Patent ID: 8302601

Claim:
An inhaler for dispensing preparations in powder form, comprising: a first body ( 2 ) including an inhaling channel ( 3 ) extending through and along a longitudinal axis (x) of said first body ( 2 ); and a second body ( 4 ) including a receptacle ( 5 ), wherein said first body ( 2 ) is inserted into said receptacle ( 5 ), said inhaling channel ( 3 ) of said first body ( 2 ) having a first outlet ( 3 a ) capable of and adapted to dispense preparation in powder form to a user's mouth, and arranged outside the receptacle ( 5 ), the inhaling channel ( 3 ) having a second outlet ( 3 b ) inside the receptacle ( 5 ) of the second body ( 4 ), said inhaling channel ( 3 ) has at least one lateral outlet ( 3 c ) inside the receptacle ( 5 ), facing perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (x) of the first body ( 2 ), said second body includes at least one reservoir ( 6 ) having an opening to said receptacle ( 5 ) and being capable of and adapted to contain a dose of preparation in powder form, said reservoir ( 6 ) projects perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (x) of the first body ( 2 ), said first body ( 2 ) is capable of rotating about its own longitudinal axis (x) with respect to the second body ( 4 ) between a first position, at which the lateral outlet ( 3 c ) of the inhaling channel ( 3 ) does not connect with the opening of the reservoir ( 6 ) so that said reservoir ( 6 ) is not connected to the inhaling channel ( 3 ), and a second position, in which the lateral outlet ( 3 c ) of the inhaling channel ( 3 ) connects the opening of the reservoir ( 6 ) so that said reservoir ( 6 ) is connected to the inhaling channel ( 3 ), and the second body ( 4 ) is provided with a through channel ( 7 ) having a second outlet ( 7 b ) arranged on the outer surface of one end of the second body ( 4 ).