Device for dispensing a measured amount of a particulate material

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A particulate dispensing device, comprising: a mounting member having an annular wall and having a flat, circular wall, said annular wall having means on the inner surface thereof adapted to engage the external means on the upper end of a conventional jar containing a particulate material such as instant coffee, said end wall having a pair of spaced apart similar openings therethrough; a guide structure including opposed spaced apart sidde walls integral with said end wall of said mounting member, a substantially flat bottom wall integral with said side walls and spaced from said end wall of the mounting member, said bottom wall having a centrally located opening therethrough corresponding in size and shape to each opening in the end wall; an elongated, generally rectangular shaped slide dispenser having side edges, substantially flat upper and lower surfaces, and end edges, said slide dispenser having a pair of spaced apart similar openings therethrough each corresponding in shape and size to the openings in said end and bottom walls, said slide dispenser being slidable in opposite directions in said guide structure, means on said slide dispenser engaging said guide structure to limit sliding movement of said slide dispenser in either direction, said slide dispenser when slid the limit of movement in either direction intercommunicating the other opening in the slide dispenser with the opening in the bottom wall of the guide structure whereby when the slide dispenser is shifted in either direction throughout its extent of movement, a predetermined amount of particulate material will be dispensed; and means on one end of said slide dispenser being shiftable to permit said slide dispenser to be removed from said guide structure, said shiftable means at one end of said slide dispenser comprising a pair of fingers each having a top element thereon for limiting movement of the slide dispenser in one direction, said fingers being movable toward each other to permit said slide dispenser to be removed from said guide structure