US3197083A

US3197083A - Dispenser having agitator and measured delivery

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Publication number: US3197083A
Application number: US254930A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas A Elliott; Harold B Friedman
Original assignee: National Service Industries Inc
Current assignee: National Service Industries Inc
Priority date: 1963-01-30
Filing date: 1963-01-30
Publication date: 1965-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 1982-07-27

Description

y 1965 T. A. ELLIOTT ETAL 3,

DISPENSER HAVING AGITATOR AND MEASURED DELIVERY Filed Jan. 30, 1963 3 SheetsSheet l INVENTORS THO/WAS A. ELL/077' BY Hxlzozp 5 FZ/EDA/A/Y ATToe/v Y July 2 v1965 T. A. ELLIOTT ETAL 3,197,083

DISPENSER HAVING AGITATOR AND MEASURED DELIVERY Filed Jan. 30, 1963 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS THOMAS/1, ELL/077' BY HA BOLD 5 F 2/50/1140 DMJZZ-p/ 1770/8 E) y 1965 T. A. ELLIOTT ETAL 3,197,083

DISPENSER HAVING AGITAIOR AND MEASURED DELIVERY Filed Jan. 30, 1963 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORS Tl/OMAS A. ELL/O77 United States Patent Office 3,197,683 Patented July 27, 18 6.5

3,197,083 DESPENSER HAVING AGITATGR AND MEASURED DELWERY Thomas A. Elliott, Decatur, and Harold B. Friedman, Atlanta, Ga, assignors, by mesne assignments, to National Service Industries, inc.

Filed .lan. 3t 1963, Ser. No. 254,930 12 Claims. (Cl. 222-231) This invention relates to a dispenser having an agitator and measured delivery and particularly to a dispenser of that sort adapted to be operated to deliver a measured quantity of a thick substance such as pasty soap or the like in response to operation by the recipient of the soap or similar compound.

There are numerous situations where it is desirable to store and dispense thick or pasty compounds such as soap. Almost every machine shop, industrial plant, paint shop and similar places finds it necessary to provide some type of materifl to be used by the workers for removing stubborn stains, dirt, grime and grease. Many cleaners are well known for this purpose such as some of the socalled waterless cleaning compounds which are in the form of a jelly or pasty substance which tends to stick together but which is readily separable upon agitation for movement and delivery. It is often desirable to provide this compound in the vicinity of the wash basins or scrub basins in the form of a manually operated dispenser from which a worker can receive a measured quantity-or the soap compound or the like suflicient to clean his hands. Dispensers of this general sort are well known in the art and there are a number of prior art devices which store and dispense pasty or thick compounds in a measured quantity. Some of these devices are essentially satisfactory but the present invention is an improvement in the operation, economy and manufacturing details necessary in such devices.

Generally described, without restriction on the scope of my invention which is defined in the appended claims, my device, as found in many similar prior art devices, comprises a container which is preferably circular in formation with an open top to receive a portable can of the compound such as thick or pasty soap to be dispensed by the present dispenser. A suitable bracket is attached to the dispenser body having means for attachment to a wall or similar surface. One side of the cylindrical container or body could be called the front and it is provided with an outlet tube with a closed front and having a small opening or aperture at the bottom from which the compound is dispensed. The opposite side of the container in a straight line from the outlet may be considered the rear of the dispenser and it supports a handle in a bearing thereon for rotation. A dispenser shaft is supported in the bearing with the manually operated handle and has attached thereon a screw feed conveyor with a few turns leading from less than the center of the container to the mouth or interior of the dispenser tube. The end opposite from the screw conveyor and dispenser tube supports a circular disc in one embodiment of the present invention, which is provided with a notch and angularly formed drive face adapted to engage the fiatformed teeth of an agitator plate of generally circular formation mounted for rotation about a central shaft consisting of a small screw through the bottom of the container body. In one form of the invention there are thirteen teeth equally spaced around the notched periphcry of the agitator and radially spaced about the center of the plate to be driven by the drive face on the drive member. The distance between the top of adjacent teeth is approximately along the arc of a portion of the periphery of the drive member which normally lies between two adjacent teeth riding along the top of the rearward tooth and against the back of the forward tooth which is driven thereby. In operation, the container is normally filled to cover the screw conveyor preferably by placing a full removable container of thick soap or the like to feed from the top. Each turn of the handlerotates the drive member a 360 degree are which pushes one tooth forward approximately one-thirteenth of a full rotation. This is :sufiicient to agitate the thick or pasty material to maintain a delivery to the front orifice or opening which normally remains open. at all times.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser for thick or pasty compounds having a positive delivery means that normally feeds to a constantly open delivery port. 1

A further object of the invention is to provide a drive means for an agitator in a dispenser of the sort previously described which is simple in construction but practically jamproof in operation and which can be played with in either direction without causing damage or jamrning. I

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser having a drive shaft with a handle on one end thereof driving a screw conveyor on the other end thereof delivering to a port and wherein the shaft, handle and delivery conveyor are fixed with respect to the container body so as to eliminate any unwarranted play or looseness that leads to jamming of the mech: anism. 7

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser container having an orifice therein at one end on the bottom of a tube which normally remains open at all times and having the handle on the other end remote from the delivery end whereby the operator of the dispenser may turn the handle with one hand and receive the soap or similar compound with the other. An-advantage of this is that the device is easy to manipulate with the two hands and the hands are sufliciently spaced from one another as not to get in the way of each other.

Other and further objects and advantages of my in; vention will become apparent upon reading the follow.- ing specification taken in conjunction with the enclosed drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a complete dispenser made in accordance with the present invention and illustrating the dispensing of a measured quantity using the two hands of the recipient.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view looking down into the container body of the dispenser shown in FIG. 1 and with the removable supply container removed to expose the internal details.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along lines 33 in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a-cross-sectiona1 View taken substantially along lines 44l in FIG. 2. 7

FIG. 5 is an enlarged elevation view taken substantially along the lines 55 in FIG. 2.

PEG. .6 is a perspective view of the drive member.

shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a modfii ed form of the drive member and toothed agitatorsegment. i

P16. 8 is a perspective View of still another modified form of the drive mechanism used for operating the toothed agitator. Y

FIG. 9 is the first in a sequence of three diagrammatic figures in elevation taken substantially in the direction of lines 9--9 in FIG. 8 ancldemonstrating a typical op: eration of the drive mechanism therein.-

FIG. 10 is the second in the series offigures in FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is the third and final in. a series of figures identified V identified in FIG. 9, and representing the drive just as it pushes a tooth forward.

FIG. 12 is the first in a series sequence and series of three figures showing the drive mechanism in FIG..7 and illustrating the operation ofthe agitator drive shown therein.

Referring initially to FIG. 1 and then to the other figures and other embodiments of the invention, the entire dispenser is identified generally by the reference numeral and comprises a removable supply container 12 which may be a can of thick soap or pasty compound sold as an individual unit with its own removable and disposable top (not shown) for replacement on the present dispenser body 14 which is of generally cylindrical formation with an open top 16 in which is inserted the bottom lip of the supply container 12. t

It is envisioned that supply container 12 would be sold as a sealed container having an air port 16 thereon covered by a piece of tape to be removed after the container is in place so that the thick compound will fall into the container body 14.

Container body 14 is provided on one side, which will be considered the front for purposes of description and discussion, with an outlet tube 18 having a closed front 20 and a small opening or port 22 in the bottom thereof adapted to feed a measured quantity 24 of the thick soap or paste into the palm of the hand 26 of the recipient.

The other side of the container body 14, for purposes of discussion and disclosure, is considered as the rear of the container body in whole dispenser 10 and is provided with an actuating crank 28 adapted to be turned by the other hand 30 of the recipientof the measured quantity of soap 24.

As readily seen in FIG. 2 and other figures of the drawing, it being pointed out that the supply container 12 has been removed in FIG. 2 for purpose of illustration, container body 14 has a closed bottom 32 therein which is substantially covered by a disc-like member or plate 34 having teeth 36 separated by spaces 38 to be described further hereinafter.

It is readily seen in FIG. 2 that the crank 28 is supported in a bearing 38 attached to the wall of the container body 14 and the end of crank 28 is integral with or attached to a shaft 40 having the front end thereof supported on a support pin 41 rigidly attached to the front of the delivery tube 18.

As seen in FIGS. 2 and 3 and other figures of the drawings, the shaft 40 has a screw conveyor 42 attached thereto there being approximately three turns thereof sufiicient to bring the thick material into the internal mouth 44 of the delivery tube 18. It has been found suflicient to provide a few turns of the conveyor beyond the delivery mouth 44 but less than half of the length of shaft 40 or the center line of the container body bottom 32.

Agitator plate 34 is supported for rotation on a shaft comprising a screw 48 mounted in the bottom 32 of container body 14 and being suitably sealed to prevent any loss of. material therefrom.

Mounted on the rear end of shaft 40, which is the end remote from the front end having screw conveyor 42 thereon, is a disc-like drive member 50 having a sleeve 52 thereon fastened to shaft 40 by a cotter key 54 to be turned therewith. Drive member 50 is shown in detail in the perspective view of FIG. 6 and it is pointed out that one portion thereof is notched at 56 and provided with a flat, curved lip'58 bent from the end of a drive member 59 for the purposeof engaging in succession the teeth 36 of the agitator 34. 'The location of disc drive member 50 is such with respectto the top of the respective teeth 36 as determined by the position of shaft 40 as to place the apex or upper edge of the teeth close enough to be engaged by the protruding lip 58 as the disc-like member 50 is turned by crank 28. The operation of this is clear from FIG. 5 wherein it is seen that as the 4. disc-like member 50 rotates one revolution it will contact the left hand side of a tooth 36 and push same to drive the agitator 34 until it reaches the right hand position at which time it becomes free of and disengaged from the drive member 50 and subsequent revolutions of drive member 50 will contact subsequent teeth 36 to keep the agitator 34 moving thereby to deliver a positive amount of the paste-like substance in the body 14 into the conveyor and constantly separating the material to break up the mass. Accidental or intentional reversal of crank 28 and therefore reverse direction of lip 58 does not do any harm as the lip 58 slides over a tooth 56.

In the modified form shown in FIG. 7, the plate 34 is replaced by a similar plate 60 on which the material has been cut and bent upon itself to form a roof-like or pointed flat tooth 62 adapted to be engaged by a flat lip 64 on a disc member 66 attached to shaft 40 in lieu of the disc member, 50 and the toothed segment 34 of the previous embodiment.

The operation of the embodiment'of FIG. 7 is apparent from the three sequential FIGURES 12, 13 and 14 wherein the lip 64 engages along its flat surface a corresponding flat portion of a tooth 62 rotating counterclockwise to engage same from the position of FIG. 12 to the position of FIG. 13 and in making a completion of the revolution to push the tooth 62.along from the position of FIG. 13 until it becomes disengaged having moved from the left hand to the right hand side as shown in FIG. 14. This keeps the agitator plate 60 upon which the teeth 62 are formed in constant movement as long as the dispenser is being used and the engagement of the lip 64 with a corresponding slanted tooth 60 assures a more positive operation and reduces the chance of jamming which is present in some prior art devices. Lip 64 normally faces in the direction of movement and is slanted from member 65 to slide harmlessly over a tooth 62 in a reverse direction. Therefore, accidental or intentional reversal does not cause any harm and will not jam the mechanism.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the

drive members

66 and 50 of the previous embodiments is removed and shaft 40 is provided with an elongate finger 100 constructed from rod-like material and having an inwardly bent drive portion 102 thereon adapted to lie within the space between adjacent teeth 104 formed on an agitator plate 106 replacing the agitator plate 34 of the embodiment of FIG. 2.

The operation of the drive member 102 of the embodiment of FIG. 8 is noted from an understanding of the sequential FIGURES 9, 10 and 11 wherein in FIG. 9 the counter-clockwise movement of the handle and crank 28- brings the dirve member 102 downwardly toward a tooth 104 and as the member 102 on rod 100 approaches its downward position it lies against the left hand side of a tooth 104 pushing same about the center shaft 48 supporting the agitator plate 106 and carrying same along in a manner similar to the previous embodiments from the position of FIG. 10 to the ultimate position in FIG. 11 at which point the member 102 becomes disengaged from the left hand side of the tooth 104 and travels around for a repeated operation.

While we have shown and described a generic invention together with several species thereof, this is by way of disclosure and illustration only and does not constitute any sort of limitation on the scope of our invention since various alterations, substitutions, changes, modifications, variations and ramifications may be made in the embodiments shown and described without depart ing from the scope of our invention as defined in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. Ina dispenser for dispensing paste, thick soaps and the like,

(a) a container body adapted to hold a quantity of the material to be dispensed and having a normally closed bottom,

(b) an outlet element on one side of said container body having an opening from which there is received in one hand a measured quantity of the material dispensed from said outlet,

(c) an operating member spaced on the opposite side of said body from said outlet in (b) and adapted to be held and operated by the other hand from the hand in (b) as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

((1) a screw conveyor means on the inside or" said body in (a) for receiving and conveying material to be dispensed to the opening in (b),

(e) means supported on opposite sides of and extending through said container body and conveyor means in (d) to move same in response to the operation by the hand in (c) thereby to operate said screw conveyor means to move said material to be dispensed toward said opening, and

(f) agitator means supported within said container and normally having a quantity of material in contact therewith to be agitated thereby and said agitator normally having a supply of the material to be dispensed between it and said conveyor means in (g) means supporting said agitator within said container body for movement therein,

(h) and means on said screw conveyor supporting means operable by said operating member in (c) which moves said agitator in (f) as said material is dispensed so that the material to be dispensed is agitated toward said conveyor whereby a more positive delivery is maintained.

2. In a dispenser for dispensing paste, thick soaps and the like,

(a) a container body having a closed bottom,

(b) an outlet element on one side of said body having an opening therein under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity of the material dispensed,

(c) an operating member on the other side of said body opposed from said outlet and adapted to be held by the other hand as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

(d) a connecting member supported for movement inside of said body,

(e) said operating member being connected with said connecting member to move same,

(f) a screw conveyor means on the inside of said body connected with said connecting member and adapted to move therewith and having a portion thereof leading into the inside of said opening in (g) an agitator plate supported for movement in said container and normally having a quantity of the dispensed material thereon,

(h) means supporting said agitator plate for rotatable movement, and

(i) a drive means connected to said connecting mer her in (d) and being operated thereby to drive said agitator in one direction an increment at a time as said operating member in (c) is moved by the hand.

3. In a dispenser for dispensing paste, thick soap and the like,

(a) a container body having an open top and a closed bottom,

(b) an outlet element on one side of said body having an opening under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity of the material dispensed,

(c) a crank operating member on the other side of said body opposed from said outlet and adapted to be operated by the other hand as the hand in (b) rcceives the measured quantity.

(d) a support rod extending from said interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for movement on the other side of said cylindrical body adjacent said crank,

(e) said operating member being attached to said crank support rod in (d) to rotatesarne,

(f) a screw conveyor means on said shaft adjacent said outlet and leading into and extending into said inside of said opening in (b) inside said container body, 1

(g) an agitator plate supported for rotatable movement on the bottom of said container beneath said shaft,

(h) means supporting said agitator on said container body for rotatable movement, and (i) a drive means on said shaft on the inside of said container body for the purpose of driving said agitator an increment of rotation in one direction as said crank is turned.

4. In a dispenser for paste, thick soaps; and the like, (a) a container body of formation having an open top and a closed bottom thereon, (b) a tubular outlet element on one side of said body having an opening at the bottom thereof under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity ofthe material dispensed,

(c) an operating member on the other side of said cylindrical body opposed from said tubular outlet and adapted to be held by the other hand as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

(d) conveyor drive means on said body and having a portion on the other side of said body from said operating means,

(e) said operating means being connected to said drive means to drive same,

(i) a conveyor adjacent said outlet and leading into the side of said outlet inside said container body,

(g) an agitator supported for movement on the bottom of said container beneath said shaft,

(h) means supporting said agitator on said container body for movement thereon, and a (i) an agitator drive means operated by said operating member and moving continuously from a point of beginning back thereto and repeatedly in cycles and said drive means including:

(3') a drive member driven by said operating member,

(k) and individual driven members on said agitator in (i) driven an increment by said drive member in (j) each time said member moves from the point of beginning and back again and so on in sequence, agitating said dispensed material and delivering same from said outlet in (b), and said drive member in (j) having a fiat, angular drive portion thereon and wherein said driven members in (k) on said agitator are a plurality of individual teeth having spaces therebetween and each being formed with an angular, flat portion substantially complementary to said drive portion on said drive member.

5. The device in claim 4 in which said drive member in (j) is an elongated member with a bent terminal end thereon and wherein said individual driven members are teeth mounted on and extending from said agitator in (i) and (g) and having spaces therebetween whereby each cycle of said drive member contacts a tooth and moves same with said agitator to agitate said material and dispense same from said outlet in (b).

6. In a dispenser for paste, thick soaps and the like:

(a) a container body of cylindrical formation having an open top and a closed bottom thereon,

(b) a tubular outlet element on one side of said cylindrical body having van opening at the bottom thereof 7 under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity of the material dispensed,

(c) a crank on the other side of said cylindrical body opposed from said tubular outlet and adapted to be held by the other hand as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

(d) a movable support extending from said'interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for rotation on the other side of said cylindrical body adjacent said crank,

(e) said crank being connected with said support in (d) to move same,

(f) a conveyor on said support in '(d) adjacent said tubular outlet and leading intoand extending into said inside of said tubular outlet inside said container dy,

(g) a plate supported for rotation on the bottom of said container beneath said support in (d) and being formed with,

(h) a plurality of upstanding teeth having spaces therebetween, 1

(i) each of said teeth being tapered from a point at the top downwardly on opposite sides to said plate,

(k) a drive member on said support (d) comprising an elongated rod having an outwardly bent drive end 7 extending in one position thereof between the tops of adjacent teeth on said agitator plate,

(1) said .rod being inserted through said shaft and fixed therein,

(111) said inwardly bent end constituting a drive finger adapted to engage one side of'a tooth on said agita tor plate and to move said tooth and said plate about its central pivot as said crank is turned to rotate said shaft and to drive said finger in one direction downwardly and upwardly again and said finger driving said teeth and engaging same from either direction and with either rotation clockwise or counterclockwise of said crank whereby said agitator plate will be operated regardless of the direction of the rotation of said crank.

7. Ina dispenser for paste, thick soaps and the like:

(a) a container body having an open top and a closed bottom, a

(b) a tubular outlet element on one side of said cylindrical body having an opening under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity of the material dispensed,

(c) an operating means on the other side of said cylindrical body opposed from said tubular outlet and adapted to be operated by the other hand from the one in (b) as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

(d) a support extending from said interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for rotation on the other side of said cylindrical body adjacent said operating means,

(e) said operating means beingattached to said sup- (i) means supporting said plate body for rotation thereon,

(j) an agitator-plate drive member operated by said shaft on the inside of said container body and hav' ing a drive portion thereon extending in one position of said drive member into the space between adjacent teeth for the purpose of moving into engagement 'with one side of said teeth of a tooth to move said plate in (g) around about said central support,

(k) said operating means in (c) being adapted to operate said shaft to move said drive member to engage a tooth on one side of said shaft and to move said tooth across into the other side of said shaft as said drive portion moves from a downward direction and upwardly again.

8. The device in claim 7 wherein (in) said teeth on said agitator plate are substantially perpendicular on one side and angled from a top apex downwardly on the other side and being constructed in wide, flat formation to be engaged across the width thereof by the width of said drive memher.

9. In a dispenser for paste, thick soaps and the like,

(b) a tubular outlet element on one side of said cylindrical body having an opening at the bottom thereof under which the palm of the hand is held to receive a measured quantity of the material dispensed,

(d) a rigid shaft extending from said interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for rotation on the other side of said cylindrical body adjacent said crank,

(c) said crank being rigidly attached to said shaft to rotate same,

(f) a screw conveyor on said shaft adjacent said tubular outlet and leading into and extending into said inside of said tubular outlet inside said container body,

(g) a circular plate supported for rotation on the bottom of said container beneath said shaft and being formed with,

(h) a plurality of upstanding teeth bent from the material of said plate and having spaces therebetween,

(j) means supporting said plate at the center of said container body for rotation thereon,

(k) an agitator plate drive member of disc-like formation mounted on said shaft on the inside of said container body at the side adjacent said crank and having a notched portion therein and a protruding drive lip thereon extending in one position of said drive member into the space between adjacent teeth for the purpose of engaging one side of said teeth of a tooth and pushing same around about said central support,

(1) said crank being adapted to operate said shaft in a counter-clockwise direction to turn said drive disc in a counter-clockwise direction to engage a tooth on one side as said lip moves downwardly and to move said tooth across into the other side as said lip moves from a downward direction and upwardly again.

10. The device in claim 9 wherein said teeth on said agitator plate are substantially perpendicular on one side and angled from a top apex downwardly on the other side and being constructed in wide, flat formation to be engaged across the width thereof by the width of said drive member. 7

11. In a dispenser for paste, thick soaps and the like,

((1) a rigid shaft extending from said interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for rotation on the other side of said cylindrical body adjacent said crank,

(e) said crank being rigidly attached to said shaft to rotate same,

(j) means supporting said plate body for rotation,

(k) a drive member on said shaft having a portion thereof extending in one position thereof between the tops of adjacent teeth on said agitator plate,

(1) said drive member engaging said tooth and moving said plate about its central pivot as said crank is turned to rotate said shaft and to drive said drive member in one direction downwardly and upwardly again driving said teeth and engaging same from either direction and with either rotation clockwise or counterclockwise of said crank whereby said agitator plate will be operated regardless of the direction of the rotation of said crank.

12. In a dispenser for paste, thick soaps and the like,

(a) a container body having an open top and a closed bottom,

(c) an operating means on the other side of said cylin- 1G drical body opposed from said tubular outlet and adapted to be operated by the other hand from the one in (b) as the hand in (b) receives the measured quantity,

((1) a rigid shaft extending from said interior of the tubular outlet across the inside of said cylindrical body and being supported for rotation on the other s de of said cylindrical body adjacent said operating means,

(e) said operating means being attached to said shaft to rotate same,

(f) a conveyor on said shaft adjacent said outlet in (b) and leading into and extending into said inside of said outlet in (b) inside said container body,

(g) an agitator supported for movement on the bottom of said container beneath said shaft and being formed with,

(h) a plurality of agitator drive members having,

(i) means supporting said agitator on the bottom of said container body for movement thereon,

(j) an agitator drive member operated by said shaft on the inside of said container body and having a drive portion thereon extending in one position of said drive member into engagement with one agitator drive member in (h) to drive said agitator,

(k) said operating means in (c) being adapted to operate said shaft to move said drive member in (j) to engage said drive member in (h) on one side of said shaft and to move said drive member in (h) across into the other side of said shaft as said lip moves from a downward direction and upwardly again, to move the agitator in (g).

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,252,150 8/41 Whitfield 222231 X 2,366,379 1/45 Bemis 222360 X 2,527,876 10/50 Curtis 222-321 RAPHAEL M. LUPO, Primary Examiner.

LOUIS I. DEMBO, Examiner.

Claims

1. IN A DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING PASTE, THICK SOAPS AND THE LIKE, (A) CONTAINER BODY ADAPTED TO HOLD A QUANTITY OF THE MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED AND HAVING A NORMALLY CLOSED BOTTOM, (B) AN OUTLET ELEMENT ON ONE SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER BODY HAVING AN OPENING FROM WHICH THERE IS RECEIVED IN ONE HAND A MEASURED QUANTITY OF THE MATERRIAL DISPENSED FROM SAID OUTLET, (C) AN OPERATING MEMBER SPACED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BODY FROM SAID OUTLET IN (B) AND ADAPTED TO BE HELD AND OPERATED BY THE OTHER HAND FROM THE HAND IN (B) AS THE HAND IN (B) RECEIVES THE MEASURED QUANTITY, (D) A SCREW CONVEYOR MEANS ON THE INSIDE OF SAID BODY IN (A) FOR RECEIVING AND CONVEYING MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED TO THE OPENING IN (B), (E) MEANS SUPPORTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CONTAINER BODY AND CONVEYOR MEANS IN (D) TO MOVE SAME IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION BY THE HAND IN (C) THEREBY TO OPERATE SAID SCREW CONVEYOR MEANS TO MOVE SAID MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED TOWARD SAID OPENING, SAID (F) AGITATOR MEANS SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND NORMALLY HAVING A QUANTITY OF MATERIAL IN CONTACT THEREWITH TO BE AGITATED THEREBY AND SAID AGITATOR NORMALLY HAVING A SUPPLY OF THE MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED BETWEEN IT AND SAID CONVEYOR MEANS IN (D), (G) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID AGITATOR WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BODY FOR MOVEMENT THEREIN, (H) AND MEANS ON SAID SCREW CONVEYOR SUPPORTING MEANS OPERABLE BY SAID OPERATING MEMBER IN (C) WHICH MOVES SAID AGITATOR IN (F) AS SAID MATERIAL IS DISPENSED SO THAT THE MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED IS AGITATED TOWARD SAID CONVEYOR WHEREBY A MORE POSITIVE DELIVERY IS MAINTAINED.