DOSAGE DEVICE

Dosage device

A dosage device for dosing with high accuracy a particulate material containing a pharmacalogically active substance, including a storage chamber (4), a rotatable dosing unit (2) adjacent the storage chamber, an operating unit (1) to cause relative rotation between the dosing unit and the storage chamber, the dosing unit (2) being provided with a plurality of upwardly opening recesses (7) opening into said storage chamber (4), to receive particulate material therefrom. Scrapers (8) are positioned immediately above these recesses to pack and level the particulate material into the recesses (7) and level the material off with the upper surfaces of the recesses as the dosing unit rotates relative to the storage chamber (4) The operating unit (1) causes an indexing of the dosing unit (2) between discrete rotational positions in one of which one of the recesses (7) is in direct communication with a generally 9 upwardly extending dispensing channel (5) so that when the unit is turned upside down ...