Patent ID: 7510100

Claim:
A dose indicator for a fluid dispenser device, said indicator comprising: a body ( 4 ); an actuator ( 1 ) that is mounted to turn relative to said body ( 4 ) about a first axis, and including drive means ( 14 , 15 ); and a cylindrical indicator element ( 2 ) that is mounted to turn relative to said body ( 4 ) about a second axis and including a set of teeth ( 21 ) that co-operate with said drive means ( 14 , 15 ) of said actuator ( 1 ) so as to turn each time the dispenser device is actuated, said indicator element ( 2 ) further including numeric and/or symbolic indicator means ( 25 ) so as to indicate to the user the number of doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from said dispenser device; said actuator ( 1 ) co-operating with actuator means ( 7 ) secured to said body ( 4 ), said actuator means ( 7 ) being displaced in translation each time the dispenser device is actuated, and co-operating with said actuator ( 1 ) so as to transform the translation of said actuator means ( 7 ) into said actuator ( 1 ) turning, said dose indicator being characterized in that one amongst the actuator ( 1 ) and the actuator means ( 7 ) includes at least one actuator member ( 8 ) that is partially oblique relative to the direction of displacement in translation of said actuator means ( 7 ), said at least one actuator member ( 8 ) co-operating with at least one complementary actuator member ( 17 ) provided on the other one amongst the actuator ( 1 ) and the actuator means ( 7 ), so that a displacement in translation of the actuator means ( 7 ) is transformed into said actuator ( 1 ) turning, and in that said actuator member ( 8 ) comprises an oblique portion that enables the dose to be counted, and a rectilinear portion disposed after said oblique portion in the actuation direction of said actuator means ( 7 ), said rectilinear portion enabling the actuation stroke of the device to be continued after the dose has been counted.