Patent ID: 6250154
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G01F,G05D

Abstract:
A fluid metering and measuring device, comprising:an internally hollowed container having a partition subdividing said container into a first compartment and a second compartment, said first compartment further including a dispensing spout;an elongated and substantially tubular housing extending within said second compartment, an opening formed in a portion of an outer wall defining said second compartment and through which is inserted said elongated and tubular housing;a plunger assembly sealingly engaged with an interior of said tubular housing and being actuated in a first upward direction to withdraw a specified volume of a fluid being held within said second compartment;unidirectional flow means associated with said plunger assembly, said unidirectional flow means further comprising a fluid inlet located proximate a bottom of said elongated and tubular housing and within said second compartment, a one-way check valve located at said fluid inlet; andsaid plunger assembly being actuated in a second downward direction, causing the volume of fluid to flow through a conduit extending within said second compartment from an outlet of said tubular housing to a port communicating said second compartment with said first compartment, the volume of fluid admixing with a quantity of a further fluid held within said first compartment.