Dose indicating device with display elements attached to container
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1. A dispenser assembly:
- a dispenser housing;
a container comprising an end portion and a valve moveable between a closed position and an open position, said container dispensing metered dosages of substance when said valve is moved to said open position, wherein said container is moveable relative to said dispenser housing between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein said container is removeably connected to said dispenser housing and is moveable relative to said dispenser housing along a longitudinal axis when in said engaged position, and wherein said container is disconnected from said dispenser housing when in said disengaged position;
an indicating device comprising an indicating portion and an actuator portion, wherein at least said indicating portion is moveable with said container between said engaged and disengaged positions, and wherein said indicating portion comprises at least one indicator member, wherein said container is moveable relative to said at least one indicator member along said longitudinal axis when said container is in said engaged position.
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Abstract
An indicating device includes an indicating portion and an actuator portion. At least a part of the indicating portion is moveable with a container between engaged and disengaged positions relative to a dispenser housing. The indicating portion includes at least one indicator member. The container is moveable relative to the at least one indicator member along the longitudinal axis when the container is in the engaged position.
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22 Claims
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1. A dispenser assembly:
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a dispenser housing;
a container comprising an end portion and a valve moveable between a closed position and an open position, said container dispensing metered dosages of substance when said valve is moved to said open position, wherein said container is moveable relative to said dispenser housing between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein said container is removeably connected to said dispenser housing and is moveable relative to said dispenser housing along a longitudinal axis when in said engaged position, and wherein said container is disconnected from said dispenser housing when in said disengaged position;
an indicating device comprising an indicating portion and an actuator portion, wherein at least said indicating portion is moveable with said container between said engaged and disengaged positions, and wherein said indicating portion comprises at least one indicator member, wherein said container is moveable relative to said at least one indicator member along said longitudinal axis when said container is in said engaged position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An indicating device kit suitable for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed from or remain in a container, said kit comprising:
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an indicating portion comprising a collar adapted to be mounted to the container and at least one indicator member connected to said collar and moveable relative thereto along a longitudinal axis; and
an actuator portion separate from said indicating portion and adapted to advance said at least one indicator member. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed from or remain in a container, said indicating device comprising:
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means for mounting at least a portion of said indicating device to the container; and
means for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed form or remain in the container, wherein said means for indicating is connected to said means for mounting and is moveable relative thereto along a longitudinal axis.
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