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Actuating device for meters and metering aerosol dispensing device with an actuating device for meters

US6679251B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2001
Grant dateJan 20, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06M1/16
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Metering aerosol dispensing device comprising an aerosol container (23); a nozzle (31, 32) that is arranged in a nozzle body (30), whereby the aerosol is dispensed via said nozzle when the aerosol container (23) is pushed against the body (30) of the nozzle once the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated; a meter (1, 2, 4) that counts the number of times that the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated; and an actuating device (10) that enables the meter (1, 2, 3, 4) to move forward when the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated. The invention is characterized in that the actuating device (10) is designed and arranged in the metering aerosol dispensing device in such a way that the body (30) of the nozzle is accomodated in the interior of the actuating device (10) and the nozzle (31) is released in order to produce aerosol in an unrestricted manner.

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