Originally, when creating this rotating part, the idea was to allow the spice to fall into the pocket, the user will turn the part and the pocket will move 180 degrees to let gravity pull the spice out through a hole in the bottom of the shell to the user. The issue in all the designs considered where that it would be difficult to control and stop the spice from dispensing after enough spice has filled the pocket.
The entire part was redesigned to have longer rods connecting it to the bearings at each end, and include 4 wider but shallower pockets, which were made by reference planes surrounding the cylinder. Making 4 pockets were an attempt to mimic this dispensing mechanism commonly used in candy shop and cereal bars:
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