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Powder dispensing and cleaning apparatus

  • US 5,101,532 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1988
  • Issued: 04/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dispensing apparatus comprising:

  • a hopper formation including forward, rearward, side and bottom wall portions wherein the lowermost section of the forward wall portion terminates in a generally horizontally extending edge formation and the bottom wall portion presents a like horizontally extending edge formation so as to define a discharge orifice formation between said edge formations;

    means supporting said bottom wall portion for swinging movement downwardly to move said edge formations towards and away from one another;

    means for imparting reciprocatory movement to said swingable bottom wall portion;

    a rotary brush formation mounted for rotation in spaced relation below and rearward of said edge formations on an axis parallel to said edge formations; and

    means for imparting rotation to said rotary brush formation while reciprocatory movement is imparted to said swingable bottom wall portion.

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