Dispensing apparatus

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR DISPENSING AN OBJECT IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF A PROJECTILE WHICH COMPRISES: A SHELL, A PROPELLENT MOTOR RELEASABLY COUPLED TO THE REAR-END OF SAID SHELL FOR PROPELLING IT AND AUTOMATICALLY UNCOUPLING ITSELF THEREFROM WHEN THE PUSHING POWER OF SAID MOTOR CEASES, A TIMER RELEASABLY SECURED IN SAID SHELL AND MEANS ON SAID TIMER FOR ACTIVATING SAID TIMER WHEN SAID MOTOR AND SHELL ARE SEPARATED, SAID OBJECT CONFINED IN SAID SHELL BY SAID TIMER AND DISPOSED AND SLIDABLE ENDWISE IN SAID SHELL, FORCE EXERTING MEANS AT THE FORWARD END OF SAID SHELL AND OPERABLE ON SAID OBJECT AND SAID TIMER TO EJECT BOTH SAID TIMER AND SAID OBJECT FROM THE SHELL; WHEREBY WHEN SAID PROJECTILE REACHES A POINT IN ITS FLIGHT WHERE SAID MOTOR CEASES ITS PROPULSION AND SEPARATES FROM SAID SHELL SAID TIMER WILL UNCOUPLE ITSELF FROM THE SHELL A SELECTED TIME INTERVAL THEREAFTER AND RELEASE SAID OBJECT, AND SAID FORCE EXERTING MEANS WILL EJECT SAID OBJECT FROM SAID SHELL INTO THE AMBIENT SPACE.