Dosing Apparatus
AssigneeImaginus Limited
InventorsPaul Fleming BUCKLEY, Robert William Lachlan HOLMES, Malcolm Norman LYND
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Abstract
Dosing apparatus comprising a cartridge (11), the cartridge having:—a body (13) with a cavity holding at least one product to be dosed,—a nozzle (17) which is in communication with the cavity and which is configured for channelling the product to an orifice of an animal, and—a recess (21) which is adapted to, or actually does, receive and provide a cover for the nozzle of an identical or similar cartridge.
Claims27
Dosing apparatus comprising a cartridge, the cartridge having:
- a body with a cavity holding at least one product to be dosed,
- a nozzle which is in communication with the cavity and which is configured for channelling the product to an orifice of an animal, and
- a recess which is adapted to, or actually does, receive and provide a cover for the nozzle of an identical or similar cartridge.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the nozzle of the second mentioned cartridge includes a resilient collar section at a base thereof which is in sealing contact with a complimentary shaped portion of the recess of the first mentioned cartridge.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the nozzle is at an angle to the body of 70°-90°.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cavity is cylindrical.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each cartridge has at least one piston configured to push the product from its cavity.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each cartridge has a first piston configured to expel the product from its cavity, and a second piston configured to expel a second product from the cavity.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, incorporating a dispenser loaded with the cartridges and adapted to dispense product from each cartridge, one after the other.
Dosing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, having a piece which moves with, or as part of, a/the plunger to push between the cartridges and assist in separating them when one of the cartridges in the a/the breach has been used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.