Pellet dispenser

Claim 1

A PELLET DISPENSER FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING PELLETS OF UNIFORM SHAPE AND SIZE, SAID DISPENSER COMPRISING: (A) A RECTANGULAR CASE HAVING A FLOOR WITH PERIPHERAL SIDE AND WALLS FIXED THERETO AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, ONE OF SAID END WALLS HAVING A FIRST SLOT FORMED THERETHROUGH ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND A SECOND SLOT FORMED THERETHROUGH ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE WALLS; (B) FIRST AND SECOND PARTITION MEMBERS JOINED TO SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND SLOTS IN SAID ONE END WALL, SAID PARTITION MEMBERS EACH COMPRISING: (1) A FIRST LIMB EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE WALL JOINED THERETO IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLET RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ONE END WALL; AND, (2) A SECOND LIMB EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST LIMB TOWARDS SAID ONE END WALL IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO THE SIDE WALL JOINED THERETO TO DEFINE WITH SAID SIDE WALL, SAID FIRST LIMB AND THE FLOOR A SLIDE CHANNEL ALIGNED WITH AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WIDTH AS THE SLOT ADJACENT THERETO, SAID SECOND LIMB TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID ONE END WALL TO DEFINE THEREWITH A DUCT EXTENDING INTO SAID SLIDE CHANNEL TO SUFFICIENT WIDTH TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF PELLETS THERETHROUGH IN SINGLE FILE RELATIONSHIP; (C) A LID SLIDABLE ON SAID SIDE AND END WALLS AND SAID PARTITIONS TO DEFINE THEREWITH AND WITH SAID FLOOR A PELLET STORING CHAMBER; (D) FIRST AND SECOND GATES FIXED TO SAID LID AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM SLIDABLY INTO THE RESPECTIVE SLIDE CHANNELS DEFINED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PARTITION MEMBERS, SAID GATES EACH HAVING THEREIN A PELLET RECEIVING CHAMBER; (E) STOP MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN SAID LID AND CASE TO LIMIT SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID LID; AND WHEREIN: (1) SAID LID IS MOVABLE TO MOVE THE PELLET RECEIVING CHAMBER IN EACH OF SAID GATES FROM A NORMAL POSITION ALIGNED AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE DUCT IN THE SLIDE CHANNEL THEREFOR TO AND THROUGH THE SLOT ALIGNED WITH SAID SLIDE CHANNEL TO AN EXPOSED POSITION TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CASE; AND, (2) EACH OF SAID GATES IN THE LATTER POSITION FUNCTIONS TO CLOSE THE DUCT IN THE SLIDE CHANNEL THEREFOR.