Dispenser apparatus suspended for bottom discharge

Claim 1

The combination with a bulk dispenser having a normally closed bottom portion and an openable content outlet at its normally upper end, means for suspending said container in inverted position whereby its outlet will be disposed at its lower end as suspended, said means comprising a rod extending transversely through said container in its normally closed bottom portion with the ends of said rod extending beyond said container, and hanger means detachably engaging said rod in its projecting end portions, a pulley engaged to said hanger means, means presenting said pulley in elevated relation to said suspended continer, a cable connected to said hanger means and extending about said pulley, means provided on said rod for facilitating piercing of rod receptive openings in the said normally closed bottom portion of said container through which openings said rod extends, means for restricting axially slideable displacement of said rod with respect to said container, of a dispensing apparatus having means defining a tubular casing with a normally upper inlet end and a normally lower discharge end, means for connecting said casing upper end to said container content outlet while in suspended condition, the normally upper inlet end of said casing being flared and being received within the outlet end of said suspended container, resilient means engaging the outlet end portion of said container about said flared upper end of said dispensing apparatus, a closure member movably provided within said casing, means pivotally engaging said closure member for movement between upper or casing closed condition and lower casing open condition, and means controlling operation of said closure member.