Patent ID: 6929154

Claim:
A secure dispensing apparatus which comprises a dispensing device surrounded by a housing, the housing having an aperture registered with a dispensing aperture of the dispensing device, and the dispensing device being actuatable to dispense a dose of material contained within it by a rectilinear movement of an actuation member relative to the housing and acting upon a part of the dispensing device, and wherein between the actuation member and the part of the dispensing device there is located a force-transmitting member having at least one elongate breakable stem located substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the actuation member, and the stem(s) being connected to a pressure plate having a surface configuration on its side facing away from the stem providing a set of surfaces not in a plane transverse to the axis of the stem, and wherein the housing has a set of apertures aligned with the set of surfaces on the pressure plate and means for limiting the amount of movement of the force-transmitting member.