US 5,180,080 A · Dispenser and method of viewing granular dry matter as it is being dispensed

Abstract

To control the dispensing of granular dry matter, the upper face of a flange extending from the perforations in the top of a dispenser for granular dry matter is positioned substantially in a horizontal plane and the dispenser is shaken. The granular dry matter is dispensed from the container through a channel in the flange containing the perforations, over the upper face of the flange and observed by the user. The amount of granular dry matter on the upper face may be added to by further shaking the dispenser while briefly tilting it slightly so that the output end of the upper face is below its feed end. The amount of granular dry matter on the upper face may be reduced by shaking the dispenser while briefly tilting it so that the output end of its upper face is slightly above its feed end so that the granular dry matter falls into the channel and back into the container.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A container adapted to dispense granular dry matter comprising:

a dispensing surface;
a plurality of perforations in said dispensing surface through which said dry matter may pass from the interior of the container to the exterior;
means for temporarily holding the dry matter at a location where it is visible prior to permitting it to fall;
means for permitting the dry matter to drop back into the container upon changing a position of the container;
the plurality of perforations being spaced sufficiently close to each other to permit substantially all of the dry matter to fall back into the container in one position;
the means for permitting including a trough in the means for temporarily holding the dry matter at a location where it is visible;
said location where it is visible and trough being outside of the container;
some of said perforations being in said trough.

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Dispenser and method of viewing granular dry matter as it is being dispensed

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Dispenser and method of viewing granular dry matter as it is being dispensed

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