Adjustable controlled volume liquid pouring device

Claim 1

A MEASURING POURER FOR DISPENSING LIQUID FROM A BOTTLE IN A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY FOR EACH POURING OPERATION, SAID POURER COMPRISING A POURER BODY HAVING VENT AND POURING PASSAGES THERETHROUGH, VENT AND POURING TUBES DEPENDING FROM SAID POURER AND RESPECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VENT AND POURING PASSAGES, A FIRST BALL SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID POURING TUBE AND A FIRST VALVE SEAT AT THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBE AGAINST WHICH SAID FIRST BALL IS ADAPTED TO SEAT TO PREVENT FURTHER PASSAGE OF LIQUID FROM SAID POURER WHILE SAID POURER IS IN TILTED POURING POSITION, THE LOWER END OF SAID POURING TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN TO PERMIT UNRESTRICTED FREE-FLOW OF UNPOURED LIQUID FROM SAID POURING TUBE UPON RETURNING THE POURER TO AN UPRIGHT NON-POURING POSITION, SAID POURING TUBE HAVING AT LEAST ONE LIQUID ENTRANCE OPENING IN THE WALL THEREOF SAID ENTRANCE OPENING BEING ABOVE THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID POURING TUBE AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID TO FLOW FROM SAID POURER DURING EACH POURING OPERATION COMPRISING A LIQUID CONTROL OPENING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID POURING TUBE ADJACENT THE LOWER END THEREOF, STOP MEANS FOR SAID FIRST BALL ABOVE SAID CONTROL OPENING AND A SECOND VALE SEAT AT THE LOWER END OF SAID POURING TUBE BELOW SAID LIQUID CONTROL OPENING, AND A BALL CAGE MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF SAID POURING TUBE IN WHICH A SECOND BALL IS LOOSELY CONFINED AND WHICH MAINTAINS THE SAID LOWER END OF SAID TUBE SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN WHEN SAID POURER IS IN AN UPRIGHT NONPOURING POSITION, SAID SECOND BALL SEATING AGAINST SAID SECOND VALVE SEAT AS SAID POURER IS TILTED TO POURING POSITION TO CLOSE OFF SAID LOWER END OF SAID POURING TUBE AND LEAVE ONLY SAID CONTROL OPENING IN SAID TUBE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXTERIOR OF SAID FIRST BALL AND THE LOWER END OF SAID POURING TUBE WHEN SAID POURER IS TILTED TO POURING POSITION.