Granular material dispensing device

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A DISPENSER FOR GRANULAR MATERIAL AND THE LIKE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A CONTAINER CLOSED AT THE TOP AND HAVING AN OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF DEFINED BY AN EXTERNALLY THREADED NECK PORTION; AN UPPER CAP HAVING AN INTERNALLY THREADED CIRCULAR WALL THREADABLY ENGAGED WITH SAID NECK PORTION, AND HAVING FURTHER A COVER WALL EXTENDED OVER SAID OPENING, SAID COVER WALL HAVING A CIRCULAR FIRST OPENING FORMED THEREIN AND OFFSET FROM THE CENTER OF SAID COVER WALL; AN ELONGATED CENTER POST SECURED AT ITS UPPER END TO SAID COVER WALL AT THE CENTER THEREOF AND EXTENDED NORMALLY DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTAINER; A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR PLATE ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT ITS CENTER TO SAID CENTER POST AND MOUNTED CONTIGUOUS TO SAID COVER WALL, SAID PLATE HAVING AN ARCUATE SLOT FORMED THEREIN CONCENTRICALLY WITH SAID CENTER POST, AND HAVING ALSO FORMED THEREIN AN OPENING SEPARATE FROM SAID SLOT AND OF A SIZE SIMILAR TO SAID FIRST OPENING, SAID PLATE HAVING FURTHER A TUBULAR COLLAR INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID PLATE OPENING; A LOWER CAP HAVING A CIRCULAR WALL HAVING A DIAMETER SIMILAR TO THAT OF SAID UPPER CAP WALL AND ADAPTED FOR PLACEMENT CONTIGUOUS TO SAID PLATE, SAID LOWER CAP HAVING A BOTTOM WALL THROUGH THE CENTER OF WHICH SAID CENTER POST EXTENDS, SAID BOTTOM WALL HAVING A SECOND OPENING FORMED THEREIN RADIALLY OFFSET FROM SAID COVER WALL FIRST OPENING, THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL CONTIGUOUS WITH THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID COLLAR; MEANS EXTENDED THROUGH SAID ARCUATE SLOT FOR CONNECTING SAID UPPER CAP AND SAID LOWER CAP TOGETHER AND WHEREBY SAID PLATE IS ROTATABLE RELATIVE THERETO, SAID MEANS PROVIDING A LIMIT FOR ROTATION OF SAID PLATE UPON ENGAGEMENT OF SAID MEANS BY SAID PLATE AT EITHER END OF SAID ARCUATE SLOT; AND SPRING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PLATE AND SAID LOWER CAP FOR BIASING SAID PLATE TOWARD A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID PLATE OPENING AND COLLAR REGISTER WITH SAID FIRST OPENING, SAID PLATE BEING ROTATABLE AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID SPRING MEANS TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID PLATE OPENING AND COLLAR REGISTER WITH SAID SECOND OPENING.