Dosage-dispensing head

A head for use in association with a device for dispensing measured dosages of a free-flowing material, the dosage-dispensing device having a drive shaft, the head having a first orientation that is a dispensing position and a second orientation that is a fill position, the head comprising:

• a housing, configured as a two-part structure with a first and a second housing part, the housing parts joined together by a form-locking connection in a tool-less manner, the housing comprising:
• an interior space to receive the material;
• a fill opening, in communication with the interior space and arranged on the housing to be on an upper face thereof when the head is in the fill position and to be on a lateral face when the head is in the dispensing position;
• a discharge orifice, also in communication with the interior space, the discharge orifice arranged on the housing to be at a lower end thereof when the head is in the dispensing position and on a lateral face when the head is in the fill position;
• an axial passage opening;
• and
• a rest surface, positioned diametrically opposite the fill opening, such that the housing lies on the rest surface when in the fill position;
• a shutter bolt, arranged in the housing and movable, axially and rotationally about a longitudinal axis thereof, to open and close the discharge orifice and to loosen and advance the material in the interior space, the shutter bolt being oriented substantially vertically when the head is in the dispensing position;
• a cap that guides an upper end of the shutter bolt, relative to the dispensing position, in centered movement in the axial passage opening;
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• a closure cap associated with the housing by a snap connection therebetween, such that, in a closed state, the fill opening is closed and sealed by the cap.