Powder dispenser

A powder container and dispensing device comprising a container which in use is partially filled with the powder and includes a neck, a powder dispensing nozzle provided in the wall of the container at the outer end of the container neck, the nozzle being of the type having one or more small holes through which powder can be ejected, the powder being dispensable by squeezing the container to pressurize its contents, and an intermediate powder reservoir in or on which some of the powder within the container becomes lodged in use, wherein the intermediate reservoir comprises a cup which is fitted within the neck with the closed end of the cup spaced from the nozzle, and the closed end of the cup includes a plurality of small holes therein to allow powder to enter the interior of the cup and in which powder can become lodged, such that on squeezing the container, powder lodging in or on the intermediate reservoir is entrained in the airflow through the hole or holes in the nozzle to be discharged therewith, so that in general during each discharge action only powder in or on the intermediate reservoir will exit via the nozzle.

A method of discharging powder from a powder container and dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, comprising the steps of gently squeezing, tilting, inverting or tilting and gently squeezing the container to charge the intermediate reservoir, and thereafter squeezing the flexible container wall to again pressurise the contents of the container and force powder in the intermediate reservoir through the nozzle, and simultaneously to recharge the intermediate reservoir with a fresh charge of powder.