A soda gun housing may include (i) a plurality of enclosure walls defining an internal space; (ii) a manifold support connected to at least one wall of the plurality of enclosure walls and that is configured to secure a soda gun manifold; (iii) a retraction component anchor connected to a part of the plurality of enclosure walls and that is configured to secure a retraction component to the part of the plurality of enclosure walls, wherein the retraction component is connectable to a hose clamp configured to clamp onto a soda gun hose extending from the soda gun manifold secured by the manifold support; and (iv) a hose opening positioned on a wall of the plurality of enclosure walls and that permits the soda gun hose to extend from the internal space to an exterior of the soda gun housing.

A connector assembly includes: (i) a first connector having a first housing and first pipes to flow fluid, (ii) a second connector having a second housing and second pipes to flow the fluid, and (iii) a blocker that has openings, and is disposed between the first pipes and the second pipes, and: (a) in a first position, the first pipes are facing the second pipes, respectively, but the blocker is configured to block flowing of the fluid between the first pipes and the second pipes, and (b) in a second position, in response to a rotation of at least a first portion of the connector assembly from the first position, relative to a second portion of the connector assembly, about a longitudinal axis of the connector assembly, the blocker is configured to enable the flowing by aligning the openings with the first pipes, and with the second pipes, respectively.

A method may comprise storing a first service provider record associated with a first project located at a first geographic location, receiving a request for project identifiers located within a section of a geographic area, providing a subset of the first set of the one or more project identifiers to be displayed on a second map the first user device, receiving a selected project of the project identifiers, providing a project page indicating categorical identifiers associated with the first project indicating at least some work performed, a link to at least one service professional's profile page, an opinion review and an insight review, receiving a selection of the link to the at least one service professional's profile page, and providing, a profile page of the at least one service professional, the profile page including contact information of the at least one service professional.

Provided is a storage container that includes a body that defines an interior of the storage container, and a bag contained within the interior of the storage container. The bag is constructed of an elastomer, includes an opening, and defines a bag interior configured to contain a material. The storage container further includes a material valve assembly coupled to a portion of the body. The material valve assembly is coupled to the bag and configured to selectively provide fluid communication between the bag interior and an external environment of the storage container.

The invention concerns a machine (10) for preparing and dispensing beverages comprising at least one beverage preparation apparatus (18), which is designed for preparing and dispensing beverages, and at least one water supply apparatus (20), which is provided with one or more water delivering pipes (22) to the beverage preparation apparatus (18), and with one or more solenoid valves (50, 52, 54) each coupled to a respective water delivery pipe; wherein the solenoid valves (50, 52, 54) are positioned within an housing chamber at a door compartment of a main casing (12) to be immediately and easily accessible when the door (16) is open during respective adjustment and/or maintenance operations.

An improved beverage dispensing apparatus, namely, a beverage dispensing device, comprising a monolithic handle having a plurality of fluid inlet ports and a plurality of fluid outlet ports; a plurality of valves situated within the handle, each valve movable in response to actuation; a plurality of internal fluid channels integrally formed within the monolithic handle, each internal fluid channel possessing smooth walls without irregularities; wherein a first internal fluid channel of the plurality of internal fluid channels fluidly couples a first fluid inlet port of the plurality of fluid inlet ports to a first valve of the plurality of valves; and wherein a second internal fluid channel of the plurality of internal fluid channels fluidly couples the first valve to a first fluid outlet port of the plurality of fluid outlet ports.

The invention concerns a machine (10) for preparing and dispensing beverages comprising a water supply apparatus (20) and an additive substances feeding apparatus (24) arranged within an housing chamber defined in the main casing (12) of the machine (10), and a beverage preparation apparatus (18) comprising a nozzle (28) and an alcove (64), wherein a door (16) is hinged to the main casing (12) and is configured to close the housing chamber in the machine (10) operating configuration, and wherein all the water delivery pipes (22) of the water supply apparatus (20) and all the additive substances delivering pipes (26) of the additive substances feeding apparatus (24) are hydraulically connected to the nozzle (28), which is designed for mixing water with said additive substances, so as to obtain the beverage, and for delivering the beverage, wherein the nozzle (28) is fixed to the alcove (64) to ensure easy access to the apparatuses of the machine (10) arranged within the housing chamber when the door (16) is open.

A method may comprise storing a first service provider record associated with a first project located at a first geographic location, receiving a request for project identifiers located within a section of a geographic area, providing a subset of the first set of the one or more project identifiers to be displayed on a second map the first user device, receiving a selected project of the project identifiers, providing a project page indicating categorical identifiers associated with the first project indicating at least some work performed, a link to at least one service professional's profile page, an opinion review and an insight review, receiving a selection of the link to the at least one service professional's profile page, and providing, a profile page of the at least one service professional, the profile page including contact information of the at least one service professional.

A top-loaded water dispenser is provided. The top-loaded water dispenser includes a first manifold having a water receiving basin, a water inlet passageway, and a water outlet passageway; a second manifold having a drainage passageway; a cooling tank adapted to be in communication with the water inlet passageway to receive water from the water receiving basin, adapted to be in communication with the water outlet passageway to output refrigerated water, and further adapted to be in communication with the drainage passageway to drain the water in the cooling tank; and a heating tank adapted to be in communication with the water inlet passageway to receive the water from the water receiving basin, adapted to be in communication with the water outlet passageway to output heated water, and further adapted to be in communication with the drainage passageway to drain the water in the heating tank.

The present invention relates to a cold-water generating apparatus and a water purifier comprising same, in which: by arranging a block member to surround the outer circumferential surface of a flow path member through which fluid flows, and cooling the block member so that the fluid is cooled, thereby sufficiently lowering the temperature at which the fluid is cooled; and by arranging cooling passages respectively in a plurality of zones provided in the block member and thermally separated from one another, providing a connection pipe to allow the fluid to sequentially flow through the cooling passages, and preventing heat exchange from occurring between the fluid introduced through the connection pipe and the fluid discharged therefrom, the maximum amount of cold water can be secured, thereby improving user satisfaction.