US 11,771,625 B2
Storage container for a storage and dispensing station
Thomas Risch, Sarmersbach (DE)
Assigned to BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, Kelberg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,379.
Application 17/835,379 is a continuation of application No. 16/920,071, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,382,834.
Claims priority of application No. 20180292 (EP), filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296472 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [B65G 1/08 (2013.01); B65G 2201/027 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage container comprising:
a housing comprising a dispensing opening disposed in a housing bottom surface;
a separating device disposed in the housing, the separating device comprising a plurality of channels, each channel comprising a peripheral wall comprising a planar surface and two radial walls each comprising a planar surface; and
a contact reducing member disposed on one of the planar surface of the peripheral wall and the planar surface of one of the radial walls of a first channel of the plurality of channels, the contact reducing member configured to reduce a contact area between a small piece good and one of the peripheral wall and the radial walls of the first channel.