Patent ID: 7735436

Claim:
A granule dispensing device, comprising: a gripping handle; a dispensing housing having a granule chamber movably disposed therein, the granule chamber movable between a dispensing position in which a first slot of the chamber is aligned with a slot of the dispensing housing, and a position in which the first slot of the chamber and the slot of the dispensing housing are misaligned, the granule chamber including a ramp therein that reduces chamber volume from a top of the chamber to the first chamber slot; an elongate channel interconnecting the handle and the dispensing housing, the elongate channel defining a granule flow passageway therethrough extending between a fill portion and the granule chamber; and an actuator for moving the granule chamber relative to the dispensing housing, the actuator including a trigger operated linear linking member disposed within a support rail carried beneath and outside of the elongate channel, the actuator further including a biasing spring disposed around a portion of the linking member within the dispensing housing and seated between an interior wall of the dispensing housing and an exterior wall of the granule chamber.