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A powder dispensing apparatus for storing and dispensing a measured predetermined amount of powder substance having a bottom housing chamber, a middle chamber, a removable, rotatable measuring device, a tapered top chamber, and a cap. The top end of the bottom housing chamber is engageable with the

A powder dispensing apparatus for storing and dispensing a measured predetermined amount of powder substance having a bottom housing chamber, a middle chamber, a removable, rotatable measuring device, a tapered top chamber, and a cap. The top end of the bottom housing chamber is engageable with the bottom end of the middle chamber, the top end of the middle chamber is engageable with the bottom end of the tapered top chamber, and the top end of the tapered top chamber is engageable with the cap or a liquid receptacle. The measuring device is slidably engageable with the internal chamber of the middle chamber and has an open cavity for measuring and dispensing a powder substance. The open cavity receives a measured predetermined amount of powder substance from the bottom housing chamber and upon rotation of the measuring device; the powder substance is dispensed from the open cavity through the tapered top chamber to a liquid receptacle. The measuring device has a locking tooth and spring mechanism which engages with the locking ring of the middle chamber.

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1. A powder dispensing apparatus, comprising: a hollow housing chamber adapted to receive and store an amount of powder substance, said housing chamber including an open top end and a closed bottom end;a middle chamber removably fastened to the housing chamber, the middle chamber including a top and

1. A powder dispensing apparatus, comprising: a hollow housing chamber adapted to receive and store an amount of powder substance, said housing chamber including an open top end and a closed bottom end;a middle chamber removably fastened to the housing chamber, the middle chamber including a top and bottom end;a removable, rotatable measuring device including an open cavity adapted to receive and measure a predetermined amount of powder substance from said housing chamber, said measuring device being removably and slidably engageable with the middle chamber; anda tapered top chamber removably fastened to said middle chamber, said top chamber adapted to receive said powder substance from said open cavity, said top chamber also adapted to dispense said powder substance; said top chamber including an open top end; whereinthe measuring device includes a locking tooth which is rotatable from a first position which locks the measuring device in the middle chamber to a second position which unlocks the measuring device from the middle chamber to allow removal of the measuring device from the middle chamber;the middle chamber includes a locking ring including a central open portion and a radial opening extending radially outward from the central open portion; andthe radial opening is arranged to receive the locking tooth when the locking tooth is in the second position. 2. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measuring device is rotatable from a first position where the open cavity opens towards the bottom housing chamber to a second position where the open cavity opens towards the top chamber, the open cavity adapted to transfer a measured amount of said powder substance from the housing chamber into the tapered top chamber. 3. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measuring device includes a handle adapted for rotating the measuring device. 4. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the middle chamber includes an internal chamber, the measuring device removably and rotatably located in the internal chamber. 5. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the locking tooth of the measuring device releasably engages the locking ring. 6. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the open top end of the tapered top chamber is adapted to engage with a liquid receptacle for dispensing the powdered substance into the liquid receptacle. 7. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tapered top chamber includes a removable lid, said removable lid being engageable with the open top end of the tapered top chamber. 8. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein: said housing chamber has a threaded open top end; andsaid middle chamber having a threaded open bottom end, said threaded open bottom end of said middle chamber being removably engageable with the threaded top end of said housing chamber. 9. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein: said middle chamber has a threaded open top end; and said top chamber has a threaded open bottom end, said threaded open bottom end of said top chamber being removably engageable with the threaded open top end of said middle chamber. 10. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein: said open cavity comprises one of a plurality of different volume cavities formed in one of said removable measuring devices, each of said plurality of different volume cavities adapted to transfer a different, predetermined volume of powder substance into said top chamber. 11. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the locking ring includes an outer rim and a rear surface, said radial opening is located adjacent to the outer rim of the locking ring; and said locking tooth engages the rear surface of said locking ring when said locking tooth rotates to said first position. 12. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 11, further including: a spring extending between a wall of the middle chamber and the measuring device;the spring biasing the locking tooth against the rear surface of the ring when said locking tooth is rotated between said first and second positions. 13. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, further including: a first protuberance attached to said middle chamber;a second protuberance attached to said measuring device;rotation of said measuring device in said middle chamber being halted when said second protuberance engages said first protuberance. 14. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one seal material is disposed between the middle chamber and the measuring device, the seal material adapted to maintain said powder substance in and adjacent said open cavity when said measuring device is rotated. 15. The powder dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said rotatable measuring device is cylindrical in shape.