Food seasoning quantitative dispenser

• US 7,228,993 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Issued: 06/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Heng-Te Yang
• Original Assignee: Heng-Te Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Heng-Te
• Primary Examiner(s): Kaufman; Joseph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cartagena; Melvin A.
• Application Number:
  US10/976,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20060086761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 222/184, 222/336, 222/361, 222/449, 222/284, 222/365, 222/510, 222/518
• US Class Current: 222/365
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/34 dispensing a certain quantity of powdered or granulated foodstuffs, e.g. sugar
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/18 for fluent solid material

Abstract

A food seasoning quantitative dispenser includes a body, a supporter, a center rod, a cap unit and a base. The body has a chamber for storing seasoning, and a conical neck. The supporter has plural feet, an annular wall, a central tubular member and an outlet between the feet, and located under the conical neck. The center rod has two flanges, an annular groove between the flanges and a bottom hole for a spring to fit in. The cap unit has a cap body, a button and a stop disc. When the button is pressed down, the center rod is moved down to let the seasoning fall down through the open bottom of the body and received in the base closed on the bottom of the body. The fallen amount is definite for one time of pressing, so a user can adjust the amount by repeating pressing the button.

Claims

1. A food seasoning quantitative dispenser comprising:

a body having a hollow chamber, a conical neck formed in a lower portion, and an engaging member formed in an upper end;

a supporter located under said conical neck of said body, having plural L-shaped feet spaced apart equidistantly and extending down, an outlet formed between every two of said L-shaped feet, and a central tubular member which said plural L-shaped feet have their lower ends connected with;

a center rod located vertically in the center of said chamber of said body, having an upper and a lower flange, an annular groove formed between said upper and said lower flange, a bottom hole formed in the bottom and opening downward, and a spring fitted in said bottom hole with its upper end pushing against the upper end of said bottom hole and with its lower end fitting in and supported by the bottom of said central tubular member; and

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a cap unit combined in the upper end of said body, having a cap body, a button, and a stop disk, said cap body having an engaging member, a center hole in the upper wall, said button extending up through said center hole of said cap body and having a center post extending down and provided with a hole opening downward to fit with the top end of said center rod; and

wherein said cap body has an annular recessed edge, and said button has a flange in the lower end, and said flange has a larger diameter than that of said center hole of said cap body so as to prevent said button from passing through said center hole and falling off, and said stop disc of said cap unit is combined with said button by means of said center post of said button fitting in a center hole of said stop disc, and said stop disc contacts with said annular recessed edge of said cap body.

2. The food seasoning quantitative dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conical neck of said body is provided with an annular sloped stop surface at the bottom end and an annular contact edge on the outer surface at the bottom end.

3. The food seasoning quantitative dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supporter has an annular top edge to fit with the annular contact edge of said conical neck of said body.

4. The food seasoning quantitative dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said engaging member of said body is male threads, and said engaging member of said cap body is female threads to engage with a male threads base of said body so that said cap body is secured with said body.

5. The food seasoning quantitative dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein a base is further provided to close up the open bottom of said body, having a rim to receive the bottom end of said body and a central hollow for receiving falling seasoning from said body.