Granules dispenser

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE DETERGENT DISPENSER, COMPRISING A DETERGENT DISPENSER CONTAINER HAVING DRY DETERGENT GRANULES THEREIN, SAID DISPENSER CONTAINER HAVING A WATER INLET AT ONE END AND A DISCHARGE OPENING AT THE OTHER END, A BARRIER AT SAID DISCHARGE OPENING WHICH ACTS AS A DAM TO PREVENT THE DRY GRANULES FROM ESCAPING, A BALL CHECK VALVE MOUNTED OVER SAID WATER INLET OPENING TO CLOSE SAID WATER INLET OPENING WHEN THE CONTAINER IS BEING FILLED WITH DETERGENT, SAID BALL CHECK VALVE BEING UNSEATED WHEN THE WATER ENTERS, AND SAID BALL CHECK VALVE COMPRISING A BALL AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID BALL IN THE PATH OF A STREAM OF WATER ENTERING THROUGH SAID WATER INLET TO CREATE A FLUSHING ACTION AND WASH DETERGENT FROM SAID DISPENSER, A WATER PIPE SEPARATED FROM SAID WATER INLET OF SAID DISPENSER CONTAINER BY AN AIR GAP, THE OUTLET OF SAID WATER PIPE BEING DIRECTED TOWARD SAID WATER INLET, SAID WATER PIPE BEING SUPPLIED FROM A WATER SOURCE AND DIRECTING A STREAM OF WATER INTO SAID WATER INLET AT THE PROPER TIME IN THE WASHING CYCLE WHEREBY THE DETERGENT GRANULES ARE WASHED OVER THE BARRIER INTO THE WASHING MACHINE.