Container with dispensing means
OwnerTeru Kawaokainventor
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Abstract
An automatic dispensing container for containing and dispensing granular material is disclosed which may be constructed from a single piece of sheet material to form a container having an internal ramp partition. The ramp serves to direct the material by force of gravity toward and through a dispensing orifice having a configuration which impedes the free flow of material. The rate at which the material is dispensed is controlled by a structure integral with the ramp which, when moved, serves to assist the flow of material through the orifice.
Claims8
In a container of the type used for packaging and dispensing flowable, solid materials, having a side wall, the improvement which comprises:
- a materials dispensing orifice formed in said side wall, said orifice having a configuration adapted to impede the free flow of said materials therethrough;
- a moveable partition extending substantially across the entire area bounded by said container, said partition being positioned on an incline with a free lower portion thereof adjacent said orifice such that materials within said container may flow by force of gravity and in response to movement of said free lower portion toward and through said orifice;
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- manually controllable means situated adjacent the exterior face of said orifice for moving said free lower portion for assisting the flow of said materials through said orifice to allow controlled amounts of said material to be dispensed from said container.
A container for packaging and dispensing flowable solid materials comprising:
- four side walls, each joined along its lateral edges to adjacent side walls, and one of said side walls having a materials dispensing orifice with a configuration adapted to impede the free flow of said materials therethrough;
- a moveable partition extending substantially across the entire area bounded by said side walls, said partition being positioned on an incline with a free lower portion thereof adjacent said orifice such that materials within said container may flow by force of gravity and in response to movement of said free lower portion toward and through said orifice;
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- manually controllable means affixed to the lower portion of said partition and extending through said orifice for moving said free lower portion for assisting the free flow of said materials through said orifice to allow controlled amounts of said material to be dispensed from said container.
A container for packaging and dispensing granular, dry pet food comprising:
- four side walls, each joined along its lateral edges to adjacent side walls, and a bottom wall joined at the edges thereof with the lower most edges of said side walls;
- one of said side walls having an orifice with a vertical dimension sufficiently small to impede the free flow of said pet food therethrough, said orifice being located on said one wall adjacent said bottom wall;
- a moveable partition disposed within said container and extending across substantially the entire cross-sectional area thereof, said partition being inclined with a free lower portion thereof adjacent to said orifice to direct said pet food toward and through said orifice in response to gravity and movement of said free lower portion;
- manually controllable means affixed to the lower portion of said partition and extending through said orifice for vibrating said free lower portion of said partition to dispense controlled amounts of said pet food from said container;
- a panel attached to said bottom wall at the edge adjacent said one wall, said panel adapted to fold upwardly from an open position to a closed position to cover said orifice and said vibrating means;
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- means for securing said panel to said one wall in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.