Patent ID: 7780038
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: A61M,G06M

Abstract:
1. A dispensing apparatus comprising a housing containing a dosage counter comprising first and second annular members, each mounted rotationally, the housing being suitable for receiving, in use, a container containing a product for dispensation, the container being locatable to pass within holes/apertures of the first and second annular members characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a cog, the axis of rotation of the cog being offset from the axes of rotation of the first and second annular members and the axis of rotation of the cog being located outside the first and second annular members whereupon each actuation of the apparatus causes the first annular member to incrementally rotate which, after a predetermined number of actuations of the apparatus, causes the cog to rotate, the rotation of the cog causing the second annular member to incrementally rotate.