Granular detergent dispenser

Claim 1

A VIBRATORY DISPENSER FOR STORING, CONVEYING AND METERING GRANULAR MATERIAL COMPRISING A BASE; A VESSEL FOR STORING GRANULAR MATERIAL MOUNTED ON THE BASE FOR VERTICAL AND PIVOTAL MOVEMENT; AN UPWARDLY INCLINED SPIRAL RAMP WITHIN THE VESSEL TO CARRY GRANULAR MATERIAL STORED THEREIN; DRIVE MEANS TO IMPART VERTICAL AND PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TO THE VESSEL COMPRISING A CAM FOLLOWER SECURED TO THE VESSEL AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN THE BASE; A POWER DRIVEN MULTI-LOBE CAM SEPARATELY MOUNTED AND OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE FOLLOWER TO DIVE THE FOLLOWER VERTICALLY WHILE PERMITTING LIMITING PIVOTING OF THE FOLLOWER AND VESSEL; SAID CAM FOLLOWER HAVING A PAIR OF CAM ENGAGING SURFACES; ONE OF SAID CAM ENGAGING SURFACES BEING POSITIONED ABOVE THE CAM AND THE OTHER OF SAID CAM ENGAGING SURFACES BEING POSITIONED BELOW THE CAM; EACH OF SAID CAM ENGAGING SURFACE BEING IN CONTACT WITH THE CAM AT ALL TIMES WHEREBY TO PREVENT CAM CHATTER; SAID CAM LOBES ALTERNATELY ENGAGING THE UPPER CAM ENGAGING SURFACE AND THE LOWER CAM ENGAGING SURFACE TO DRIVE THE CAM FOLLOWER AND ATTACHED VESSEL ALTERNATELY UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY; AND CONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN THE BASE AND VESSEL CAUSING PIVOTING OF THE VESSEL UPON VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREOF; SAID VERTICAL AND PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE VESSEL SEQUENTIALLY MOVING THE RAMP IN A DIAGONALLY UPWARD AND FORWARD DIRECTION AND A DIAGONALLY DOWNWARD AND REARWARD DIRECTION WHEREBY GRANULAR MATERIAL CARRIED ON THE RAMP WILL BE CONVEYED UPWARDLY ON THE RAMP TOWARDS THE UPPER END OF THE VESSEL; AND AN OUTLET OPENING IN THE UPPER END OF THE VESSEL ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE RAMP TO DISPENSE GRANULAR MATERIAL FROM THE VESSEL.