Abstract: A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and device for dispensing a quantity of liquid from a vessel. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to the invention comprises: a base portion adapted for insertion into an opening of a vessel, the base portion having a well extending into the base portion such that at least a portion of the well resides at within a body of the vessel when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening; and a hollow spout portion extending from the well of the base portion away from the vessel opening when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening, the spout portion having at least one opening such that a liquid within the body of the vessel may pass through the hollow spout, through the at least one opening, and into the well.

Abstract: Dispenser of liquid or viscous product, characterised in that it comprises a cup (3, 17) to receive the product, a sole piece to support the dispenser, a pump, comprising a pump body (13) and a piston, to transport the product from a reserve of product up to the cup (3, 17), the sole piece and the cup (3, 17) being connected by a hinge, the pump being inserted between the sole piece and the cup (3, 17) so as to transport the product when the piston is squashed on the pump body (13) by the movement of the cup (3, 17) in relation to the sole piece, the cup (3, 17) and the sole piece extending beyond the pump in relation to the hinge to enable the squashing of the piston on the pump body (13) by a user pressing with a utensil on the cup (3, 17).

Abstract: Pump operable manually or by a utensil held in one hand by a user, characterised in that it comprises an elastically deformable chamber (10), the inside of which is suited to containing a liquid or viscous product (8) and the outside of which is intended to be brought into contact with air at a slit (7) made in this chamber (10) and brought into contact with a replacement fluid at an opening (6) made on said chamber, in that the chamber is suited to deforming elastically, by a pressing of a user, to create a higher pressure in the product (8) compared to the outside, and to open the slit (7), allowing a useful volume of product (8) to escape from it, in that the chamber (10) is suited to making its deformation elastically disappear, following the cessation of the pressing of the user, to create a lower pressure in the product (8), in the presence of a flow of replacement fluid through the opening (6) towards the inside, and to close the slit (7), and in that the wall of the chamber (10) is essentially planar

Abstract: A powder container capable of controlling the amount of discharged powder, which is provided with a rotatable powder supply unit capable of being rotated to discharge powder from the container to the outside, thus allowing a user to easily control the amount of discharged powder while viewing the powder discharged from the container with the eyes, is disclosed. The powder container includes a housing containing powder therein, a cap hinged to the housing and opening or closing the opening of the housing, a discharge plate provided in the housing and having a discharge hole for discharging powder, a rotatable powder supply unit provided in the housing and being rotated to supply powder from the housing to the discharge hole of the discharge plate, and a rotation guide unit for guiding the rotation of the powder supply unit.

Abstract: An actuator (10, 10?, 110) for a fluid-dispenser container, e.g., an aerosol container (14) or a non-aerosol pump container (114), has in one version (actuators 10 and 10?) a base (18) having a port (20) which receives fluid from the container (14) and dispenses the fluid via a shallow cavity (24, 24?). In another version of the actuator, the actuator (110) has a base (44) and a cover (46) which may be positioned either in a closed or open position relative to each other. In the closed position, fluid is transported through an extended conduit of actuator (110) provided by a base conduit (58) which is connected in fluid flow communication with a cover conduit (70) to discharge fluid through a cover orifice (66). When cover (46) is in the open position, fluid is dispensed via base conduit (58) through a shallow cavity (54) in the same manner as that of actuators (10, 10?).

Abstract: A coupling element is disclosed for electromagnetic coupling of at least two conductors of a transmission line, wherein the coupling element is arranged between a first conductor and a second conductor of the transmission line and has at least one discrete component. The coupling element can have at least one first branch embodied as a transmission line segment that is associated with the first conductor, and a second branch embodied as a transmission line segment that is associated with the second conductor. The at least one discrete component can thereby be provided for connecting the first branch to the second branch.

Abstract: A hay feeder allows a horse to eat from the feeder at a controlled speed in order to help prevent choke as well as overeating. The feeder uses a receptacle that has one or more guide posts extending between a closed bottom and an open top. A plate has first openings that each receive a respective post in order to allow the plate to slide up and down within the receptacle, the plate also having a series of second openings. Hay is placed into the receptacle and the plate is positioned on top of the hay. The horse eats the hay through the series of second openings and the plate gravitationally falls with the depleting stock of hay guided downwardly along the posts.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together. The pump dispenser may be designed with refill bottle fitment such that only certain refill bottles may fit into the pump dispenser.

Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable product such, for example, as a spin-art paint solution, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the flowable product. A discharge assembly is coupled to the container, the discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin, relative to the container, as it receives the flowable product from the interior chamber. The spinning motion of the discharge assembly, which may be accompanied by a linear movement of the container itself relative to a target surface, allows the user to cleanly and evenly distribute the flowable material onto a target substrate in an attractive, curvilinear deposit pattern. Optionally, the discharge assembly may be configured with a pivoting nozzle that can be moved from a position for obtaining a helical (curvilinear) deposit pattern to a position for obtaining a rectilinear deposit pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid dispensing package for a container adapted to contain a liquid that includes a hand operated liquid transport assembly coupled to an actuator, a liquid distribution subsystem in fluid communication with a discharge tube from the liquid transport assembly, wherein downward motion of the actuator, provided by a user, causes liquid to travel through the discharge tube to the actuator top surface, and a liquid draw-back subsystem wherein upward motion of the actuator, provided by a return spring, permits draw-back of liquid from the top surface of the actuator.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid dispensing package for a container adapted to contain a liquid that includes a hand operated pump assembly coupled to an actuator, a liquid distribution subsystem in fluid communication with a discharge tube from the pump assembly, wherein downward motion of the actuator, provided by a user, causes liquid to travel through the discharge tube to the actuator top surface, and a through-pump liquid drain-back subsystem that permits drain-back of liquid from the top surface of the actuator when the actuator is in a rest position.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser is disclosed having a storage chamber for storing a liquid, a collection assembly for collecting a portion of liquid, a pump assembly, and a tube extending from within the storage chamber to within the collection chamber through which the portion of liquid is pumped into the collection assembly. The pump assembly includes one or more pump actuators, and the fluid dispenser may have multiple storage chambers, each having a corresponding tube. In addition, the fluid dispenser may have multiple collection chambers. The pump actuators may be, for example, a flexible diaphragm or a trigger-actuated pump mounted on the side of the fluid dispenser The pump mechanism may be incorporated into the capillary, and it may be, for example, a piston pump or any other type of pump known in the art.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dosed dispensing of a quantity of fluid from a container, comprising:—a dosing member (3) which is in fluid connection with the container and which has a number of outlet openings debouching in a dosing chamber (4), and—a control member (6) connected fluid-tightly to the dosing member and having a control opening, wherein the control member (6) and the dosing member (3) are displaceable, for instance rotatable, relative to each other for placing the outflow openings and the control openings in register with each other for the purpose of defining different dosages. This dosing device is provided with an intermediate container (8) placed between the dosing chamber and the container and having a retention volume which is at most equal to the volume of the dosing chamber, this intermediate container being in fluid connection with the container and the dosing member.

Abstract: The application describes small hand-held dispensers suitable for use with creamy flowable products such as cosmetics. The dispensers are of a kind having a top plate (4) with a dished pick-up surface (42), and a product discharge opening (43) opening into the pick-up area (42). Specific proposals include positioning the pick-up surface (42) and an actuator (8) side-by-side on the top plate. The actuator (8) operates a pump (6), desirably positioned beneath the actuator and offset from the pick-up surface (42). A corresponding transverse outlet conduit (69) may be provided. The container (1) may be plastics or a metal container. Embodiments using plastic pump springs and resiliently deformable pump chamber walls are also described. Also, embodiments in which actuation is by tilting of the top plate in its entirety, the pick-up area then optionally being central.

Abstract: A retail or advertising display contains visual cues which convey the area of use and the method of use of a novel vertical pump-up dispenser to the consumer. Having a sponge or other substrate on top of the dispenser conveys the area of use of the dispenser. The dispenser has a large actuator surface designed to convey that it can deliver a composition to a broad substrate area, such as a sponge, in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. Having a hand over the substrate and dispenser conveys the one-handed method of cleaning that the dispenser allows. There may be additional indicia of use, such as arrows pointing down. The retail display may contain the dispenser and the substrate packaged together.

Abstract: A dispenser head (1) for associating with a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, so as to form a fluid dispenser, the head including a connection sleeve (11) for connecting to an outlet (31) of the dispenser member, the sleeve (11) being connected to a fluid dispenser orifice (13, 13?) via an internal channel (12), the head being characterized in that it further includes a fluid collection dish (14) for collecting the fluid at the outlet from the dispenser orifice, the dish defining a bottom (141) that is situated below the dispenser orifice under normal conditions of use of the head, such that the fluid drops by gravity into the dish.

Abstract: Liquid dispensers are provided including a vacuum relief mechanism with a vacuum relief device and a one-way valve in series with the vacuum relief device to prevent flow into and out of the reservoir when a vacuum exists in the reservoir. The vacuum relief device comprises an enclosed chamber having an air inlet open to the atmosphere and a liquid inlet in communication with liquid in the reservoir and in which the liquid inlet opens to the chamber at a height below a height at which the air inlet opens to the chamber. The one-way valve is capable of failure, in which case the vacuum relief device alone provides for pressure relief. The vacuum relief valve permits relief of vacuum from the reservoir without moving parts or valves.

Abstract: A portable drink container includes a fluid vessel having an upwardly extending neck with an outlet opening. A removable cap has a central aperture and a cavity that engages the vessel neck. A drinking bowl includes a bottom wall with a central opening defined by an internal edge of the bottom wall. A lower peripheral channel of the cap slidingly receives the bottom wall edge to connect the cap and the drink bowl, whereby the cap extends through the central opening of the bowl. A flexible conduit is positioned within the vessel and extends the cap and the central opening of the drink bowl. The conduit defines a passageway for fluid to travel from the vessel into the drink bowl. An elastomeric plug may be secured within the cap to stabilize the conduit. The pet owner applies a compressive force on the vessel to increase the hydrostatic pressure thereby forcing liquid through the conduit and into the drink bowl.

Abstract: A dispenser for food material that facilitates spreading of the material is disclosed. The dispenser can comprise a unitary construction, or can be composed of a plurality of components that can be fastened together. Disposable cartridges containing food material can be attached to the dispense, and the material within can be dispensed into a utensil such as a spoon for serving. The dispense provides metered dispensing.

Abstract: A vertical pump-up dispenser has a concave actuator skirt which allows the consumer to identify the actuator platform and minimize interference with the container.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes: a container defining a chamber; a discharging tube defining a fluid passage and having an outlet disposed outwardly of the chamber; a movable valve body disposed outwardly of the chamber and sleeved and slidable on the discharging tube between first and second positions for blocking and unblocking the outlet of the discharging tube; and an urging member disposed outwardly of the fluid passage and biasing the movable valve body for restoring the movable valve body to the first position.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid dispensing package for a container adapted to contain a liquid that includes a hand operated liquid transport assembly coupled to an actuator, a liquid distribution subsystem in fluid communication with a discharge tube from the liquid transport assembly, wherein downward motion of the actuator, provided by a user, causes liquid to travel through the discharge tube to the actuator top surface, and a liquid draw-back subsystem wherein upward motion of the actuator, provided by a return spring, permits draw-back of liquid from the top surface of the actuator.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid dispensing package for a container adapted to contain a liquid that includes a hand operated pump coupled to an actuator, a liquid distribution subsystem in fluid communication with a discharge tube from the pump, wherein depression of the actuator causes liquid to travel through the discharge tube to the actuator top surface. Various liquid distribution pathways from the container to the actuator top surface are utilized. The dispensing package further includes a gravity-flow liquid drain-back subsystem that provides for liquid on the actuator top surface to flow to the container. Various liquid drain-back pathways from the actuator top surface to the container are utilized. The gravity-flow liquid drain-back pathway utilized is distinct from the liquid distribution pathway utilized in the dispensing package.

Abstract: A plastic container includes a squeezable bottle providing a lower main liquid reservoir for storing a cleaning solution, an upper dispensing receptacle for measuring and dispensing a measured quantity of liquid, and a transfer duct communicating a lower portion of the main liquid reservoir with an upper portion of the dispensing receptacle for transferring liquid from the main liquid reservoir to the upper dispensing receptacle. After the main liquid reservoir is filled through an opening at the base of the dispensing receptacle, the opening is closed with an insert equipped with a check valve. This same container is adapted to a single flow or double-flow proportioning container by providing a drop tube which opens the check valve and permits liquid to pass from the main reservoir through a check valve housed in a cap assembly, thence through a metering tip to a delivery tube which is in fluid communication with a proportioning device.

Abstract: One embodiment of a satellite dosing system as disclosed includes a closure that is attached to a container in combination with a dosing module that is removable from the remainder of the closure for the dispensing of a volume of liquid product at the point of use.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dispensing at least one fluid are shown and described. Embodiments are operable to produce a mixture formed of desired fluids. The mixture can then be poured for subsequent use.

Abstract: A vertical pump-up dispenser contains sensory cues on the actuator top which conveys consumer information, such “as what the product is” or “how to use the product” or “what brand the product is” or what fragrance the product is“. The sensory cue may be one or more colors, shapes, graphics, text, alpha-numeric characters, and/or patterns. The sensory cue may include both a visual cue and a tactile cue.

Abstract: A bottomed conical hollow 6b is formed in a tip end of the container body A formed of a thermoplastic material with a liquid filled and sealed therein simultaneously during the molding process, the hollow having an inside diameter enlarging toward the tip end, and a small-diameter instilling hole 6c is penetrated through the bottom of the hollow 6b for controlling, at a set quantity, the liquid pushed out of the container body A.

Abstract: A vertical pump-up dispenser dispenses a fluid composition having a critical rheology that together with the dispenser delivers sufficient flow with a consumer preferred pressure drop and viscosity. The dispenser may also be designed to generate a foaming product.

Abstract: A dispenser with a sealed dispensing valve unit is disclosed. The dispenser is secured to a mouth of a hermetic casing, and discharges contents through a center of an upper plate of a button. The dispenser includes an outlet hole (100) bored in a central portion of the button. An inclined inner surface defines a lower portion of the outlet hole, and a vertical inner surface extends from an upper end of the inclined inner surface to a predetermined height. The dispenser also includes a dispensing valve (200) having at a lower portion thereof an inclined outer surface to selectively come into contact with the inclined inner surface of the outlet hole due to operation of a pumping means, thus opening or closing the outlet hole. Further, a vertical outer surface extends upwards from an upper end of the inclined outer surface to a predetermined height.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together. The pump dispenser may be designed with refill bottle fitment such that only certain refill bottles may fit into the pump dispenser.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.

Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.

Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube, and (d.) a one way valve at the bottom of the dip tube.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and device for dispensing a quantity of liquid from a vessel. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to the invention comprises: a base portion adapted for insertion into an opening of a vessel, the base portion having a well extending into the base portion such that at least a portion of the well resides at within a body of the vessel when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening; and a hollow spout portion extending from the well of the base portion away from the vessel opening when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening, the spout portion having at least one opening such that a liquid within the body of the vessel may pass through the hollow spout, through the at least one opening, and into the well.

Abstract: A container for measuring a predetermined amount of liquid and dispensing that measured amount. The container includes a reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber, and a conduit or tube for transferring liquid from the reservoir chamber to the measuring and dispensing chamber. The reservoir chamber has flexible walls which can be squeezed to drive liquid from the reservoir chamber into the measuring chamber. The conduit is configured to control the flow of liquid therethrough and thus to prevent either a portion of an already measured amount of liquid being returned to the reservoir chamber or additional liquid from the reservoir chamber being added to an already measured amount of liquid in the measuring and dispensing chamber.

Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube, and (d.) a one way valve at the bottom of the dip tube. There is an inlet leg that freely rotates around the bottom of the dip tube and a drive mechanism, such as a counterweight or a float, to assure that the leg extends into an air pocket when the container is tilted for liquid squeeze dispensing.

Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube, and (d.) a one way valve system at the bottom of the dip tube that includes a leg. There is also a flexion mechanism on one or both of the dip tube and the leg to permit folding of the leg toward the tube for insertion into a standard neck or narrow neck container.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring and dispensing liquid from a container includes a measuring chamber having an inlet connected to the opening of the container. A cap member is rotatably attached to the measuring chamber. The cap member includes a dispensing outlet and a fill level member. A liquid delivery member is in fluid communication with the measuring chamber and the container. The fill level member is operatively associated with the liquid delivery member to deliver liquid from the container to the measuring chamber. By compressing the container, a volume of liquid is retained within the measuring chamber from flowing back into the container by the fill level member. The measured portion of liquid retained in the measuring chamber is available for dispensing from the dispensing outlet. A method for measuring and dispensing a measured portion of liquid from a container is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a narrow neck dosage device for dispensing a predetermined quantity of product. An insert is installed in a narrow neck of a container with a bottom disk protruding into the body of the container and a top device within the neck of the container. The bottom disk initially hangs within the container body, while the top device rests on a divider that separates the neck from the container body. The top device can be upward angled blades, angled blades or a circular disc. A shaft connects the top devices and the bottom disk. The shaft also can have multiple configurations, such as spiral, flat helix, or random kinks. The shaft spins, rocks or oscillates and passes through a hole in the center of the divider. The divider has pre-sized holes that allow product to pass through. When the container is tipped into a dispensing position, fluid pressure moves the insert up the neck of the container until the bottom disk reaches the divider and seals the neck off from the body of the container.

Abstract: Liquid measuring and dispensing devices measure and dispense a quantity of cooking oil or other liquids or flowable powders. The liquid measuring and dispensing device attaches directly to the bottle containing the material, eliminating the need to search for measuring instruments when one desires to measure a quantity of material. Because of the direct bottle attachment, it is impossible to spill the material during the measuring process. Furthermore, because the use of external measuring instruments is eliminated, there is no cleaning process required after measuring and dispensing a quantity of material.

Abstract: In an eye drops container, a barrel portion 2 in the form of a flexible hollow cylinder defines a dent portion 7 which can be gripped with two fingers.

Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid, in particular, a bottle-top dispenser, with a cylinder/piston arrangement with a measuring cylinder (1) and a piston (2) which is capable of being displaced therein in a sealed manner, with a valve arrangement (3) connected to the piston (2), with an inlet valve and an outlet valve (5), each provided with a valve body (6) and a valve seat (7). The dispenser is characterized in that all of the parts or regions of the dispenser touched by the liquid are made entirely of a pure thermoplastic material or are coated with a pure thermoplastic material in such a manner that no contact is made by the liquid with the substrate coated with plastic material or with components of the substrate.

Abstract: A device (4) for the controlled delivery of a product (P), such as liquids and/or creamy substances and/or flowable substances within a container (1), in such a way that in the delivery position the product (P) column to be delivered is in a raised position with respect to the device (4), said container (1) being comprised of a material, deformable by squeezing and able to energetically returning to its original shape, once the squeezing action is interrupted, and being provided with a neck (15), and optionally a cap element (2), coupled with the neck (15), and provided with an outlet opening (3) for the product to be delivered toward said device.

Abstract: A flexible carry bag for the transport and consumption of fluid by an individual, the flexible carry bag defining a receptacle for a flexible bladder formed of flexible resilient plastic such as polyethylene having a closure means at one end and pre-filled with the fluid, this flexible bladder insertable within the flexible carry bag such that its closure means extends out of said carry bag, carry bag having a closure means to allow access thereto by the user, the flexible carry bag having a support means in the form of a strap or clip for the transport of the flexible bladder and flexible carry bag by the user.

Abstract: A metered dose dispensing dabber device includes a dabber main housing having a container attachment for affixing the device to a container, a metered dosage reservoir, a hollow dip tube, a metered dosage reservoir outlet, and a valve. The main housing has a base divider wall, this base divider wall having an underside and top side. Further, the base divider wail is closed to prevent liquid from passing from the underside to the top side. The metered dosage reservoir has enclosed walls and is located above the top side of the divider wall. The hollow dip tube passes through the base divider wall and extends downwardly therefrom for insertion into a container. The dip tube also extends upwardly to a predetermined height in the metered dosage reservoir to establish a fill level. The metered dosage reservoir outlet is located on a metered dosage reservoir wall opposite the dip tube. The valve is located in the reservoir outlet, in proximity to the dip tube.

Abstract: A spraying device for dispensing liquids which foam by deformation of a container. A first body is coupled is the neck of a container. The body forms a chamber where an air liquid mixture is produced. A filter is located over a spraying duct for producing foam as the liquid passes therethrough. A second body surrounds the first body and contains a measured volume of liquid which enters the chamber from the suction tube when the container is inverted.

Abstract: The inventive dosing and distributing device consists of a support (1) with a mounting base (5) which can be adapted on the top of a receptacle (4) containing the product to be distributed; a dosing chamber (2) and calibrating means, such as a calibrated piston (3). Said support (1) comprises a cylindrical body (6) in which the dosing chamber (2) is mounted in such a way that it can rotate. The piston (3) is introduced into the dosing chambre (2), where it delimits a cavity (25) corresponding to the dose to be distributed. Said cavity is filled by turning the receptacle (4), through openings arranged so that they correspond. Once the metering chamber (2) has been rotated, the dose of the product to be distributed is delivered by a pouring spout (10) that is formed on the support (1), through other openings which are also arranged in such a way that the correspond. A dosing and distributing device of this type can be used for distributing pharmaceutical products in the form of microbeads or microgranules.