Seed and feed dispenser
OwnerMiguel Z Garciainventor
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Abstract
A dispenser for seed or feed having a tubular body with an interior volume and a dispensing opening at one end thereof, a handle affixed to the tubular body, a valve positioned within the interior volume adjacent the dispensing opening, and a button affixed to the handle and cooperative with the valve for opening the valve when the button is pushed and for closing the valve when the button is released. A line extends from the button through the interior of the handle and through the interior volume of the tubular body so as to be connected to the valve at the opposite end.
Claims17
A dispenser for seed or feed comprising:
- a tubular body having an interior volume, said tubular body having a dispensing opening at one end thereof;
- a handle affixed to said tubular body, said handle being a hollow structure having an interior communicating with said interior volume of said tubular body;
- a valve positioned within said interior volume adjacent said dispensing opening;
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- a button means affixed to said handle and cooperative with said valve for opening said valve when said button means is pushed and for closing said valve when said button means is released, said button means comprising:
- a spring-loaded push button having a surface extending outwardly of said handle;
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- a line affixed to said push button and extending through said interior of said handle and extending through said interior volume of said tubular body, said line connected to said valve at an end opposite said spring-loaded push button.
A dispenser for seed or feed comprising:
- a tubular body having an interior volume, said tubular body having a dispensing opening at one end thereof, said tubular body comprising:
- outer tubular member;
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- an inner tubular member in telescopic relationship with said outer tubular member, said outer tubular member having a guide channel formed in an interior surface thereof, said inner tubular member having a protruding member received within said guide channel of said outer tubular member;
- a handle affixed to said tubular body;
- a valve positioned within said interior volume adjacent said dispensing opening;
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- an actuator means interconnected to said tubular body and cooperative with said valve for opening and closing said valve.
A dispenser for seed or feed comprising:
- a tubular body having an interior volume, said tubular body having a dispensing opening at one end thereof;
- a handle affixed to said tubular body;
- a valve positioned within said interior volume adjacent said dispensing opening, said valve comprising:
- a ball having a diameter greater than a diameter of said dispensing opening;
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- an elastic means affixed to said ball and to a surface of said tubular body, said elastic means for urging said ball into a position covering said dispensing opening and said interior volume of said tubular body;
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- an actuator means interconnected to said tubular body and cooperative with said valve for opening and closing said valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.