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A portable device for receiving and dispensing , under gravity, particulate materials, preferrably sand, fed thereto into bags is described. A tapered hopper is supported on legs, which may be telescopically adjustable, has an open top, which is greater in width than the width of a shovel, and has a

A portable device for receiving and dispensing , under gravity, particulate materials, preferrably sand, fed thereto into bags is described. A tapered hopper is supported on legs, which may be telescopically adjustable, has an open top, which is greater in width than the width of a shovel, and has an upstanding deflector around three sides to deflect material into the hopper. The lower end of the hopper is provided with a discharge chute having a diameter somewhat less than the diameter of a receiving bag. The outside of the chute is provided with a pair of upstanding tapered lugs or pins from which to suspend the receiving bag.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A portable device for receiving and dispensing particulate fluent materials manually fed thereto, comprising:(a) a tapered hopper means for receiving said fluent material, having, when in operative position, an open top having a width greater than that of a shovel used to manually f

[ I claim:] [1.] A portable device for receiving and dispensing particulate fluent materials manually fed thereto, comprising:(a) a tapered hopper means for receiving said fluent material, having, when in operative position, an open top having a width greater than that of a shovel used to manually feed said fluent material thereto; side walls tapering downwardly and inwardly towards a lower discharge means having a diameter less than that of a bag means adapted to receive said fluent material;(b) a plurality of ground engaging leg members, operatively connected to said hopper means;(c) deflector means mounted, when in said operative position, in fixed, locked, relationship on said open top of said hopper means and extending upwardly therefrom so as to deflect fluent materials directed thereagainst into said hopper means; and(d) lug means fixedly mounted externally on said discharge means and arranged to receive and releasably retain said bag means.