Automatic device for emptying bags of frozen blood product

A device for emptying a bag of a frozen blood product, the device comprising:

• a product removal device;
• a product reception hopper;
• a transporter configured to transport the bag along a path from a reception area to the product removal device;
• a cutter located in the path and configured, at a cutting position, to cut the bag over the product reception hopper such that the frozen blood product falls into the product reception hopper from the bag;
• and
• a support configured to support the cutter,
• wherein the support comprises a rocker assembly that is configured to oscillate for absorbing energy of an impact of the bag against the cutter at the cutting position and is further configured to return the cutter to the cutting position after the impact,
• wherein the rocker assembly comprises:
• a rocker coupled to the cutter such that the cutter angularly oscillates together with the rocker in response to impacts against the cutter,
• a compression spring configured to exert force to the rocker in a first direction for supporting the cutter to cut the bag, and
• a compensation spring configured to exert force to the rocker in a second direction against the first direction for returning the cutter to the cutting position.