Dispenser for attachment to a container of granulated material

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR ATTACHMENT TO A CONTAINER OF GRANULATED MATERIAL, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN APERTURED TOP PORTION COMPRISING: A PLATE HAVING OPPOSITE INTURNED FLANGES, A FIXED PLATFORM MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE THERETHROUGH A DISC ROTATABLY SECURED TO THE TOP OF SAID PLATFORM AND COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE THERETHROUGH, SAID PLATFORM BEING PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE CIRCUMFERENTIAL PROTUBERANCE WHILE SAID DISC IS PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE PERIPHERAL PROJECTION, A CUP RECEPTACLE HAVING A BAYONET SLOT ARRANGEMENT IN THE SIDE WALL THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO FIT OVER SAID PLATFORM AND DISC WITH SAID PROTUBERANCE AND PROJECTION IN SAID BAYONET SLOT, SAID CUP RECEPTACLE BEING TURNED IN ONE DIRECTION TO ROTATE SAID DISC BY MEANS OF SAID PROJECTION IN SAID BAYONET SLOT TO A POSITION WHERE THE APERTURES THEREIN AND IN SAID PLATFORM AND BOX ARE ALIGNED TO PERMIT, UPON INVERSION OF SAID CONTAINER, A METERED AMOUNT OF GRANULATED MATERIAL TO FALL INTO SAID CUP RECEPTACLE, SAID CONTAINER BEING CLOSED UPON THE ROTATION OF SAID CUP RECEPTACLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND SAID DISC COVERING SAID APERTURE IN SAID PLATFORM, SAID FLANGES ON THE PLATE SLIDABLY GRIPPING THE SIDES OF SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT TO THE TOP PORTION THEREOF.