Patent ID: 7191918

Claim:
Apparatus comprising a housing defining a portion for receiving in use a dose-dispensing container, the housing containing a dose counter comprising at least one annular counter member and a helix-like coil, wherein one or more projections are provided on the helix-like coil for operatively connecting the helix-like coil and the at least one annular counter member, wherein movement of the received dose-dispensing container acts to compress the helix-like coil to thereby rotate the at least one annular counter member, and wherein each of the at least one annular counter members comprise a first series of teeth, the one or more projections of the helix-like coil being selectively engagable with each of the first series of teeth such that rotational movement of the helix-like coil causes the at least one annular counter member to rotate relative to the housing in a first direction.