a gas canister, including a gas release button for selective activation by a user and a push rod coupled thereto, and a valve assembly carbonating system adapted to communicate gas from a canister coupled to the gas release system to a bottle fitted to the bottle dispensing assembly, including a bottle pressure control valve.

A method is for preparing a medical/chemical solution by mixing a medical/chemical substance housed in a sealed container with a solution housed in a bag. The method includes transferring, from the bag into a syringe, an amount of the solution that is to be injected into a plurality of the containers. With the container and the syringe being held, at least one of a robot and a syringe driver configured to drive a plunger of the syringe is controlled so as to inject the amount of the solution into the plurality of the containers from the syringe.

A method is for preparing a medical/chemical solution that includes a mixture of a medical/chemical substance and a solution. The method includes, after the solution has been injected from a syringe into a container containing the medical/chemical substance, shaking the container using a robot with the container held by a hand mounted on one end of an arm of the robot.

A device for shaking aerosol spray cans (2) and spray paint containers that agitate and thoroughly mixes the contents contained therein by replicating the up-and-down and back-and-forth spinning motions an individual normally performs with his or her hand to shake a spray can. The spray can shaker (1) of the present invention is adaptable to multiple sizes and shapes and spray cans.

A carbonation machine that includes a receiving device for receiving a bottle, the receiving device has a fastening device which has an iris device, which has an opening configured to have a variable size, the receiving device is transferable from a bottle-receiving state, which is configured for receiving the bottle, into an attachment state, in which the bottle is attached to the receiving device, and as the receiving device is transferred from the bottle-receiving state into the attachment state, a size of the opening of the iris device decreases, and in the bottle-receiving state, the bottle is arranged in a non-vertical receiving position on the receiving device; and in the attachment state, the bottle is arranged in a preparation position, and as the receiving device is transferred from the bottle-receiving state into the attachment state, the bottle is tilted from the non-vertical receiving position into the preparation position.

A kneading machine includes a removable bowl trolley and a tongs locking device to fix the bowl trolley to the kneading machine. The tongs locking device includes tongs with two arms, which in a closed position fixes the bowl trolley in a predefined position and in an open position releases the bowl trolley for removal. The tongs locking device includes a linear drive with an adjustment direction and a lever system adjustable by the linear drive. The two arms of the tongs are rotatably mounted on a lever system and are adjustable by the linear drive between a closed and an open position of the tongs locking device.