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Disinfectant Spray

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  Disinfectant Spray ************************************************************************ Relevant Background : " Disinfectants   are chemical agents designed to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces. [1]   Disinfection does not necessarily kill all microorganisms, especially resistant   bacterial spores ; it is less effective than   sterilization , which is an extreme physical or chemical process that kills all types of life. [1]   Disinfectants are generally distinguished from other antimicrobial agents such as   antibiotics , which destroy microorganisms within the body, and   antiseptics , which destroy microorganisms on living   tissue . Disinfectants are also different from   biocides —the latter are intended to destroy all forms of life, not just microorganisms. Disinfectants work by destroying the cell wall of microbes or interfering with their metabolism. It is also a form of decontamination, and can be defi...

Hot Pot Stand

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Hot Pot Stand *** Relevant Background on Hot Pot Stand/Trivet: " A   trivet   / ˈ t r ɪ v ɪ t /   is an object placed between a serving dish or   bowl , and a dining   table , usually to protect the table from   heat   damage. Whilst tri- means three, and -vet comes from -ped, meaning 'foot' / 'feet', trivets often have four 'feet', and some trivets, including many wooden trivets, have no 'feet' at all.... Trivet also refers to a   tripod   used to elevate pots from the coals of an open fire (the word   trivet   itself ultimately comes from Latin   tripes   meaning "tripod").   Metal   trivets are often tripod-like structures with three legs to support the trivet horizontally to hold the dish or pot above the table surface. These are often included with modern non-electric   pressure cookers . A trivet may often contain a receptacle for a candle that can be lit to keep food warm... Whilst tri- means three, a...

Spill Hazards: Anti-slip Mat & Beverage Tray

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 Relevant Background:  Relevant Background:  Anti-slip Mat ******************************************************************** Relevant Background on Beverage Tray: " A   tray   is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including   silver ,   brass , sheet   iron ,   paperboard ,   wood ,   melamine , and   molded pulp . Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are   disposable   and inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support... Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or   rectangular   forms, sometimes with cutout or attached   handles  with which to ...

Bottle Cork

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Bottle Cork *** Applications: Residential, Commercial and Travel ** Increase Shelf Life *** Relevant Background: " Cork  is an  impermeable   buoyant  material, the  phellem layer  of  bark  tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from  Quercus suber  (the cork oak), which is native to southwest  Europe  and northwest  Africa . Cork is composed of  suberin , a  hydrophobic  substance. Because of its impermeable, buoyant, elastic, and fire retardant properties, it is used in a variety of products, the most common of which is  wine stoppers . The  montado  landscape of  Portugal  produces approximately half of cork harvested annually worldwide.. Cork's  elasticity  combined with its near-impermeability makes it suitable as a material for  bottle   stoppers ,.. Cork has an almost zero   Poisson's ratio , which means the radius of a cork does not ...

Popcorn Maker

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  Popcorn Maker ************************************************************ Relevant Background on Popcorn maker: " A  popcorn maker  (also called a  popcorn popper  or  popcorn machine ) is a device used to pop  popcorn . Since ancient times, popcorn has been a popular snack food, produced through the explosive expansion of kernels of heated  corn.. Commercial popcorn machines are commonly found in movie theaters and carnivals, producing popcorn in a pan of hot oil, which has approximately 45% of its calories derived from fat. Hot air popcorn poppers appeared for home use in the late 1970s, which produce popcorn with only 5% of its calories derived from fat... The majority of popcorn sold for home consumption is now packaged in a   microwave popcorn bag   for use in a microwave oven. [2]   As a result, the popularity of popcorn makers for home use has drastically decreased in the last few decades..." (" Popcorn maker ",  htt...

Potato Masher

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  Potato Masher *********************************************************************** Applications: Residential, Commercial & Travel *** Relevant Background : " The  potato  is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant  Solanum tuberosum , and the plant itself is a perennial in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. [2].. Wild potato species, originating in modern-day Peru, can be found throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile. [3]  The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by indigenous peoples of the Americas independently in multiple locations, [4]  but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species traced a single origin for potatoes. In the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia, from a species in the  Solanum bre...

Sugar: Transfer, Storage & Use

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  Sugar: Transfer, Storage & Use ********************************************************************************** a) Funnel Applications: i. Prevent spills leading to insects and rats leading to sickness and property damage ii. Prevent slip & Fall iii. Prevent Food waste b) Sugar Scoop Applications:  i. Prevent spills leading to  insects  and  rats  leading to  sickness  and  property damage ii. Prevent  slip & Fall iii. Prevent  Food waste c) Sugar/Measuring/Travel Spoon Applications: i. Prevent sickness and disease from high/low sugar intake  ii. Lab Use (Metal Sugar Spoon) for Corrosive Chemicals iii. Travel (Acrylic/plastic/PLA sugar spoon) - Metal detector friendly *** Relevant Background on Sugar: " Sugar   is the generic name for   sweet-tasting , soluble   carbohydrates , many of which are used in   food .   Table sugar ,   granulated sugar , or   regular sugar , refe...