Dispenser for particulate material

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR PARTICULATE MATERIAL, COMPRISING: A FUNNEL SHAPED CONTAINER FOR HOLDING THE PARTICULATE MATERIAL HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING IN THE SMALL END OF SAID CONTAINER AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A BACK PORTION ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON A WALL; A COVER HINGED TO THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT THE BACK OF SAID CONTAINER; A MEASURING DRAWER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE WALLS JOINED BY A PAIR OF SPACED END WALLS AND AN INTERMEDIATE WALL POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID END WALLS, SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL AND ONE OF SAID END WALLS FORMING A MEASURING COMPARTMENT WITH A PORTION OF SAID WALLS WHICH HAS AN INLET OPENING IN THE TOP OF SAID COMPARTMENT AND AN OUTLET APERTURE THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF SAID COMPARTMENT; SAID DRAWER ALSO HAVING A TOP MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL AND THE OTHER END WALL AND ATTACHED TO SAID SIDE WALLS AS WELL AS A DOOR PIVOTED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID DRAWER ADJACENT SAID INTERMIDIATE WALL AND A HANDLE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE FRONT OF SAID CONTAINER; A DRAWER HOLDER MOUNTED ADJACENT HE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER FOR SLIDABLY SUPPORTING SAID DRAWER FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTAINER SO THAT IN A FILLING POSITION THE INLET OPENING OF ITS MEASURING COMPARTMENT MAY BE PLACED BENEATH THE OUTLET OPENING OF SAID CONTAINER FOR FILLING SAID COMPARTMENT WITH SAID MATERIAL, AND IN AN EMPTYING POSITION, SAID MEASURING COMPARTMENT IS MOVED OUT OF SAID HOLDER TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID DISPENSER AND THE TOP MEMBER OF THE DRAWER REMAINS INSIDE SAID HOLDER BENEATH SAID OUTPUT OPENING TO PREVENT SAID MATERIAL FROM LEAVING THE CONTAINER; SAID HOLDER HAVING A BOTTOM MEMBER WHICH ENGAGES THE PIVOTED DOOR ON SAID DRAWER TO PIVOT SAID DOOR UP TO CLOSE SAID OUTLET APERTURE OF SAID COMPARTMENT WHEN SAID DRAWER IS IN SAID FILLING POSITION, BUT ALLOWS THE DOOR TO PIVOT DOWN TO OPEN SAID OUTLET APERTURE IN SAID EMPTYING POSITION; A RIGID CURVED SCRAPER MEMBER MOUNTED INSIDE SAID CONTAINER INWARDLY AND DONWWARDLY FROM THE FRONT OF SAID CONTAINER TO A POSITION ADJACENT THE OUTLET OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER SO THAT SAID SCRAPER MEMBER LEVELS THE MATERIAL IN SAID COMPARTMENT WHEN SAID DRAWER IS MOVED TO SAID EMPTYING POSITION; AND A STOP MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID DRAWER AND EXTENDING THROUGH AN ELONGATED SLOT IN SAID DRAWER HOLDER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOLDER TO PREVENT SAID DRAWER FROM BEING PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF SAID HOLDER.