Patent ID: 6877644

Claim:
A device for dosed dispensing of flowable material components, the device comprising: at least one supply container receiving a material component, each supply container having an outlet; at least one removal means, each removal means having an inlet, wherein said removal means and said supply container can be moved relative to each other to dock said inlet of said removal means with said outlet of said supply container; a screw means disposed for rotation within said supply container in a region of said outlet, said screw means for removing the material component from said supply container in dosed charges, said screw means having an outlet side screw coupling means, said screw coupling means having a closing piece sealing said outlet of said supply container; a controllable drive disposed in a region of said inlet of said removal means, said controllable drive having a drive shaft with a drive coupling means structured for connection to said screw coupling means for secure mutual rotation therewith; means for exerting an axial spring force on said closing piece to hold said closing piece in sealing abutment on said outlet; and a suction gripper integral with said drive coupling means for lifting said closing piece from said outlet in opposition to said spring force.