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Technique and apparatus for measuring liquids and granular material comprises a combination including a measuring vessel attached adjacent to the top and communicating with the primary container through the modifying pour spout of the latter. The measuring vessel includes an outwardly directed dispe

Technique and apparatus for measuring liquids and granular material comprises a combination including a measuring vessel attached adjacent to the top and communicating with the primary container through the modifying pour spout of the latter. The measuring vessel includes an outwardly directed dispensing mouth having a removable closure, and a second upwardly directed opening vertically aligned with the pour spout of the primary vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the modifying pour spout of the primary container serves as a handle for the combination. After the primary container is filled through a tube extended through the second opening of the measuring vessel, this opening is either sealed, or a manually-operable valve is interposed into the opening. The manually-operable valve may alternatively take the form of a flap valve, or a piston valve, either of which operates to open and close communication through the modifying pour spout between the measuring vessel and the primary container. Another alternative feature of the combination is a pinch-valve, interposed into the constriction between the base of the measuring vessel and the primary container, which opens by distorting when compressed between the thumb and finger, releasing excess fluid in the measuring vessel to flow back into the primary container.

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In a device for measuring fluids dispensed from a primary container having an upwardly opening mouth for pouring out fluid when said container is rotated from its reference position in a vertical plane at least through its starting pour angle, the principal axis of said primary container being subst

In a device for measuring fluids dispensed from a primary container having an upwardly opening mouth for pouring out fluid when said container is rotated from its reference position in a vertical plane at least through its starting pour angle, the principal axis of said primary container being substantially vertical when said container is disposed in its reference position, said device comprising in combination a measuring vessel constructed to be secured adjacent to the mouth of said primary container for measuring and dispensing a measured amount of fluid poured out from said primary container, said measuring vessel having a cross-sectional shape in said vertical plane comprising an enlarged top portion and a constricted base portion at the lower end of said measuring vessel adjacent the mouth of said primary container; means connected to said mouth for providing a modified pour-spout for said primary container to increase the starting pour angle thereof, said means comprising a connecting tube connected in fluid-tight relation between said mouth at its lower end and the upper portion of said measuring vessel, said tube being externally spaced-apart from a lateral wall of said measuring vessel to form a handle; said measuring vessel closed at the top except for a first opening directed to the atmosphere adjacent the top end of said connecting tube, said first opening including a removable valve; and a second opening directed to the atmosphere which is closeable by a conventional cap, comprising a dispensing spout of said measuring vessel disposed on the opposite side of the principal axis of said primary container from said first opening.