Patent ID: 8667961

Claim:
Inhaler for the delivery of a powdered inhalation formulation from a finite band shaped blister strip that has a plurality of blister pockets containing doses of the inhalation formulation, comprising: a conveyor with a conveying wheel for producing stepwise onward movement of the blister strip, a mouthpiece, and a mouthpiece cover that is pivotable around a cover axis to open and close the mouthpiece, the mouthpiece cover is associated with an axle that forms the cover axis, the inhaler being adapted for enabling an air stream of ambient air to discharge a respective dose from an opened blister pocket and to deliver it with the ambient air as an aerosol cloud, wherein the mouthpiece cover is drivingly coupled with the conveyor to drive the conveying wheel and to move the blister strip onward, and wherein the mouthpiece cover comprises an engagement portion formed as a recess and wherein a portion of the axle engages in the recess in a manner causing the axle to rotate together with the mouthpiece cover; and wherein the portion of the axle comprises ends thereof and wherein the mouthpiece cover has wings which receive the ends of the axle.