US 12,011,419 B2
Storage container for a storage and dispensing station and storage and dispensing station
Hardy Schmidt-Ellinger, Gerolstein (DE)
Assigned to BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/137,828.
Claims priority of application No. 204131 (EP), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125683 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [A61J 1/035 (2013.01); B65D 83/0454 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage container for a blister machine, comprising:
a housing enclosing a receiving space, the housing comprising an inside circular-cylindrical portion and a bottom surface having a dispensing opening;
a separating device arranged in the inside circular-cylindrical portion of the housing, the separating device having a top conical surface facing an upper portion of the receiving space and a plurality of channels extending vertically through the separating device, each channel having a channel width for receiving at least one small piece good to be separated;
a retaining assembly having a retaining portion arranged above the dispensing opening in the inside circular-cylindrical portion of the housing; and
the separating device comprising an electrically dischargeable discharging device, the discharging device comprising:
at least one discharging projection extending upwards from the top conical surface of the separating device into the upper portion of the receiving space disposed above a topmost portion of the top conical surface; and
a discharging contactor coupled in an electrically dischargeable manner to the at least one discharging projection, the discharging contactor configured to electrically couple the discharging device to a dispensing station contact of a dispensing station coupled to the storage container.