IP Library Granted Patent US 7,306,116
Granted Patent B2
US 7,306,116 · App. 10/303,482 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Dosing device

Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,306,116
App. No.
10/303,482
Granted
Dec 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dosing device includes a body and an actuating element mounted in non-rotatable, liftable manner on the body. A counting device for the actuating strokes has a rotary counting ring forcibly coupled as a function of a lifting movement of the actuating element. A lock blocks the actuating element following a predetermined number of actuating strokes. The lock is associated with the counting ring in such a way that the latter can perform more than a complete revolution before the actuating element is blocked.

Claims (12)

1. Dosing device having a body, an actuating element mounted in non-rotatable, liftable manner on the body, with a counting device for actuating strokes, which has a rotary counting ring forcibly coupled as a function of a lifting movement of the actuating element in a lift direction and mounted so as to be helically rotatable relative to a median longitudinal axis of the body, and at least one locking means for blocking the actuating element following a predetermined number of actuating strokes, wherein the at least one locking means is associated with the counting ring in such a way that the counting ring can rotate more than a complete revolution before the actuating element is blocked, and wherein guide means are associated with the counting ring, which guide the counting ring in a lift direction either superimposed to a rotary movement or alternative to a rotary movement, relative to said body.

2. Dosing device according to claim 1 , wherein the counting ring is held by a screw thread on the body or on the actuating element, the screw thread having a pitch matched to indexing means for the counting ring.

3. A dosing device, comprising:

a body;

an actuating element mounted in non-rotatable, liftable manner on the body;

a device for counting actuating strokes, having a rotary counting ring mounted on the body and forcibly indexed as a function of a lifting movement of the actuating element in a lift direction, wherein the counting ring is mounted so as to be helically rotatable relative to a median longitudinal axis of the body; and

guide means associated with the counting ring, which guide the counting ring in a lift direction and in a rotary direction relative to said body.

4. Dosing device according to claim 3 , further comprising at least one locking means for blocking the actuating element following a predetermined number of actuating strokes, wherein the at least one locking means is associated with the counting ring in such a way that the counting ring can rotate more than a complete revolution before the actuating element is blocked.

5. Dosing device according to claim 3 , wherein the actuating element further comprises a jacket having a viewing opening, and a number sequence is applied helically on an outer circumference of the counting ring to appear through the viewing window.

6. Dosing device according to claim 3 , wherein the counting ring is held by a screw thread on the body or on the actuating element, the screw thread having a pitch matched to indexing means for the counting ring.

7. Dosing device according to claim 3 , wherein the guide means guide the counting ring sequentially in the lift direction and in the rotary direction.

8. Dosing device according to claim 3 , wherein the guide means guide the counting ring in the lift direction superimposed on the rotary direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2012
From: ING. ERICH PFEIFFER GMBH
To: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
Reel/Frame 029467/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2002
From: FUCHS, KARL-HEINZ
To: ING. ERICH PFEIFFER GMBH
Reel/Frame 013523/0420 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 101 59 692 · Nov 29, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030100867A1 · May 29, 2003