Dispensers for powdered baby milk

Abstract

A dispensing spoon comprising a handle, a scoop having an open mouth formed at one end of the handle, a powder leveling means in the form of a wiper part which is coupled integrally and flexibly to an opposite end of the handle remote from the scoop and which can be displaced manually in a sweep plane so as to sweep laterally over the mouth of the scoop for powder leveling purposes, and a counter which is automatically advanced by operation of the powder leveling means. The counter includes a counter disc having a plurality of numbers around its surface and is arranged to be indexed by one number when the wiper part is displaced to sweep over the scoop mouth to perform a powder leveling operation. The counter disk is journalled on the wiper part or the handle for rotation in a plane parallel to the sweep plane of the wiper part so that the numbers are displayed upwardly. The counter disc has on its underside a ratchet wheel having a plurality of teeth. The handle part has a laterally flexible pusher member which is positioned to engage and advance the ratchet wheel, and hence the counter disc, by one digit when the wiper part is displaced relative to the handle to perform a powder leveling action. The wiper part has a laterally flexible ratchet member which engages the ratchet wheel to control its rotation.