Adjustable dial dispenser

Claim 1

A METERING DISPENSER FOR LOOSE MATERIAL COMPRISING A HOLLOW WALLED CHAMBER, SAID CHAMBER HAVING AN OPENING IN THE LOWER WALL THEREOF, A ROTATABLE DISPENSING DRUM LOCATED ADJACENT THE CHAMBER AND NORMALLY CLOSING SAID OPENING, SAID DISPENSING DRUM BEING PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF PEAK PORTIONS BETWEEN WHICH ARE RECESSES WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING UNIT AMOUNTS OF LOOSE MATERIALS, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID DISPENSING DRUM TO TRANSFER A PREDETERMINED NUMBERR OF UNIT AMOUNTS OF LOOSE MATERIAL THROUGH THE OPENING AND TO DISCHARGE THE MATERIAL FROM THE CHAMBER, MEANS TO PREDETERMINE THE NUMBER OF UNIT AMOUNTS TO BE DISPENSED, THE WALLS OF THE CHAMBER CLOSELY FITTING THE PEAKS OF THE DRUM TO PREVENT FLOW OF LOOSE MATERIALS EXCEPT WHEN SAID DRUM IS TURNED, SAID DISPENSING DRUM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS, AND MEANS TO SELECTIVELY ENGAGE ONE OR MORE OF THE SECTIONS WHEREBY INCREMENTAL UNITS OF DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF LOOSE MATERIAL MAY BE DISCHARGED AT THE ROTATION OF THE DISPENSING DRUM.