Dispenser for ground coffee and the like

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR GROUND COFFEE AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN OPERATIVE POSITION, AN UPRIGHT HOPPER HAVING AN OPENING AT THE BOTTOM END THEREOF; A HOLLOW CYLINDER FORMED OF A TUBULAR WALL AND HAVING OPENINGS AT OPPOSITE ENDS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE BASE OF THE HOPPER; SAID CYLINDER ALSO HAVING AN APERTURE IN ITS TOP SIDE COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE HOPPER, AND A CUTOUT AREA ADJACENT ONE END AND IN THE BOTTOM SIDE THEREOF; A PLUNGER ASSEMBLY MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID CYLINDER; SAID PLUNGER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PISTON WITH AN END WALL AND CYLINDRICAL SKIRT, A CIRCULAR CUT-OFF PLATE AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID PISTON AND SPACED FROM SAID END WALL THUS TO DEFINE A CHAMBER BETWEEN THE CUTOFF PLATE AND END WALL, AND MEANS EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN THE PISTON AND CUTOFF PLATE MOUNTING ONE ON THE OTHER; AND DETACHABLE HARNESS MEANS DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE CYLINDER AND INCLUDING STOPS ADJACENT EACH END OF THE CYLINDER PROJECTING RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE TUBULAR WALL OF THE CYLINDER LIMITING RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PLUNGER ASSEMBLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF LIMIT POSITIONS; SAID PLUNGER ASSEMBLY BEING REMOVABLE THROUGH ONE OF THE OPEN ENDS OF THE CYLINDER ON REMOVAL OF SAID HARNESS MEANS; SAID CHAMBER REGISTERING WITH SAID APERTURE WHEREBY IT MAY RECEIVE COFFEE FROM THE HOPPER WITH THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY IN ONE LIMIT POSITION AND REGISTERING WITH THE CUTOFF AREA IN THE CYLINDER WHEREBY COFFEE MAY DUMP FROM THE CHAMBER WITH THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY IN ITS OTHER LIMIT POSITION.