Powder inhaler having magazine storage and a hinged mouthpiece

An inhaler for the inhalation of powdered drug preparations contained in capsules which inhaler has a housing having a tubular chamber for receiving the capsules, which chamber has an air inlet at one end thereof, and an air outlet at the opposite end thereof merging into an inhalation mouthpiece, which chamber is also arranged substantially centrally in the housing, and a cutting device having two blades which are movable in the interior of the tubular chamber for opening the capsules in the region of the top and bottom ends thereof, the improvement which comprises a revolving magazine rotatably mounted on a pin with in the tubular chamber which magazine has a plurality of tubular-shaped capsule chambers, each of which can be loaded with a capsule, the longitudinal axis of said tubular-shaped capsule chambers being parallel to the axis of the inhaler and which are arranged together with the revolving magazine in such a way that they can be pivoted into position between the air inlet and the air outlet and thus form a coaxial unit and the inhalation mouthpiece is hinged at the edge of the housing so as to be pivotable about an axis extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler.