Disposable dispensing apparatus including a frangible membrane

The apparatus comprises a housing (1) defining an outlet (7) and a shaft (32) having a storage chamber (33) therein for a product with a first inlet (34) and a first outlet (35). A sheathing means (4) is slidably mounted on the shaft and has a second inlet (42) and a second outlet closed by a frangi...

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Hauptverfasser: ANDREW DAVID WRIGHT, HILDE RACHEL MARIA POLLET, RICHARD IAEN HARRISON
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The apparatus comprises a housing (1) defining an outlet (7) and a shaft (32) having a storage chamber (33) therein for a product with a first inlet (34) and a first outlet (35). A sheathing means (4) is slidably mounted on the shaft and has a second inlet (42) and a second outlet closed by a frangible membrane (44). A variable volume means (2) is operatively connected to the shaft. The shaft is movable, on operation of means (2) to reduce the variable volume to pressurise gas in an interior of means (2), from an initial storage position in which the inlets (34,42) are out of alignment so as to close a gas flow path, to a dispensing position in which they are brought into alignment by action of the housing against the sheathing means. At the same time, the membrane is ruptured by the shaft to open the gas flow path, such that pressurised gas from the interior of means (2) is discharged along the gas flow path comprising the first and second inlets (32,42), storage chamber (33), second outlet and first outlet (35), to entrain powdered product and dispense it through the housing outlet (7).