Dispensing device for salt and the like

Claim 1

A DISPENSING DEVICE MOUNTED IN AN OPENING IN THE TOP OR END WALL OF A CONTAINER FOR SALT AND OTHER GRANULATED, POWDERED OR FINELY DIVIDED MATERIALS COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN AND A PERIPHERAL GROOVE RECEIVING THE EDGE OF THE CONTAINER DEFINING THE OPENING THEREIN, A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED SPOUT PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A PERFORATED DISPENSING PLATE PROVIDING THE BASE OF THE SPOUT AND JOINING A PAIR OF SPACED SIDES DEPENDING INTO THE OPENING IN THE CONTAINER, INTERENGAGING MEANS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID DISPENSING PLATE AND ON THE INNER PERIHPERY OF SAID HOUSING TO NORMALLY RETAIN THE SPOUT IN CLOSED POSITION, A CAP MOUNTED ON SAID DISPENSING PLATE AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO OPPOSITE THE PIVOTAL MOUNTING FOR THE SPOUT FOR CLOSING PASSAGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS IN THE DISPENSING PLATE, A LIFTING TAB ON THE CAP OPPOSITE TO SAID HINGE CONNECTION, AND A SECOND LIFTING TAB INTEGRAL WITH SAID HINGE CONNECTION FOR THE CAP AND SECURED TO THE PLATE FOR PIVOTING SAID SPOUT TO OPEN POSITION.