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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Fabio Stradella, Camogli, IT;
Giuseppe Stradella, Camogli, IT;
Fabio Stradella, Camogli, IT;
Giuseppe Stradella, Camogli, IT;
Valois SAS, Le Neubourg, FR;
Abstract
A dose indicator for indicating the number of doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser device, the indicator being characterized in that it comprises an indicator body, a drive element, a rotary transmission element, a first rotary counter element, and a second rotary counter element, said first and second rotary counter elements being disposed side by side in a common plane and turning about parallel axes of rotation, said first and second counter elements co-operating to provide a common indication on each occasion the indicator is driven, said first rotary counter element being a disk having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface including first indicator means located close to the outer peripheral edge of said top surface, and said bottom surface including a first gear co-operating with a drive gear provided on said rotary transmission element, said first rotary counter element including a drive tooth adapted to co-operate on each complete revolution of said first rotary counter element with a second gear provided on said second rotary counter element.