Bulk food dispensing apparatus
AssigneeTrade Fixtures, LLC
InventorJames N. Elmore
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises first and second side pieces configured to be hingedly connected and to form a first and second cavity, a lid, and a front piece configured to form a third cavity with the first and second side pieces. Also included are a handle, a biasing device configured to be positioned outside the first cavity, and a rotating blocking device configured to rotate based on movement of the handle and the biasing device, such that handle and rotating block device are returned to a stationary position based on the biasing device. Finally, the apparatus includes a resilient sealing device that is configured to interact with the rotating blocking device to close a first opening between the first and second cavities and a swinging blocking device configured to close a second opening between the first and third cavities.
Claims19
An apparatus for dispensing stored materials contained therein, comprising:
- first and second side pieces configured to be hingedly connected along at least one side to form a first cavity;
- a front piece opposing said hinged configuration and being configured to be coupled with the first and second side pieces to secure the same;
- a lid for covering at least said first cavity;
- a handle coupled to a rotating door, said door being located between said first and a second cavity and being actuable to release a determinable amount of stored material contained in at least said first cavity to said second cavity;
- a biasing device coupled to said rotating door for maintaining said door in a normally closed position when said door is not actuated;
- a resilient sealing device nestingly coupled with said rotating door to substantially seal an opening between said first and second cavity;
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- an outlet at the bottom of said second cavity for dispensing said stored materials therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.