Patent ID: 8291898

Claim:
A dispensing apparatus for delivering metered doses of product from a pressurised dispensing container comprising: a housing comprising a body portion and a removable mouthpiece, the body portion containing a dose counting mechanism and a sleeve; the body portion comprising an aperture through which a pressurised dispensing container can pass to be received in the sleeve but through which the sleeve is unable to pass such that the sleeve is retained within the body portion; the sleeve being located in the body portion such that an upper end of a pressurised dispensing container, when received in the sleeve, is accessible to allow actuation of said pressurised dispensing container; and the apparatus comprising means for retaining said pressurised dispensing container in the body portion and a biasing mechanism for urging, on insertion of said pressurised dispensing container into the sleeve, an end face of a body of the pressurised dispensing container into positive engagement contact with a basal face of the sleeve.