Sealed barrier container

Abstract

There is provided a sealed barrier container for containing a supply of product in bulk form and providing limited access thereto for a user to meteringly dispense a portion thereof into a product receptacle, formed by an enclosed container including a product hopper for containing a supply of product, the hopper having an access panel movable between an access position and a closed position, a dispensing portion positioned in operative relation with respect to the hopper, the dispensing portion including a product ramp contained therein and in open communication with the hopper at one end, and in open communication with an exit chute at the opposed end, metering dispensing means positioned in operative relationship with respect to the product ramp and being rotatably mounted thereby to dispense metered amounts of bulk product from the hopper to the ramp, scoop means in operative relationship with respect to the ramp being reciprocable with respect to the exit chute, the scoop means including external control means to permit the operator to control the scoop means externally from the sealed barrier container, and individualized product receptacle means adapted for disengageable engagement with the exit chute such that bulk product dispensed from the hopper onto the product ramp may be manipulated by means of the scoop means into the receptacle means via the exit chute such that metered amounts of product may be withdrawn from the container while avoiding consumer access to the interior confines thereof.