Patent ID: 6981457

Claim:
A dispenser for dispensing free-flowing particulate matter, said dispenser comprising a hollow elongate body having sidewalls extending between opposite first and second ends, first and second end seals sealing said first and second ends respectively, said first end seal having an orifice through which said particular matter, when stored in said body, is dispensed, a baffle housing mounted within said first end, said baffle housing at least partially occluding said orifice and forming a compartment, an array of baffles mounted within said baffle housing so as to partly occlude a flow passageway through said compartment extending between an opening into said baffle housing at one end of said baffle housing and an opposite end of said baffle housing adjacent said one side wall, said array of baffles constraining said flow passageway a convoluted dispensing flow path is formed for dispensing said particulate matter from said body, around said array of baffles and out of said dispenser through said orifice, each baffle staggered and separate from one another and immovably mounted to said baffle housing so as to remain stationary relative to said baffle housing and said body.