Measuring and dispensing device for granular material

Claim 1

A MEASURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DRY FLUENT MATERIAL COMPRISING A CONTAINER HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND A SPOUT DISPOSED ON THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, SAID CONTAINER BEING RECESSED AT ITS OPEN TOP TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE BETWEEN THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE INTERIOR OF THE SPOUT, A UNIT DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A TOP WALL PARTIALLY CLOSING THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING A EXTENSION PARTIALLY COVERING THE OPEN TOP OF SAID SPOUT, A WALL FORMING A PART OF SAID UNIT AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE SPOUT AND TERMINATING NEARER THE TOP OF THE SPOUT THAN THE SPOUT BOTTOM BUT SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW SAID PASSAGE, SAID WALL SEPARATING AN INNER PORTION OF THE SPOUT FROM AN OUTER PORTION THEREOF AND BEING SPACED FROM AND COMBINING WITH SAID PASSAGE AND A PART OF SAID EXTENSION TO FORM A MEASURING POCKET IN THE UPPER INNER PART OF THE SPOUT ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF A FLUENT MATERIAL CONTAINED IN SAID CONTAINER WHEN THE CONTAINER IS SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED, THE BOTTOM OF SAID SPOUT FORMING A HOLDING POCKET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE MEASURED QUANTITY OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE MEASURING POCKET WHEN THE CONTAINER IS RETURNED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION, AND THE UPPER AND OUTER PORTION OF SAID SPOUT FORMING A DISCHARGE PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH THE MATERAIAL FROM THE HOLDING POCKET IS DISCHARGED BY GRAVITY FROM THE SPOUT WHEN THE CONTAINER IS AGAIN INVERTED FOR REFILLING SAID MEASURING POCKET.