Patent ID: 6948663
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A01C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dispensing apparatus for use with a source of water for directing fluid to particular areas of a yard, said dispensing apparatus comprising: a housing having at least one watertight chamber intermediate an inlet and an outlet; a magazine having a core and plurality of orifices in an exterior surface, said magazine located within the chamber and positioned in a flow of fluid, wherein at least some of said flow of fluid passes through at least some of the plurality of orifices into the core of the magazine and exits the magazine through at least some of the plurality of orifices; and at least one solid tablet of yard treatment chemical from the group of fertilizer, pre-emergent, post-emergent, lime treatment, insecticide, fungicide, and herbicide, located within the core of the magazine, said magazine preventing said at least one solid tablet from exiting the outlet of the chamber at least until said at least one tablet is smaller than one of said plurality of orifices in the exterior surface of the magazine; and wherein the housing has a plurality of chambers with inlets and outlets and magazines located therein, said chambers separated from fluid flow with one another downstream of the inlets.