Dispensing device

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR FLOWABLE MATERIAL ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO AN OPEN TOPPED CONTAINER HAVING FLOWABLE MATERIAL THEREIN, COMPRISING: AN INNER MEMBER INCLUDING WALL MEANS DEFINING A GENERALLY CENTRAL OPENING, SAID INNER MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS FOR RETAINING MEASURED QUANTITIES OF THE FLOWABLE MATERIAL, SAID COMPARTMENTS HAVING OPEN UPPER AND OPEN LOWER ENDS, SAID INNER MEMBER INCLUDING ANNULAR MEANS ADJACENT SAID UPPER ENDS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR RELEASABLY AND RIGIDLY SECURING THE OPEN TOPPED CONTAINER THERETO; AN OUTER SHELL HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, SAID UPPER END OF SAID SHELL BEING OPEN AND RECEIVING SAID INNER MEMBER IN TELESCOPING RELATIONSHIP FOR ROTATION RELATIVE THERETO, SAID SHELL INCLUDING A LOWER WALL PARTIALLY CLOSING SAID LOWER END THEREOF AND SAID LOWER ENDS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, LEAVING A DISPENSING PORT REGISTRABLE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, SAID SHELL INCLUDING A SHAFT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID LOWER WALL AND BEING RECEIVED BY SAID GENERALLY CENTRAL OPENING OF SAID INNER MEMBER, SAID SHAFT HAVING AN UPWARDLY CONVERGING RECESS IN ITS LOWER END; AND A COVER PLATE SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHELL FOR COVERING THE OPEN UPPER END OF AT LEAST THE FLOWABLE MATERIAL FLOWING FROM THE CONTAINER INTO THE OTHERS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION OF SAID SHELL RELATIVE TO SAID INNER MEMBER AND THE CONTAINER ALLOWING SAID OTHER COMPARTMENTS TO SEQUENTIALLY DISCHARGE THE FLOWABLE MATERIAL THEREIN THROUGH SAID DISPENSING PORT AND PERMITTING SEQUENTIAL FILLING OF THE COMPARTMENTS WHICH HAVE DISCHARGED THEIR CONTENTS.