Product Measuring and Dispensing

Abstract

Systems for measuring an ingredient are disclosed. A cap with a flexible silicone thread is configured to screw onto a threaded bottle and has a shaft and a slit. The cap has a rotatable filling section attached to the cap and configured to rotate to block the slit and prevent fluid communication between the threaded bottle and a dispensable volume or to expose the slit and allow fluid communication between the threaded bottle and the dispensable volume. A volume selector rotates to provide a largest and a smallest measurable volume. A lid covers the dispensable volume. A user rotates the rotatable filling section to fill the section with an ingredient. The user rotates it back, removes the lid, and dispenses the ingredient.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for measuring an ingredient comprising:
 a cap comprising a flexible silicone thread configured to screw onto a threaded bottle, a shaft, and a slit;   a rotatable filling section attached to the cap and configured to rotate to block the slit and prevent fluid communication between the threaded bottle and a dispensable volume or to expose the slit and allow fluid communication between the threaded bottle and the dispensable volume;   a volume selector inserted into the radial volume and rotatably attached to the shaft, wherein the volume selector rotates to be adjacent a first end of the portion of the radial space to provide a largest dispensable volume and the volume selector rotates to be adjacent a second end of the portion of the radial space to provide a smallest measurable volume, and wherein the dispensable volume is any volume between and including the largest dispensable volume and the smallest dispensable volume; and   a lid configured to cover the dispensable volume;   wherein a user rotates the rotatable filling section such that the threaded bottle is in fluid communication with the dispensable volume, the user further rotates the volume selector to a desired dispensable volume, and the user inverts the threaded bottle and cap such that the ingredient pours into the desired dispensable volume; and   wherein the user rotates the rotatable filling section such that the threaded bottle and the dispensable volume are not in fluid communication, and the user removes or rotates the lid to dispense the ingredient from the desired dispensable volume to an outside space.   
     
     
         2 . The invention of  claim 1 , wherein the user further inverts the threaded bottle and cap before removing the lid such that the ingredient stays in the desired dispensable volume until the user dispenses the ingredient.