US 4,953,763 AGranted

Animal scent dispensing apparatus

OwnerChandler T. Kierum, Leonard J. Dupreeinventors

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Abstract

An animal scent dispensing apparatus includes a housing that can be supported in an elevated position above the ground. A reservoir is supported by the housing for containing an animal scent to be dispensed. An outlet releases fluid scent from the reservoir in a drip-like fashion so that it can be dispensed to fall to the ground. A valved vacuum line operable between open and closed flow positions and communicates with the reservoir for maintaining a vacuum on the reservoir when not dispensing fluid therefrom. A timed valving mechanism fence the reservoir at the vacuum line so that fluid in the reservoir will dispense from the outlet and the outlet defines at least in part the dispensing flow rate as a fluid dispensed from the reservoir. The apparatus has particular utility for deer hunting wherein a scent can be dispensed at multiple times during the day for very short time periods of for example a few seconds.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An animal scent dispensing apparatus comprising:

(a) a housing that can be supported in an elevated position above the ground;
(b) animal lure dispensing reservoir means contained by the housing for containing a liquid animal scent to be dispensed from the reservoir in small amounts at intervals and over several days;
(c) outlet means for releasing a small volume of fluid scent from the reservoir at pre-selected time intervals as determined by a timer within said housing, each in a drip-like fashion so that the dispensed fluid scent will ball to the ground;
(d) valved air line means communicating with the reservoir means, for maintaining a vacuum on the reservoir means when not dispensing fluid therefrom;
(e) timed valving means within the housing responsive to said timer and operable between open and closed flow positions for venting the reservoir means at the valved air line means to thereby valve flow from the reservoir means via the outlet means;
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(f) power supply means within the housing for powering the timed valving means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.