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US 2007/0181614 A1Published application
Measuring particulate material dispenser
OwnerMichailo Rvachov, Marat Rvachovinventors
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Abstract
A container for dry particulate material, such as tablets or pills, beans, cereals, coffee, sugar, fish food, fertilizer, bleach powder etc, which, when it is turned upside down, dispenses a customer defined volume amount of material, or a predefined number of pills (e.g., one pill at a time).
Claims12
A measuring container for dispensing of a measured amount of a granular/particulate material or number of the particulate material granules at a time which comprises of two chambers, a storage chamber and a measuring chamber;
- said storage chamber holds the bulk amount of the particulate material;
- said storage chamber is closed with the exception of an aperture in its lower part that connects it with the lower part of the said measuring chamber;
- said aperture is large enough to allow passing of the particulate material between said storage chamber and said measuring chamber, when said container is being shaken, whereas the direction of the material passing, from said storage chamber to said measuring chamber or backwards, depends on which way said container is tilted;
- said measuring chamber has a dispensing opening or spout in its upper part for dispensing the material out of said container, when said container is being turned into the dispensing position;
- said dispensing position is when the container is fully or partially upside down;
- said measuring chamber might have a part located below said aperture, a measuring bunker;
- said measuring bunker defines the minimum amount of the material or number of granules being dispensed at a time.
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