Dry composition dispenser
OwnerDavid J. Waldnerinventor
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Abstract
A dry composition dispenser for dispensing powdered or granular materials comprising a frame, a support surface rotatably secured to the frame, a rotator for selectively rotating the support surface, a plurality of bins secured to the support surface in which each bin may contain a different powdered or granular material, a metering assembly residing in each bin, and a metering motor which when engaged with a metering assembly in a bin containing material to be dispensed, may be operated to dispense material from the selected bin.
Claims28
A rotatable bin assembly for dispensing material, said assembly comprising:
- a frame;
- a support surface rotatably secured to said frame;
- a plurality of bins secured to said support surface, wherein each bin is adapted for containing and dispensing said material;
- an operable dispensing apparatus comprising a metering assembly disposed in at least one bin of said plurality of bins and a metering assembly activator for activating said metering assembly thereby dispensing material disposed in said at least one bin and a releasable coupler for releasably coupling said metering assembly and said metering assembly activator;
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- a rotator for selectively rotating said support surface;
- whereby upon rotation of said support surface to a desired location by said rotator and operation of said dispensing apparatus, said material is dispensed from said bin at said desired location.
A dry composition dispenser for dispensing powdered or granular materials, said dispenser comprising:
- a frame;
- a support surface rotatably secured to and generally positioned over said frame;
- a plurality of bins secured to said support surface, wherein each bin is adapted for containing and dispensing a powdered or granular material;
- a metering assembly associated with each said bin for dispensing material contained in said bin;
- a rotator for selectively rotating said support surface;
- a metering assembly activator for activating said metering assembly and thereby metering material contained in one of said plurality of bins;
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- a releasable coupler for releasably coupling said metering assembly with said metering assembly activator;
- whereby upon rotation of said support surface one of said plurality of bins may be positioned proximate to said releasable coupler, and upon effecting coupling between said metering assembly of said one bin and said metering assembly activator, and activation of said metering assembly activator, said material contained in said one bin is dispensed.
A method for dispensing a powdered or granular material from a dispenser comprising a frame, a support surface rotatably secured to said frame, a rotator for selectively rotating said support surface, a plurality of bins secured to said support surface wherein at least one bin comprises said powdered or granular material and a metering assembly, and at least one metering assembly activator which may be selectively engaged with said metering assembly, said method comprising:
- (a) rotating said support surface until said metering assembly of said bin comprising powdered or granular material to be dispensed is in position for engagement with said metering assembly activator;
- (b) engaging said metering assembly of said bin comprising powdered or granular material to be dispensed with said metering assembly activator;
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- (c) activating said metering assembly activator to drive said metering assembly, whereby an amount of said powdered or granular material in said bin is dispensed therefrom.
A method for dispensing at least two powdered or granular materials in predetermined amounts from a dispenser comprising a frame, a support surface rotatably secured to said frame, a rotator for selectively rotating said support surface, a first bin secured to said support surface and containing a first material to be dispensed, a second bin secured to said support surface and containing a second material to be dispensed, a metering assembly disposed in each of said first bin and said second bin, and at least one metering assembly activator which may be selectively engaged with each of said metering assemblies, said method comprising:
- rotating said support surface until said metering assembly of said first bin containing said first material is in position for engagement with said metering assembly activator;
- engaging said metering assembly of said bin containing said first material with said metering assembly activator;
- activating said metering assembly activator to drive said metering assembly and dispense said first material from said first bin until a predetermined amount has been dispensed therefrom;
- disengaging said metering assembly from said first bin;
- rotating said support surface until said metering assembly of said second bin containing said second material is in position for engagement with said metering assembly activator;
- engaging said metering assembly of said bin containing said second material with said metering assembly activator;
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- activating said metering assembly activator to drive said metering assembly and dispense said second material from said second bin until a predetermined amount has been dispensed therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.