Glaxo Group Limited

Smithkline Beecham Corporation

Glaxo Wellcome Inc.

Alan Anthony Wilson

Paul Kenneth Rand

Stanley George Bonney

Gregor John McLennan Anderson

Michael Birsha Davies

Stephen James Harvey

Philip William Farr

Gary Thomas Crosby

Phillip William Farr

John Deamer

Stephen Maurice Pitson

Peter John Brand

Mark Gregory Palmer

Marcus Edward Pike

Daniel Thomas Lintell

Daniel Thomas De Sansmarez Lintell

David R Judd

Gregor John M Anderson

Daniel Thomas De S Lintell

Inhaler device

There is provided a medicament dispenser for use with plural elongate form medicament carriers, each having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, the dispenser having a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of the plural medicament carriers. The mechanism comprises a receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; a release for releasing a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by the receiving station; an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said a release; and an indexer for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers.

Medicament dispenser

There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation () in a perforated plate (); b) directing powder () into said closed-off perforation; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container.

Method and apparatus for loading a container with a product

There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; b) directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the action of a first leveller blade moveable in a sweeping path relative to the perforated plate; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container, and an apparatus for achieving such method.

Method and apparatus for filling cavities

A method and apparatus are described for filling a blind cavity, for example a blister of a blister pack, with a quantity of powder. The cavity, with its open side downwards, is urged into a reservoir (30) of powder, and withdrawn from the reservoir with the quantity of powder therein. An elongate sheet (12) with a plurality of blisters disposed along the length thereof preferably passes around, and travels with, a wheel (38) partially immersed in the reservoir (30) of powder.

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Ware, United Kingdom

Alan Anthony Wilson