US 12,226,372 B2
Storage container for a storage and dispensing station for pharmaceuticals
Dietmar Gross, Kelberg (DE)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/174,063.
Application 17/174,063 is a continuation of application No. 16/118,976, filed on Aug. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,945,924.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161768 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [A61J 1/035 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage container for pharmaceutical portions, comprising:
a housing enclosing a receptacle chamber for pharmaceutical portions, the housing comprising a guide section and a bottom face, wherein an inner wall of the guide section defines a circular-cylindrical guide chamber and wherein the bottom face has a dispensing opening;
a singulating unit arranged in the guide section of the housing and having a central axis of rotation, the singulating unit when viewed from above comprising a main section and a plurality of projections arranged around the main section, wherein each projection has a first end section outer wall, a second end section outer wall and a middle section outer wall collectively forming a single radial surface disposed in a parallel plane to the bottom face and laterally and circumferentially in perpendicular relation to a central axis of rotation, and a plurality of pharmaceutical ducts, wherein each pharmaceutical duct is formed between adjacent end sections of adjacent projections; and
wherein for each projection the middle section outer wall and the first end section outer wall are radially recessed the same distance and closer to the central axis of rotation than the second end section outer wall the second end section outer wall formed such that its outermost surface bears on the inner wall of the guide section.