Patent ID: 8870024
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A47F,B65B

Abstract:
1. A dispensing apparatus for gravity feeding of a dispensable product, the apparatus comprising: a non-rotating container; and a rotatable dispenser, wherein the container is adapted to contain the dispensable product as contents and is operatively connected to the dispenser, the dispenser including a chute configured as a dispenser and an outlet for the dispensable product while maintaining a sealing containment of the contents at all times, the chute protruding out from the container, and being tubular with an entry end and an exit end, whereby an operable, manual rotation of the chute into a dispensing position is sufficient to cause a dispensing operation that dispenses, by gravity, the dispensable product from the container to the exit end of the chute for exiting the dispensing apparatus, wherein the chute is biasedly attached to the container to automatically return the chute to a closed position, whereby dispensing of the product is prevented, after completion of the dispensing operation, wherein the chute is operatively connected to a gate, wherein the chute includes wherein the gate comprises a U-shaped member that includes a base portion and arms, the base portion configured to block the entry end of the chute when the chute is in the closed position, and the arms being rotatably joined to the chute, wherein rotation of the chute about the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member causes the gate to rotate in a direction opposed to that of the chute, wherein the chute includes side tab portions extending upwardly from the entry end of the chute, the container and the chute being connected by way of said side tab portions, and wherein the arms of the U-shaped member of the gate are rotatably joined to said side tab portions of the chute.