Patent ID: 6974056
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A measuring and dispensing apparatus comprising: a cup for measuring a powder, the cup having a flat upper edge circumscribing a top opening of the cup; a funnel-shaped dispenser for depositing the powder, the dispenser having a receiving opening and an exit opening that is relatively smaller in diameter than the top opening of the cup, wherein the perimeter of the receiving opening defines a flat leveling edge; and wherein the leveling edge of the dispenser is configured to be scraped across the upper edge of the cup to level a quantity of powder in the cup such that the powder is even with the upper edge of the cup, and wherein the leveling edge of the dispenser is configured to be concentrically abutted with the upper edge of the cup with substantially no gap therebetween, whereby inverting the measuring and dispensing apparatus causes the powder in the cup to flow out of the cup through the exit opening of the funnel-shaped dispenser.