Patent ID: 8181827

Claim:
A granule dispenser comprised of: a granule hopper having a bottom with a plurality of openings through which granules can fall downwardly; a rotatable disc below the bottom of the hopper and having an axis of rotation, the disc having a top surface and a bottom surface and a thickness, the disc also having a plurality of voids (disc voids) angularly equidistant from each other around the axis of rotation, each void having an area and extending through the rotatable disc and a pliable gasket formed of a pliable material, the pliable gasket being located between the top surface of the rotatable disc and the bottom of the hopper and having a thickness, the gasket having a plurality of voids (gasket voids) that extend through the pliable gasket, each gasket void having an area, each gasket void being aligned with a corresponding disc void; thickness of the disc, areas of the disc voids, thickness of the pliable gasket and areas of the gasket voids being sized, shaped and arranged to determine the volume of material dispensed by rotation of the disc around its axis.