Patent ID: 6883686

Claim:
A storage and dispensing container comprising: an air-tight enclosure for storing a dispensable product therein, the enclosure defining a passageway located at a bottom end; a chute associated with the enclosure for directing a free flow of the dispensable product coming out of the enclosure through the passageway; a gateway located between the passageway and the chute, the gateway movable between a closed position and a dispensing position, the gateway enabling the free flow of the product from the enclosure through the passageway to the chute when in the dispensing position and sealing the passageway from ambient atmosphere when in the closed position; a valve operably associated with the gateway, the valve enabling a fluid communication between the enclosure and an atmospheric modification source when the gateway is in the closed position; and a control device operably associated with the gateway to move it between its closed position and its dispensing position.