Patent ID: 8245883

Claim:
A head for dispensing a dosage material in the form of a powder or paste from at least one source container, comprising: a housing which has an outlet opening, a bearing- and passage area, and at least one socket formed on, or connected to, the housing which connects the at least one source container to the dispensing head; a closure shaft, held in the bearing- and passage area with the freedom to rotate about and to slide along a central longitudinal axis thereof, the central longitudinal axis being located outside of the at least one socket, said closure shaft being connected to a closure element, with a closure portion, arranged in the area of the outlet opening, and the at least one source container, in its spatial arrangement in the operating state, is arranged at least partially to the side of the closure shaft; at least one feeder chute formed inside the housing to connect the at least one socket to the outlet opening, each said feeder chute having a central longitudinal axis that is arranged at an acute angle α to the closure shaft central longitudinal axis with the apex of the angle α being directed downward in the operating state; a spring, seated in the housing, to force-bias the closure shaft and hold the closure element in the closed position; a limit stop of the closure shaft restricting the displacement of the closure shaft along the central longitudinal axis; an opposing stop, formed in the feeder chute and defining a closed position in which the limit stop rests in direct contact against the opposing stop and the outlet opening is closed off by the closure portion; and means for removing dosage material, formed on at least one of: the limit stop and the opposing stop.