Patent ID: 7942292

Claim:
A dispensing device for dispensing a pre-measured amount of a material from a container having a closed bottom and a mouth opening, said dispensing device comprising: a discharge tube having a first end and a second end with openings being provided at the ends to permit flow of the material through the tube, the discharge tube defining a longitudinal tube axis; a connecting collar for connecting the first end of the discharge tube to the mouth opening of the container; and a measuring reservoir attached to the second end of the discharge tube, the reservoir having a side wall defining an inlet opening and a discharge opening and forming an empty elongate body having a longitudinal reservoir axis, wherein the measuring reservoir is pivotably connected to the discharge tube about a transverse pivot axis perpendicular to the longitudinal tube axis and to the longitudinal reservoir axis, the reservoir being pivotable from a first position in which the tube axis is substantially parallel to the reservoir axis to a second position in which the tube axis and the reservoir axis are substantially perpendicular to one another, and wherein, when the reservoir is in the first position the reservoir and the discharge tube are insertable through the mouth opening of the container and the discharge opening is not in communication with the second end of the discharge tube, and wherein, when the reservoir is in the second position the discharge opening of the reservoir communicates with and sealingly engages the opening in the second end of the discharge tube.