1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a quantitative dispenser, and in particular, to a quantitative dispenser which comprises a divider a with scale or scale-like means that is adapted to dispense a constant amount of powdery material such as powdered milk stored in a volumetric body.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are many powdery or grain-type materials in our daily lives, for example, powder detergent, nourishing drug pills, healthy medicines, powdered milk, and the like, each of which has to be administrated or used at its own specified dosage. Each powder thereby needs its own measuring means, i.e., cup, spoon or the like for dispensing the powder from its container. These measuring means thus have various sizes depending on the kind of products and various serving conditions, and hence most of them cannot be used in common. This results in production of a lot of garbage at the end of their use, which is a waste of natural resources. In addition, big cans containing a large volume of powdery material are inconvenient to carry. This often causes trouble for their users, such as the use of many small cans or removing fractions with paper or the like.
As an example, currently, there is a powdered milk box which consists of 3 or 4 cylindrical compartments for containing powdered milk. These compartments are engaged with each other through screw threads. At the top of the box, there is a funnel with a screw cap on its central outlet. That funnel can be engaged with each compartment through, again, the screw thread. When dispensing, a screw cap on the outlet of the funnel and turning the box upside down, allows powdered milk in the first compartment to be poured into a milk bottle or the like.
However, there are several disadvantages for this kind of dispensing box: for example, a certain amount of powdered milk has to be loaded in each compartment before dispensing. The amount of powdered milk can not be varied according to different situations so that the amount of milk dispensed may be too much or too little. Also, the number of usages for the container is limited to the number of compartments.
Accordingly, there exists a need to provide a more economically efficient and more convenient quantitative dispenser in order to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
Accordingly, the objects and advantages of the invention can be achieved by providing a quantitative dispenser which will be described hereinafter in detail with reference to its preferred embodiment.