Patent ID: 7226342

Claim:
Handheld apparatus for propelling particulate matter, the apparatus comprising: a mixing chamber having a sidewall, a gas receiving end wall comprising a gas receiving port at a first end of the mixing chamber and a discharge end wall at an opposite end of the mixing chamber and designed to be handheld; a gas delivery conduit, whereby the gas delivery conduit would be coupled to the gas receiving end wall and disposed within the mixing chamber and projecting linearly from said gas receiving end wall into the mixing chamber; a discharge port in the discharge end wall; a discharge conduit disposed within the mixing chamber and extending in fluid communication from the discharge port towards the gas receiving port and whereby the gas delivery conduit and the discharge conduit overlap; an elongated particle-directing tube disposed external to the mixing chamber, a proximal end of the particle-directing tube in fluid communication with the discharge port; and the handheld apparatus for propelling particulate matter is pre-charged with a predetermined amount of particulate matter, wherein a maiority of the particulate matter is stored in the mixing chamber, and the handheid apparatus for propelling particulate matter is not conducive for replacing particulate matter, thus providing an apparatus that is designed to be disposed of upon the exhaustion of the particulate matter disposed within the mixing chamber.