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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1986
Scott A Silvenis, Mauldin, SC (US);
William J Britt, Greenville, SC (US);
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A dispensing apparatus is disclosed having a hollow wall member closed at one end with a dispensing opening at the other end. A ledge is mounted within the hollow having an aperture therethrough to permit precise pouring through the aperture but with the opening otherwise permitting dispensing of large amounts. Indicia is provided within the hollow to measure a predetermined amount of material, particularly the amount required for a washload within an automatic washing machine. The dispensing apparatus additionally operates as a closure for a container, preferably of a laundry product and has a skirt for matingly engaging a container opening and closing same.