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Powder dispensing apparatus

  • US 10,138,114 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A powder dispensing apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a base adapted for receiving a container;

    (b) a dispenser including a slidable carriage translatable parallel to and below a hopper and disposed over a support element with an opening, said slidable carriage including at least one compartment, each said at least one compartment capable of dispensing a powder from said hopper through said opening into said container resting on said base, a wand rotatably operable within said hopper by a shaft, said shaft facilitates rotation of said wand via translational motion by said slidable carriage;

    (c) a tower disposed between and attached to said base and said dispenser;

    (d) a funnel disposed below said support element opposite of said slidable carriage, said funnel aligned with said container;

    (e) a reservoir attached to said powder dispensing apparatus and adapted to store a liquid; and

    (f) a pump communicating with said reservoir and said funnel, said pump configured to move said liquid from said reservoir into said funnel as said slidable carriage dispenses said powder into said funnel for mixing therein.

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