DISPENSING DEVICE

The invention provides a device for dispensing individual doses of powder from respective pockets of a carrier, the device including: an indexing mechanism for indexing the carrier (12) between respective pockets; a first counter ring (130) having an indication of unit counts on a first display surface, the first counter ring (130) being rotatable about a counter axis; a second counter ring (131) having an indication of tens counts on a second display surface, the second counter ring (131) being rotatable about the counter axis; and an intermittent-motion mechanism for driving the second counter ring (131) from the first counter ring (130) and rotating the second counter ring (131) between consecutive tens counts when the first counter ring (130) rotates between two predetermined consecutive unit counts, the first counter ring (130) being driven with the indexing mechanism, the first (130) and second (131) counter rings being positioned one within the other, with the first and second display surfaces adjacent each other, wherein the first and second display surfaces are generally planar and perpendicular to the counter axis, wherein the device comprises a housing comprising a pair of disc-shaped casing halves and enclosing the carrier (12).