Michael M Aprea

US Patent:

44249217, Jan 10, 1984

Filed:

Jan 4, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/336575

Inventors:

Andrew E. Feuerstein - East Hills NY
Michael F. Aprea - Franklin Square NY

Assignee:

Measure Control Devices, Inc. - Hempstead NY

International Classification:

G01F 1128

US Classification:

222456

Abstract:

A dispensing apparatus includes a cylindrical container having at least one annular channel in its side wall; a measuring funnel having an apron-like rim around the circumference of its inlet dimensioned to be "snapped into" the channel for securely positioning the funnel in the container; a tubing rigidly connected between a centrally located hole in the cover for said container and the outlet of the funnel; and a plurality of holes are included in the funnel in substantially the same plane between its outlet and inlet, whereby material placed in the container above the funnel partly flows through the holes to form a volume of material between the plane of the holes and the bottom of the container, the latter representing a measured quantity of the material that is dispensed via the tube when the container is turned over. In another embodiment, a plurality of channels are provided in the wall of the container, permitting the level of the funnel within the container to be changed for selecting a desired measured amount of material to be dispensed.