Claims
- 1. A measuring/dispensing jar comprising a container body having a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and terminating at an upper open end defined by a rim; said upper open end including first means for receiving a cap; and
- a measuring/dispensing cap including a substantially planar top wall having at least one dispensing door pivotally mounted by an integral hinge within said top wall and including a free edge at the periphery of the top wall, a peripheral depending skirt extending downwardly from said top wall, said peripheral skirt being divided into upper and lower portions, said lower portion including second means cooperable with said first means for removably securing the measuring/dispensing cap on the upper open end of the container body;
- a substantially parallel partition disk having at least one dispensing aperture therein, said dispensing aperture defined in part by a straight edge lying in the plane of said disk, said partition disk located between said upper and lower portions of said skirt to thereby form in combination with said top wall and said upper portion of said peripheral skirt one unobstructed, substantially cylindrical volumetric space for receiving contents from said container body, and wherein said straight edge of said dispensing aperture and said free edge of said dispensing door are located on opposite sides of a horizontal center line through the cap in a direction parallel to said integral hinge, thereby enabling container contents to be transferred to said volumetric space and to be subsequently discharged from said dispensing door without additional container contents spilling into said volumetric space; and wherein volumetric indicators are provided on said cap and located and arranged to permit a user to determine an exact amount of container contents transferred to said volumetric space while said container body is in a horizontal orientation.
- 2. The measuring/dispensing jar of claim 1 wherein said measuring/dispensing cap is transparent.
- 3. The measuring/dispensing jar of claim 1, wherein said upper and lower portions are separated by an annular shoulder, said partition being clamped between said shoulder and said rim.
- 4. The measuring/dispensing jar of claim 1, wherein a second dispensing door is provided in said top wall of said measuring/dispensing cap.
- 5. A measuring/dispensing cap for use with a standard jar having a bottom and a peripheral side wall terminating at an open upper end, the jar including first means for receiving said cap;
- said measuring/dispensing cap including a substantially planar top wall having at least one dispensing door pivotally mounted by an integral hinge within said top wall and including a free edge at the periphery of the top wall, and a peripheral depending skirt extending downwardly from said top wall, said peripheral skirt being divided into upper and lower portions, said lower portion including second means cooperable with said first means for removably securing the measuring/dispensing cap on the upper open end of the container body, and said upper portion including a volumetric space for receiving contents from said container body; and
- a substantially planar partition disk having at least one dispensing aperture therein, said dispensing aperture defined in part by a straight edge lying in the plane of said disk, said partition disk located between said upper and lower portions of said skirt to thereby form in combination with said top wall and said upper portion of said peripheral skirt one unobstructed, substantially cylindrical volumetric space for receiving contents from said container body, and wherein said straight edge of said dispensing aperture and said free edge of said dispensing door are located on opposite sides of a horizontal center line through the cap in a direction parallel to said integral hinge, thereby enabling container contents to be transferred to said volumetric space and to be subsequently discharged from said dispensing door without additional container contents spilling into said volumetric space; and wherein volumetric indicators are provided on said cap and located and arranged to permit a user to determine an exact amount of container contents transferred to said volumetric space while said container body is in a horizontal orientation.
- 6. A measuring/dispensing jar of claim 5 wherein said measuring/dispensing cap is transparent.
- 7. The measuring/dispensing jar of claim 5, wherein said upper and lower portions are separated by an annular shoulder, said partition being clamped between said shoulder and said rim.
- 8. The measuring/dispensing jar of claim 5, wherein a second dispensing door is provided in said top wall of said measuring/dispensing cap.
- 9. A measuring/dispensing jar comprising a container body having a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and terminating at an upper open end defined by a rim; said upper open end including first means for receiving a cap;
- a measuring/dispensing cap including a substantially planar top wall having at least one dispensing door pivotally mounted by an integral hinge within said top wall and including a free edge at the periphery of the top wall, and a peripheral depending skirt extending downwardly from said top wall, said peripheral skirt being divided into upper and lower portions, said lower portion including second means cooperable with said first means for removably securing the measuring/dispensing cap on the upper open end of the container body; and
- a substantially planar partition disk having at least one dispensing aperture therein, said dispensing aperture defined in part by a straight edge lying in the plane of said disk and on one side of a horizontal center line through the cap in a direction parallel to said integral hinge, said partition disk located between said upper and lower portions of said skirt to thereby form in combination with said top wall and said upper portion of said peripheral skirt one unobstructed, substantially cylindrical volumetric space in said upper portion for receiving measured amounts of contents from said container body, and wherein said free edge of said dispensing door is located on an opposite side of said horizontal center line, thereby enabling container contents to be transferred to said volumetric space and to be subsequently discharged from said dispensing door without additional container contents spilling into said volumetric space; and further wherein said measuring/dispensing cap is transparent and includes volumetric gradations in at least said upper skirt portion to permit a user to determine an exact amount of container contents transferred to said single volumetric space while said container body is in a horizontal orientation.
- 10. The jar of claim 9 wherein said upper and lower portions of said skirt are joined at an annular shoulder.
- 11. The jar of claim 9 wherein said top wall is formed with a pair of side-by-side dispensing doors, one of said doors being diametrically opposed to said at least one dispensing aperture.
- 12. The jar of claim 11 wherein both of said side-by-side dispensing doors are integrally hinged to said top wall.
- 13. The jar of claim 11 wherein another of said side-by-side dispensing doors is axially and radially aligned with said at least one dispensing aperture.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/979,042, filed Nov. 19, 1992, now abandoned.
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