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US 5,397,033 AGranted
Device for the controlled dispensing of rodenticides
AssigneeFarnam Companies, Inc.
InventorEric N. Blomquist
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Abstract
A dispenser for stored rodenticide pellets wherein the pellets are contained within a cylindrical cap which is maintained in contact with a base. The base includes an inclined skirt bounded by an external flange. The cap is raised on a central post to enable the pellets to move down the inclined base and rest adjacent the flange. The pellets are then available to rodents while being retained on the dispenser by the flange. The cap can be lowered to close the dispenser to deny access to remaining stored pellets.
Claims11
Apparatus for the controlled dispensing of stored rodenticide pellets which comprises:
- a) a base structure having an upper surface for facilitating the distribution of stored pellets, said upper surface including a downwardly inclined skirt and a peripheral flange joined to the skirt, said flange extending upwardly from the skirt;
- b) a post centrally mounted on the base structure;
- c) a cap for confining tile pellets, said cap being mounted oil the post for vertical movement between open and closed positions, said cap being dimensioned to contact the juncture of the skirt and flange when in the closed position:
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- d) means for limiting vertical movement of the cap and defining the open position of the cap to thereby control the movement of pellets on the skirt, the pellets adjacent the flange being accessible to rodents when the cap is in an open position.
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