Never open container with a dispensing and measuring device

Claim 1

A DISPENSING DEVICE FOR GRANULAR MATERIAL, COMPRISING A CONCIAL FUNNEL FOR RECEIVING SAID MATERIAL FROM A CONTAINER THEREOF, A RECTANGULAR NECK CONNECTED TO THE FUNNEL, A RECTANGULAR SPOUT FOR DISCHARGING SAID MATERIAL, CURVED PLATE MEANS CONNECTING SAID SPOUT AND NECK, A CYLINDRICAL ROTOR ROTATABLY ENGAGED BY SAID PLATE MEANS AND DISPOSED AXIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FUNNEL, NECK AND SPOUT, SAID ROTOR HAVING CYLINDRICAL WALL DEFINING A COMPARTMENT WITH A LATERAL OPENING THEREIN, A FLEXIBLE PLATE HAVING ONE EDGE SECURED TO ONE EDGE OF SAID LATERAL OPENING, SAID PLATE MEANS HAVING A LATERAL SLOT, SAID FLEXIBLE PLATE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT WITH A RIDGE ON THE OTHER END OF SAID PLATE OUTSIDE OF SAID COMPARTMEMT AND PLATE MEANS, SAID ROTOR HAVING A KNOB HANDLE EXTENDING AXIALLY OUTWARD OF SAID PLATE MEANS FOR MANUALLY TURNING THE ROTOR, WHEREBY SAID COMPARTMENT IS OPEN TO SAID FUNNEL AND NECK TO RECEIVE A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF GRANNULAR MATERIAL INTO SAID COMPARTMENT IN FIRST POSITION OF THE ROTOR WHILE SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL SEALS OFF SAID COMPARTMENT FROM SAID SPOUT, WHEREBY THE COMPARTMENT IS CLOSED OFF FROM SAID NECK AND FUNNEL BY SAID FLEXIBLE PLATE OVERLAYING SAID WALL IN A SECOND POSITION OF SAID ROTOR WHILE THE COMPARTMENT IS OPEN TO SAID SPOUT TO DISCHARGE SAID QUANTITY OF MATERIAL INTO THE SPOUT, AND WHEREBY SAID COMPARTMENT IS CLOSED OFF FROM SAID SPOUT BY SAID WALL AND IS CLOSED OFF FROM SAID NECK AND FUNNEL BY SAID FLEXIBLE PLATE OVERLAYING SAID WALL IN A THIRD POSITION OF SAID ROTOR.