Valois Sas

Aptar France Sas

Wayne O'Hara

Paul Greenhalgh

Andrew Gordon Pocock

Stuart Kay

Xavier Donnette

Stuart Brian William Kay

A fluid dispenser device including a body () with a dispenser orifice (), a plurality of reservoirs () on a strip () that includes a leading end () and a trailing end (), a reservoir-opening mechanism () adapted to open a respective reservoir upon actuation, and a drive mechanism () for the strip () and bring a reservoir into register with the opening mechanism. A movable wall () separates a storage housing () for the elongate strip () from a reception housing (), the elongate strip () disposed mainly in the storage housing () before the device is used and displaced progressively in the reception housing () during use. The movable wall () causes the volume of the storage housing () to decrease progressively, and the volume of the reception housing () to increase progressively.

Fluid product dispensing device

An inhaler comprising: at least one cover element () that is movable between a closed position and an open position; individual reservoirs formed on a reservoir substrate; movable support means () that are displaceable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; reservoir opening means () for opening a respective reservoir in the dispensing position; loading means () for urging said movable support means towards said dispensing position; blocking means () for retaining said movable support means in the non-dispensing position; and trigger means () for releasing said blocking means; said loading means including an elastically-deformable loading element () that co-operates with a cam surface () that is connected to said at least one movable cover element; and said cam surface comprising a first portion that is adapted to load said loading means, and a second portion that co-operates with said loaded loading means.

Fluid-product dispensing device

An inhaler comprising: at least one cover element (); individual reservoirs formed on a substrate; support means () that are movable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; reservoir-opening means (); displacement means () for displacing said reservoir substrate in a first direction, said reservoir substrate also being displaceable between said non-dispensing position and said dispensing position in which said opening means open a respective reservoir; loading means () for urging said movable support means towards said dispensing position; blocking means () for retaining said movable support means in the non-dispensing position; trigger means () that are actuated by inhalation; and connection means () for displacing said reservoir substrate in said first direction when said at least one cover element is displaced, said connection means being activated while said movable support means are being displaced towards said dispensing position while the user is inhaling, and being deactivated in the absence of any inhalation.

An inhaler comprising: a body; at least one cover element that is movable between a closed position and an open position; individual reservoirs formed on a reservoir substrate; movable support means that receive said reservoir substrate and that are displaceable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; and an indicator device for indicating doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed, said indicator device comprising: a rotary indicator element that supports indicator means, such as numbers, colors, and/or symbols; and an actuator that co-operates with said movable support means so as to cause said rotary indicator element to turn when said movable support means return from the dispensing position to the non-dispensing position.

A mouthpiece () for a fluid dispenser device, said mouthpiece comprising a body () that is provided with a fluid dispenser orifice () through which the fluid is expelled, and said mouthpiece being characterized in that said body () presents a substantially convex elongate shape, with a top surface () incorporating said dispenser orifice () and extending longitudinally on two sides of said dispenser orifice (), two lateral bearing surfaces () being provided laterally on two sides of said dispenser orifice () for receiving the lips of the user during inhalation, said top surface () being slightly convex and said lateral bearing surfaces () being slightly concave.

Mouthpiece for a device for dispensing a fluid product

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, thereby enabling the user to inhale the dose contained in said open reservoir, at least 90% of the fluid contained in said open reservoir being expelled from said reservoir during inhalation.

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, the device including a dispenser chamber () for receiving the dose of fluid contained in a reservoir () after said reservoir has been opened, an inhalation endpiece (), and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air-chamber () that co-operates with said dispenser chamber (), said dispenser chamber being displaceable between a rest position and an inhalation position, such that during inhalation through said inhalation endpiece (), said air chamber () is deformed, thereby displacing said dispenser chamber from said rest position to said inhalation position.

Fluid dispenser device

An opening device () for opening an individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, said reservoir () including a closure wall (), said opening device () comprising perforator and/or cutter means () that are adapted to cut said closure wall () of the reservoir () in such a manner that the cut portion(s) () does/do not obstruct the opening(s) () that is/are formed.

Opening device for fluid product dispensing device

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, said opening means () comprising perforator and/or cutter means () and movable support means (), said movable support means () being adapted to displace an individual reservoir () against said perforator and/or cutter means () on each actuation.

A dose-indicator device for using with a dispenser device for dispensing fluid or powder, in particular a pharmaceutical, so as to indicate the number of doses that have been emitted or that remain to be emitted from the dispenser device, the indicator device comprising a first rotary disk () and a second rotary disk () that is preferably opaque, said first disk () including indicator numbers and/or symbols () that are disposed in peripheral manner about the axis of rotation (X) of said first rotary disk () around at least two concentric circles, and said second disk () including at least one viewing window ().

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