Dispenser and counter
AssigneeClinical Designs Limited
InventorRaymond John Bacon
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Abstract
The dispenser has a body (1), with a mouthpiece cover (2). Opening of the cover urges a junction member (3) towards a source (4) of a medicament to be released as a dose by pressing a spout (5) of the source inwards of the source. The source is supported by a cap (11) clipped to the end of a source-enclosing barrel (12) with intern al splines (10). The barrel is welded (15) to the main to part (16) of the body at a position determined by the extension of the source towards the distal end (17) of the barrel when the cover is open, the welding position being determined by a plug (18) simulating the cap and its bush.
Claims36
A dispenser for dispensing a substance in individual portions, the dispenser comprising:
- a body having a dispensing orifice;
- a container for the substance, the container being integral with or accommodated on the body;
- a mechanism in the body and/or the container for dispensing individual portions of the substance to the dispensing orifice, the mechanism having:
- a displaceable element for initiating a dispensing action;
- a multi-use counter having a display incremented or decremented with the count of portions dispensed;
- a dispense action detector for detection of portion dispensing;
- an accommodation in the body for the multi-use counter with its detector arranged for detection of dispensing of the mechanism;
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- a closure, adapted to co-operate with a portion of the body providing the accommodation for removably enclosing the counter in the accommodation, characterized in that the closure is adapted to be irremovably connected to the body, and the closure is provided with a frangible portion through which the multi-use counter can be removed so as to make the closure tamper-evident.
A dispenser for dispensing a substance in individual portions, the dispenser comprising:
- a body having a dispensing orifice;
- a container for the substance, the container being integral with or accommodated on the body;
- a mechanism in the body and/or the container for dispensing individual portions of the substance to the dispensing orifice, the mechanism having:
- a displaceable element for initiating a dispensing action;
- a multi-use counter having a display incremented or decremented with the count of portions dispensed;
- a dispense action detector for detection of portion dispensing;
- an accommodation in the body for the multi-use counter with its detector arranged for detection of dispensing of the mechanism;
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- a rigid closure, adapted to co-operate with a portion of the body providing the accommodation for removably enclosing the counter in the accommodation, characterised in that the rigid closure is provided with a frangible portion for release of the counter, such that the closure is tamper-evident.
A dispenser for dispensing a substance in individual portions, the dispenser comprising:
- a body having a dispensing orifice;
- a container for the substance, the container being integral with or accommodated on the body;
- a mechanism in the body and/or the container for dispensing individual portions of the substance to the dispensing orifice, the mechanism having:
- a displaceable element for initiating a dispensing action;
- a multi-use counter having a display incremented or decremented with the count of portions dispensed;
- a dispense action detector for detection of portion dispensing;
- an accommodation in the body for the multi-use counter with its detector arranged for detection of dispensing of the mechanism;
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- a closure, adapted to co-operate with a portion of the body providing the accommodation for removably enclosing the counter in the accommodation, characterized in that the closure is adapted to be irremovably connected to the body, and the closure is provided with a frangible portion through which the multi-use counter can be removed so as to make the closure tamper-evident wherein the closure is a cap over an end of the portion of the body providing the accommodation to captivate the counter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.