Patent ID: 7461763

Claim:
A dispenser for solid flowable bulk material comprising: an auger dispensing mechanism, said auger dispensing mechanism including an auger having an outer diameter, a central axis, a top center located on said outer diameter in a vertical plane passing through said central axis, and having a loading portion and a dispensing end, and a housing having a semi-cylindrical bottom with an internal radius essentially corresponding to the outer diameter of said auger, a hopper assembly positioned over said auger dispensing mechanism, said hopper assembly including a hopper having a pair of opposing sidewalls formed in planes parallel to the central axis of the auger, at least one deflector extending inwardly and downwardly from each sidewall and having a lower edge, said at least one deflector on each sidewall being vertically spaced from each other, the lower edge of one of said deflectors being aligned with the central axis of the auger, and positioned immediately adjacent to the top center of the auger such that with respect to a vertical plane passing through the central axis of the auger, a solid flowable bulk material to be dispensed from the hopper flows downward onto said auger on only one side of said vertical plane.