Powder Dosing System

摘要

A portable storage and dispensing device is provided which, when actuated, measures portions from a reservoir of soluble powder and communicates those measured portions to a drinking vessel or container. The device includes a cannister having an interior cavity for positioning a powder reservoir which is dispensable using to a user-actuated measuring and dispensing component. A dispensing end of the cannister is adapted to deposit the powder in small-mouthed containers and concurrently avoid spillage.

主权项

1. A portable storage and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
a sidewall defining a cannister, said cannister having a first end, a mid portion, and a second end; an interior cavity at said first end of said cannister, said interior cavity in communication with a said mid portion; a dispensing housing having an exterior surface, said dispensing housing rotationally positioned within said housing in said mid portion; said dispensing housing having a measuring cavity therein; an inlet aperture communicating through said exterior surface of said dispensing housing to said measuring cavity; an outlet aperture communicating through said exterior surface of said dispensing housing to said measuring cavity; said dispensing housing having a first position wherein said inlet aperture is in a communication with said interior cavity; said dispensing housing having a second position wherein said inlet aperture is blocked from said communication with said interior cavity, and said outlet aperture is in a communication with an exit aperture at said second end of said of said housing; an actuator for moving said dispensing housing from said first position to said second position; and wherein a volume of powder within said interior cavity fills said measuring cavity with said dispensing housing in said first position, and said volume of powder is dispensed from said measuring cavity through said exit aperture with said dispensing housing in said second position.