Hand held salt dispensing device

A portable device for dispensing a particulate salt material upon a ground surface, comprising:

• a body having a substantially hollow interior with a forwardly located and open end, said body further including a reclosable end cap engaged with a rearwardly located end of said body and for permitting said hollow interior of said body to hold a volume of the particulate material;
• a rotor element mounted in communication with said forwardly located and open end, said rotor element further comprising a plurality of individual and arcuately arrayed dispensing portions arranged around a central cross wise extending and rotatable shaft;
• driving means associated with said body for actuating said rotor element to dispense volumes of the held particulate, said driving means including a hand-operated crank connected to said cross wise extending and rotatable shaft;
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• a grip portion extending from said body and configured to be gripped by a single hand of a user to position said rotor element in a forward and selected angular orientation relative to the ground surface.

A portable device for dispensing a particulate salt material upon a ground surface, comprising:

• a body having a substantially hollow interior with a forwardly located and open end, said body further including a reclosable end cap engaged with a rearwardly located end of said body and for permitting said hollow interior of said body to hold a volume of said particulate material;
• a rotor element mounted in communication with said forwardly located and open end, said rotor element further comprising a plurality of individual and arcuately arrayed dispensing portions arranged around a central cross wise extending and rotatable shaft;
• driving means associated with said body for actuating said rotor element to dispense volumes of said held particulate, said driving means including an electric motor operatively connected to said rotatable shaft of said rotor element and powered by at least one battery contained within said hollow interior of said body and electrically communicable with said motor, an on/off button selectively activating and deactivating said motor and said rotor element;
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• a grip portion extending from said body and configured to be gripped by a single hand of a user to position said rotor element in a forward and selected angular orientation relative to the ground surface.

A portable device for dispensing a particulate material upon a ground surface, comprising:

• an elongated body having a substantially hollow interior with a forwardly located and open end, said body further including an end cap being reclosably engaged with a rearwardly located end of said body and for permitting a prepackaged container of the particulate material to be opened and inserted within said hollow interior of said body;
• a rotor element mounted in communication with said forwardly located and open end and comprising a plurality of individual and arcuately arrayed dispensing portions arranged around a central cross wise extending and rotatable shaft;
• driving means associated with said body for actuating said rotor element to dispense volumes of the held particulate;
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• a grip portion extending from said body and configured to be gripped by a single hand of a user to position said rotor element in a forward and selected angular orientation relative to the ground surface.