Patent ES-1063112-U (ES)
Title: Powder or grain feeding container (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
Inventor: GARCIA LEAL ANTONIO
IPC: B65D83/06
Filed: 2006-05-26
Abstract: Container-dispenser of food powder or grain; that being of those constituted by 4 pieces, (1), (2), (3) and (4) attachable to each other, the first of which is a straight hollow prism in its interior and upper base (5), intended for contain the food, whose base is a circular sector of central angle α, which has been inserted, in the upper part of the gap between the rectangular side faces, another straight prism (6), whose base is a circular sector of central angle 360º- α and its height is considerably less than that of the first. The unión of both prisms (5) and (6) is done so that the upper bases of both are at the same height, so that the outer edge of the piece (1) seen in plan would be a complete circumference. The prism (6) presents in its upper base a circular hole (7) that gives way vertically downwards in the form of a funnel to a cylindrical outlet channel (8), through which the selected dose of food will come out, to which it is attached under pressure, in its lower part, the piece (2) which is a hollow receiving container with a cylindrical shape on its upper face, which in turn prevents the entry of air into the container. The piece (3) is a circular flat lid having a circular hole (9), slightly smaller in diameter than the hole (7), which gives vertical passage and upwards to a hollow channel of cylindrical shape (10). The lower base of the piece (3) is coupled parallel to the upper base of the piece (1), without gaps between the areas where there is contact surface, leaving on the outside and the piece (3) and allowing sliding between both bases so that the piece (3) can rotate, thus allowing the coupling of both the possibility of two different positions as a result of the rotation; one, which we will call position 1, in which the neck (10) is on top of the upper base of the prism container (5), and another, position 2, in which the center of the neck (10) of the cover and the center of the exit channel (8) of the prism (6) remain in the same vertical. The part (3) has two flanges (11) and (12) on its outer lateral edge, in order to be able to separate the pieces (1) and (3) more easily, and an appendix (13) whose purpose is to be able to carry out with ease the rotation of the piece (3) on the upper base of the piece (1). The piece (4) is a plunger of cylindrical shape and length slightly greater than the neck (10) and moves longitudinally inside it, plugging the upper base, preventing the entry of air and the exit of food through it, but not never coming to cover the lower base of the neck (10), so that the relative position of the plunger inside the neck (10) determines at all times a hollow volume inside it, so that we will choose the capacity of said hollow to hold in it the amount of food we want to extract. Placing the plunger in the desired position and placing the food inside the prism (5) we place the piece (3) coupled on the (1) in position 1, when inverting the position of the device, and as a consequence of the gravitational force, the hollow part of the neck (10) of the piece (3) is completely covered with food. With the device still inverted, we rotate the piece (3) until it is placed in position 2, thus we are able to separate the food from the inside of the neck (10) from the remaining food part of the prism (5). If we return the device to its initial position, again the gravitational force will cause the portion of food housed in (10) to slide into the recipient container (2). By manually decoupling the piece (2) from (1) we were able to isolate the correctly quantified food dose.