The Salt Ninja is a gimmick product that is intended to be used to add salt your favorite Mexican beer without the hassle and mess. It dispenses salt from a miniature, three-part plastic mechanism to the rim of an upright beer bottle. The product is able to hold and dispense salt with a quick shake of the mechanism and removes the necessity of utilizing a traditional, bulky rim salter and the use of an additional drinking mechanism (glass or cup).

The Salt Ninja is a gimmick product that is intended to be used to add salt your favorite Mexican beer without the hassle and mess. It dispenses salt from a miniature, three-part plastic mechanism to the rim of an upright beer bottle. The product is able to hold and dispense salt with a quick shake of the mechanism and removes the necessity of utilizing a traditional, bulky rim salter and the use of an additional drinking mechanism (glass or cup).

The invention concerns A container (10) for storing, metering and dispensing bulk material, the container comprising: a tank (1) to store the bulk material, said tank comprising a close top end and an opened bottom end, and said tank presenting an essentially cylindrical shape, a dispensing closure (2) to dispense the bulk material from the opened bottom end of the tank, said dispensing closure comprising:. an inner rotatable member (22) with at least one aperture (221), said inner rotatable member being rotatable around a longitudinal central axis (XX) and said inner rotatable member comprising central connecting means (223) designed to removably engage with a rotating shaft extending along the central axis (XX), an outer fixed member (21) with a central aperture (213) and at least one outlet aperture (211) therein, wherein the inner rotatable member (22) is configured for being selectively rotatable with respect to the outer fixed member (21) such that at least in one rotational position of the inner member, the at least one aperture (221) of the inner member overlaps with the at least one outlet aperture (211) of the outer fixed member for enabling the dispensing of the bulk material from the container, wherein the tank comprises at least one longitudinal straight rib (15) projecting inside the internal volume of the tank.

The invention concerns A container (10) for storing, metering and dispensing bulk material, the container comprising: a tank (1) to store the bulk material, said tank comprising a close top end and an opened bottom end, and said tank presenting an essentially cylindrical shape, a dispensing closure (2) to dispense the bulk material from the opened bottom end of the tank, said dispensing closure comprising:. an inner rotatable member (22) with at least one aperture (221), said inner rotatable member being rotatable around a longitudinal central axis (XX) and said inner rotatable member comprising central connecting means (223) designed to removably engage with a rotating shaft extending along the central axis (XX), an outer fixed member (21) with a central aperture (213) and at least one outlet aperture (211) therein, wherein the inner rotatable member (22) is configured for being selectively rotatable with respect to the outer fixed member (21) such that at least in one rotational position of the inner member, the at least one aperture (221) of the inner member overlaps with the at least one outlet aperture (211) of the outer fixed member for enabling the dispensing of the bulk material from the container, wherein the tank comprises at least one longitudinal straight rib (15) projecting inside the internal volume of the tank.

A rotational seasoning dispenser with a dispensing mechanism that applies a rotating disk which has equally separated cavities. When each cavity is in the container the stored seasoning drops into and loads the cavity. Next, the disk transfers and dispenses the seasoning outside by turning the loaded cavities from the container to a dispensing aperture. The disk has smooth, parallel and planar upper and lower planes which slide closely fitting container's planar planes above and below it. This configuration hermetically isolates the container from the environment by providing simultaneous airtight covering of each cavity while it approaches and overlaps the dispensing aperture. This isolation prevents atmospheric moisture absorption which results in lumping of seasoning. The rotating cavities also can loosen lumped seasoning into particulates. An electrically motorized version of the dispenser is also included. The dispenser is configured to dispense substantially equal amounts of seasoning for each manual activation.

A rotational seasoning dispenser with a dispensing mechanism that applies a rotating disk which has equally separated cavities. When each cavity is in the container the stored seasoning drops into and loads the cavity. Next, the disk transfers and dispenses the seasoning outside by turning the loaded cavities from the container to a dispensing aperture. The disk has smooth, parallel and planar upper and lower planes which slide closely fitting container's planar planes above and below it. This configuration hermetically isolates the container from the environment by providing simultaneous airtight covering of each cavity while it approaches and overlaps the dispensing aperture. This isolation prevents atmospheric moisture absorption which results in lumping of seasoning. The rotating cavities also can loosen lumped seasoning into particulates. An electrically motorized version of the dispenser is also included. The dispenser is configured to dispense substantially equal amounts of seasoning for each manual activation.

A spice dispensing device is provided for an automatic meal preparation apparatus. The device uses a replaceable cartridge containing a volume of spice for dispensing in predetermined volumetric doses. A dispensing mechanism is built in to the cartridge for isolating the predetermined volumetric dose and moving it toward an opening in the bottom of the cartridge. The cartridge is sized and shaped to be placed into the automatic meal preparation apparatus in a rack for containing a plurality of such cartridges. The cartridge is alignable with a position in the rack in which the spice dose can be dispensed directly into a cooking vessel of the apparatus.

A spice dispensing device is provided for an automatic meal preparation apparatus. The device uses a replaceable cartridge containing a volume of spice for dispensing in predetermined volumetric doses. A dispensing mechanism is built in to the cartridge for isolating the predetermined volumetric dose and moving it toward an opening in the bottom of the cartridge. The cartridge is sized and shaped to be placed into the automatic meal preparation apparatus in a rack for containing a plurality of such cartridges. The cartridge is alignable with a position in the rack in which the spice dose can be dispensed directly into a cooking vessel of the apparatus.

An automated food processing system provides consumable items to a temporary storage location such as an enclosure of a food processing device. A seasoning dispensing apparatus is located relative to the enclosure to dispense a seasoning over the consumable items within the disclosure. The seasoning dispensing apparatus includes a metering device that provides a discrete seasoning portion for dispensing and a distributor that uniformly dispenses the discrete seasoning portion over the consumable items.

An automated food processing system provides consumable items to a temporary storage location such as an enclosure of a food processing device. A seasoning dispensing apparatus is located relative to the enclosure to dispense a seasoning over the consumable items within the disclosure. The seasoning dispensing apparatus includes a metering device that provides a discrete seasoning portion for dispensing and a distributor that uniformly dispenses the discrete seasoning portion over the consumable items.