Device for dispensing a measured quantity of instant coffee

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A CONTAINER HAVING A CLOSURE CAP, OF A DEVICE ON THE CAP FOR MEASURING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF THE CONTENTS OF SAID CONTAINER AND THEN DISPENSING SAID MEASURED QUANTITY FROM SAID DEVICE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CYLINDER ON THE CAP AND A PASSAGE IN THE CAP ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE THE CYLINDER WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER IO CONNECTION WITH WHICH THE CAP IS MOUNTED, THE CYLINDER HAVING A DISCHARGE PASSAGE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST NAMED PASSAGE, THE DISCHARGE PASSAGE BEING OF THE SAME WIDTH AND LENGTH AS SAID FIRST NAMED PASSAGE, AN ELEMENT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE CYLINDER, SAID ELEMENT HAVING AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL BORE OPENING THROUGH ONE END OF SAID ELEMENT, A SINGLE SLIT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE ELEMENT TO SAID OPEN END, AT LEAST PART OF SAID SLIT FORMING A PASSAGE ADAPTED TO REGISTER WITH BOTH OF SAID FIRST NAMED PASSAGES IN TWO DIFFERENT ROTATABLE POSITIONS OF THE ELEMENT IN SAID CYLINDER, AND A CUP-SHAPED PLUG HAVING AN INNER CLOSED END MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID ELEMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE SIZE OF A MEASURING CHAMBER FORMED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL BORE, WHEREBY A MEASURED AMOUNT OF MATERIAL DISPOSED IN THE MEASURING CHAMBER CAN BE DISPENSED THROUGH THE DISCHARGE PASSAGE OF SAID CYLINDER IN ROTATION OF SAID ELEMENT.