Abstract: A device designed to be incorporated in a volumetric feeder having a body in which a distribution key with a vertical axis is rotatably mounted. The body with a truncated seat open at the base and at the top and having a lateral opening. The seat is designed to receive the dispensing key whereof the truncated part is open at the base and has a radial opening and is likewise open at the top in an axially extending stem projecting from the body towards the bottom and open in its distal end.