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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Tianhong Ouyang, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Geoff Brace, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Tianhong Ouyang, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Geoff Brace, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Bespak plc, Norfolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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 (), a helix-like coil () and transmission means () 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 transmission means and the at least one annular counter member.