Patent ID: 7913647

Claim:
A device for dispensing dry particulate animal food without the use of a valve, the device comprising: a vertically positioned food hopper including an interior having an upper cylindrical portion and a lower frusto-conical portion, the hopper for retaining the dry particulate animal food, the dry particulate animal food dispensed into the hopper through the upper cylindrical portion, the lower frusto-conical portion including an aperture in a sidewall thereof; a base having opposing vertical walls, each wall pivotally attached by a rod to the lower frusto-conical portion so as to dispose the aperture between each wall; a food tray positionably carried by and extending from the base in cooperable relation to the aperture, the food tray wider than the base; and a knob connected to the rod of the wall of the base to pivotally manipulate the position of the food tray, the food tray positionable between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position permits the particulate animal food to dispense from the lower portion of the hopper through the aperture and onto the food tray, wherein in the second position the food tray prevents the particulate animal food to dispense from the lower portion of the hopper through the aperture and onto the food tray, wherein the particulate animal food is permitted to dispense from the lower portion of the hopper through the aperture and onto the food tray when the food tray is in a horizontal position, whereupon manipulating the knob the food tray is positionable to control the amount of the dry particulate animal food dispensed into the food tray from the hopper through the aperture without the use of a separate valve.