ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,267, issued on March 24, was assigned to CHICAGO SHOW INC. (Eau Claire, Mich.).
"Non-motorized dry food dispensing apparatus" was invented by James M. Snediker (Dowagiac, Mich.) and Raymond Gradecki (Mundelein, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a new bulk, dry foods dispensing apparatus and system for commercial, retail and home use designed to dispense a predetermined volume of dry bulk food into a bowl or other receptacle without crushing or breaking the food. The bulk food dispenser includes a hopper, a feed house including two or more openings, and a feed wheel located within the feed house, wher...