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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
David Anthony Edgerley, London, GB;
David Anthony Edgerley, London, GB;
Glaxo Group Limited, Greenford, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
There is provided a medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier having a plurality of pockets for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between two peelable sheets secured to each other, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for accessing said medicament contained within said medicament carrier. The internal mechanism comprises a carrier drive means; indexing means and clutch means, in communication therebetween. The clutch means comprises a gearing surface defining plural gear engagement positions; and plural gear teeth for engaging said plural gear engagement positions. The plural gear teeth are arranged such that at any one time only a single gear tooth engages a single gear engagement position.