Dispenser for granular materials

Claim 1

A DISPENSER COMPRISING A CONTAINER AND A CLOSURE, SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A CONTAINER BODY HAVING UPPER AND LOWER BODY PORTIONS, SAID UPPER BODY PORTION TERMINATING IN A TUBULAR PORTION HAVING A FREE PERIPHERAL EDGE, MEANS SECURING SAID CLOSURE TO SAID UPPER BODY PORTION, SAID CLOSURE BEING PROVIDED WITH AN END PANEL AND A DEPENDING PERIPHERAL SKIRT DEFINING A FIRST CHAMBER, SAID TUBULAR PORTION BEING DIRECTED TOWARD SAID FIRST CHAMBER WITH THE FREE PERIPHERAL EDGE THEREOF TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID END PANEL WHEREBY GRANULAR MATERIAL IN SAID BODY FLOWS OUTWARDLY OF THE BODY THROUGH THE TUBULAR PORTION AND FILLS A PORTION OF SAID FIRST CHAMBER TO A HEIGHT CORRESPONDING GENERALLY TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE END PANEL AND THE FREE PERIPHERAL EDGE UPON THE TIPPING OF THE DISPENSER FROM AN UPRIGHT TO AN INVERTED POSITION, SAID PERIPHERAL SKIRT AND TUBULAR PORTION DEFINING AN ANNULAR CHAMBER INTO WHICH FLOWS A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE MATERIAL FROM SAID FIRST CHAMBER UPON THE SUBSEQUENT TIPPING OF THE DISPENSER TO ITS UPRIGHT POSITION, MEANS FOR DISPENSING THE MATERIAL FROM SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CLOSURE, MEANS FOR PREVENTING MATERIAL FROM BEING DISPENSED DIRECTLY FROM SAID FIRST CHAMBER OUTWARDLY OF SAID BODY WHEN THE DISPENSER IS INVERTED AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING MATERIAL RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DURING THE PASSAGE THEREOF OUTWARDLY OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION.