Construction filler material dispensing apparatus

Construction filler material dispensing apparatus suspendable from an overhanging vertical support, comprising:

• a. a rectangular hopper having an open top and converging downwardly to a discharge opening at the bottom thereof which is substantially smaller than the open top of said hopper, the longitudinal dimension of the top of said hopper being greater than the lateral dimension thereof;
• b. a support frame for supporting said hopper having a rectangular base and a plurality of support legs extending upwardly from attachment to said base to attachment to said hopper, said rectangular base including longitudinal members extending laterally outward beyond the rectangular top of said hopper and wherein said support legs include a lateral buttress leg on each side of said hopper attached at their bottoms to said longitudinal members and which extend upwardly and inwardly to attachment to said hopper, whereby said dispensing apparatus has substantial lateral stability when said hopper is supported on the ground by said support frame and said hopper may be maintained away from the sides of a trench by said outwardly extending rectangular base;
• c. hanger means for suspending said hopper and frame from an overhanging vertical support when said hanger means is engaged thereto;
• d. a slide gate mounted to said hopper at the bottom thereof and movable inwardly and outwardly to selectively cover said hopper bottom opening to control the discharge therethrough of construction filler material contained in said hopper;
• e. a lever pivotally mounted to said hopper for rotation in a generally vertical plane;
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• f. a linkage operatively connected to said lever and to said slide gate such that rotation of said lever about its pivotal mounting moves said slide gate to open or close said hopper bottom opening depending on the direction of rotation of said lever.