Abstract: The device consists of a cylindrical body divided into an upper filling chamber and a lower overflow chamber by a moveable wall which increases or decreases the size of the filling chamber and determines the amount of liquor to be dispensed. Once the upper chamber is visually determined to be filled a rearward pumping action of the outer body opens the releasing cap and at the same time shuts off the flow of liquor into the filling chamber. The device is attached by insertion into the neck opening of a bottle.

Abstract: An economical, non-clogging apparatus for dispensing premeasured amounts of liquid from a container placed on a shelf is provided which contains no spring, has a secure shipping mode, permits one-handed operation, has few moving parts, and avoids liquid wastage by preventing inadvertent removal of the rotatable outer cap. In preferred forms, the apparatus includes a tubular, stationary member received partly within the container's outlet neck a tubular, movable member coupled with and received partly within the stationary member, and a stem co-axially received within the movable member and coupled with the stationary member. These components cooperatively define a measuring chamber, an inlet opening, and an outlet aperture.

Abstract: A partitioned box for pouring a measured amount of a granulated solid. The box has a series of partitions starting at the bottom of the box and positioned along a line angled upwardly toward the pouring side of the box. A channel is formed along the pouring side of the box. As the box is moved from its upright position to a pouring position, the amount of granulated solid under the partitions is allowed to pour out of the spout. The amount released on any one pour is predetermined by the area under the partitions.

Abstract: A passive liquid measuring and pouring device adapted for mounting on the open mouth of a liquid container. The measuring and pouring device includes an attachment transition adapted to attaach the device in sealing relationship to the open mouth of the liquid container. The attachment transition provides fluid communication between the container and the liquid measuring and pouring device. The device further includes a measuring reservoir having a predetermined volume, and has an inlet port located adjacent its uppermost portion when in its upright position, and a drain hole located near its lowermost portion. The drain hole provides fluid communication between the measuring reservoir and the liquid container. A substantially vertical liquid filling channel provides direct fluid communication between the inlet port of the measuring reservoir and the attachment transition.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in a container for measuring discrete quantities of poured-out liquid, which comprises a primary storage container, a measuring head, and a modified pour-spout, formed as a unitary body. The improvements include a first embodiment having a single pour-out mouth, also serving as a filler opening, wherein a removable insert plug formed integrally with the modified pour-spout is interposed into the neck between the measuring head and the primary container. In a second embodiment including a single pour-out opening, and a removable plug between the measuring head and the primary storage container, the modified pour-spout is formed integrally at the back of the measuring head by a compression-molding process. In another embodiment, having a single pour-out opening, an annular bulge interposed in the neck between the measuring head and the primary storage container provides an orifice for filling, and is collapsed to provide closure.

Abstract: A measuring dispenser for particulate material adapted to be placed in a carton of soap or the like comprising a right-triangular receptacle with a divider panel extending from the top panel of the carton along the fold line along which one end of the top panel is pivoted between open and closed position. A closure panel extends down from the top flap to cover a fill opening in the divider panel when the top flap is opened, but pivots away from the divider panel to allow the measuring receptacle to be filled when the box is tilted with the top closure closed.

Abstract: A device for the dosed dispensing of liquid from a storage container through a delivery tube which comes out of a lower pouring chamber. The dispensing takes place upon the second upside down turning of the container. A cup-shaped housing is divided by a transverse wall into an upper chamber and the lower pouring chamber, the pouring chamber and the upper chamber communicating with each other through a flow hole. The transverse wall is traversed by a feed tube which opens above it. Projecting above this is the delivery tube. An air passage extends through the transverse wall. At least three feed tubes are arranged in symmetrical angular distribution with a respective air passage opening arranged between them.

Abstract: A dosing unit for delivering a measured dosage includes a dosage well positioned on the inside wall of a spray tip or neck of a squeeze bottle, a fill trough for filling the well upon tilting of the bottle in any direction, and a spray tip for delivery of the dosage which includes an orifice and a flow tube extending from the bottom of the dosage well to the spray orifice. The well may be either molded into a spray tip or molded into the neck of the bottle or a molded insert that fits into the spray tip or bottle neck.

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a bathing liquid into shower water, of a type that includes a reservoir assembly for holding the liquid and a mixer coupling connected between a water outlet and shower head to mix bathing oil from the reservoir with water flowing towards the shower head. The reservoir assembly includes a reservoir that can hold a small quantity of bathing liquid, a container which can hold more than the reservoir to repeatedly fill it, and a housing that pivotally supports the container to flow bathing liquid into the reservoir until the liquid reaches the level of the opening in the container. The mixer coupling includes a venturi to pass shower water and draw in bathing liquid, a chamber between the venturi inlet and the shower water entrance, an air vent leading to the chamber, and a diaphragm freely movable in the chamber against and away from the air vent to permit the outflow of liquid from the coupling when the shower is turned off.

Abstract: A measuring and dispensing cap for a container internally divided into two compartments, one compartment being a tubular section in direct communication with the container and its contents and an offset extension from said tubular section; a wall partially dividing said tubular section from said offset extension to compartmentalize the cap; an aperture in the wall of said extension for the emission of flowable materials contained therein and a slide movably covering said aperture whereby when said container is tilted from an upright position flowable material therein passes through said passage section and a predetermined amount passes into said measuring section and is maintained therein when said container is returned to said upright position for emission through said outlet means.

Abstract: Technique and apparatus for measuring liquids and granular material comprises a combination including a measuring vessel attached adjacent to the top and communicating with the primary container through the modifying pour spout of the latter. The measuring vessel includes an outwardly directed dispensing mouth having a removable closure, and a second upwardly directed opening vertically aligned with the pour spout of the primary vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the modifying pour spout of the primary container serves as a handle for the combination. After the primary container is filled through a tube extended through the second opening of the measuring vessel, this opening is either sealed, or a manually-operable valve is interposed into the opening. The manually-operable valve may alternatively take the form of a flap valve, or a piston valve, either of which operates to open and close communication through the modifying pour spout between the measuring vessel and the primary container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring dispenser adapted to be placed on a closed container of liquid, such as a bottle of medicine, in place of a screw cap or the like. The dispenser is of simplified construction, including an internal open-top dosage receptacle of variable effective capacity, capable of being filled by inverting the container and restoring it to its original position, and a passage connecting the interior of the dosage receptacle with an external delivery point. A separate, independent vent is provided, to eliminate the effects of pressure differences between the ambient atmosphere and the vapor space above the liquid in the container and the dosage receptacle.

Abstract: A jar top measuring and dispensing device for granulated material such as instant coffee and the like. A cup member is suspended by one or more legs from a sealing member which is retained in the jar top. A measured portion of the contents of the jar may then be caught in the cup member when the container is inverted and then righted. The measured portion is then dispensed when the top is removed from the jar and tilted over a receptacle.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for measuring and dispensing material from a conventional container having a mouth. The apparatus comprises a measuring receptacle and compatible threads for securing the receptacle to the container, the securing threads acting to seal the mouth of the container. The measuring receptacle includes a lower wall, an upper wall, and a plurality of side walls. The upper wall has a transparent portion with measurement indicia provided thereon. The lower wall has a charging port provided therein for providing communication with the container. The measuring receptacle also includes a discharging port provided in one of said side walls, which side wall is spaced from said measurement indicia. Also the apparatus includes a cap for sealingly closing the discharging port.

Abstract: A technique and apparatus for measuring liquids and granular materials comprising a measuring head which may either take the form of an attachment to or an integral part of a conventional primary container. The measuring head comprises two elements: (1) an upwardly extended modifying pour spout seated on the mouth of the primary container and disposed at an acute clockwise angle to the axis of the primary container; and (2) a measuring vessel which encloses or is coupled to the modifying pour spout of the primary container, and which has its own dispensing mouth disposed at a counterclockwise angle relative to the axis of the primary container. The pour angle of the primary container is so modified relative to the dispensing mouth of the measuring vessel that the filled contents of the measuring vessel can be completely dispensed without any of the contents of the primary container escaping into the measuring vessel.

Abstract: A device for generating a multiplicity of proportionally diluted samples from a parent solution, which device has a plurality of chambers so connected that as the system is oscillated about a single axis, a proportional part of the fluid in each chamber is sampled and delivered to the next chamber.

Abstract: In a dishwasher wetting agent dispenser mounted in the door of a front-loading type dishwasher, a tiltable bucket within the dispenser pours a measured amount of fluid into a charge-discharge structure from which it flows by gravity into the washing chamber of the dishwasher. The components of the dispenser are arranged so that the dispenser will not leak when the dishwasher door is in its normal positions; including a break-away position if the door is on a dishwasher which permits such a position. The dispenser provides an air lock feature which prevents overfilling of the dispenser reservoir. A mounting arrangement of the dispenser to the door assures proper orientation therebetween. Also, a translucent rod may be attached to the dispenser to indicate when the dispenser reservoir requires filling.

Abstract: A housing forms a chamber having a bottom wall, and a discharge tube communicates with the chamber in the region of the bottom wall, being upwardly inclined exteriorly of the housing and having a free end insertable into a dispensing opening of a container. A dispensing tube extends from the interior of the chamber through the bottom wall to the exterior of the housing, and an arrangement is provided for dispensing via the dispensing tube metered quantities of liquid which enter the chamber from the container through the discharge tube.