Nebuliser with coding means
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1. A nebuliser (1) for a fluid (2), into which a container (3) holding the fluid (2) is inserted, the nebulizer comprising:
- a pressure generator (5) for conveying and/or nebulising the fluid (2);
a first housing part (16, 17);
a second housing part (18) which is removable from the first housing part (16) for the insertion of the container (3); and
coding means formed by two or more separate parts, which are mountable on the nebulizer in different defined positions such that;
(i) in each position a different coding is obtained as between the two or more separate parts;
(ii) in only one of the different defined positions a match between the two or more separate parts is obtained in which the container (3) is configured to be inserted into the nebuliser (1) or used therewith; and
(iii) the only one of the different defined positions to achieve the match is adjustable, through relative movement of, and without replacement of, the two or more separate parts.
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Abstract
A nebulizer and a housing part removably connected thereto, each having one or more coding elements. At least one of the coding elements is configured to be mounted in different defined positions on the nebulizer or the housing part and is removably connected thereto so that in each position a different coding is obtained in which the one or more coding elements match one another.
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1. A nebuliser (1) for a fluid (2), into which a container (3) holding the fluid (2) is inserted, the nebulizer comprising:
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a pressure generator (5) for conveying and/or nebulising the fluid (2); a first housing part (16, 17); a second housing part (18) which is removable from the first housing part (16) for the insertion of the container (3); and coding means formed by two or more separate parts, which are mountable on the nebulizer in different defined positions such that;
(i) in each position a different coding is obtained as between the two or more separate parts;
(ii) in only one of the different defined positions a match between the two or more separate parts is obtained in which the container (3) is configured to be inserted into the nebuliser (1) or used therewith; and
(iii) the only one of the different defined positions to achieve the match is adjustable, through relative movement of, and without replacement of, the two or more separate parts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A nebuliser (1) for a fluid (2), into which a container (3) holding the fluid (2) is inserted, the nebulizer comprising:
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a pressure generator (5) for conveying and/or nebulising the fluid (2); a first housing part (16, 17); a second housing part (18) which is removable from the first housing part (16) for the insertion of the container (3); and coding means formed by two or more separate parts, which are mountable on the nebulizer in different defined positions such that;
(i) in each position a different coding is obtained as between the two or more separate parts;
(ii) in only one of the different defined positions a match between the two or more separate parts is obtained in which the container (3) is configured to be inserted into the nebuliser (1) or used therewith; and
(iii) the only one of the different defined positions to achieve the match is adjustable among the different defined positions in which the coding of the nebulizer (1) is set, wherein;at least one of the two or more separate parts of the coding means is located on the first housing part (16, 17) and at least one other of the two or more separate parts of the coding means is located on the removable second housing part (18), the at least one other of the two or more separate parts of the coding means associated with the removable second housing part (18) is configured in the manner of part of the wall of an imaginary hollow cylinder (H), the wall having at least one freely passable groove (260) extending in a direction of an axis of symmetry (S) of the imaginary hollow cylinder (H), and the at least one other of the two or more separate parts of the coding means associated with the removable second housing part (18) comprises a plurality of grooves (260,261), of which one groove (260) is freely passable and the other grooves (261) are rendered non-passable by transverse walls (262).
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