Storage container for a storage and dispensing station
AssigneeBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
InventorDietmar Gross
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Abstract
A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs or dietary supplement products is provided. The storage container has a separating device including a plurality of channels and a retainer for preventing drugs from slipping into a channel aligned with a dispensing opening. The separating device includes an annular groove and the retainer includes a positioner that engages in the annular groove of the separating device and fixes the retainer vertically. The retainer also includes a retaining section and a holder. The holder secures the retainer against a concurrent rotation with the separating device and aligns the retaining section with the dispensing opening by the holder interacting with a circular cylindrical section of the housing.
Claims20
A storage container comprising:
- a housing enclosing a receiving space for small piece goods and comprising a bottom surface having an opening for dispensing small piece goods;
- a separating device disposed in the housing and comprising at least one channel configured to receive at least one small piece good;
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- a retainer comprising:
- a positioner configured to engage with the separating device and to fix the retainer above the opening;
- a retaining section;
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- a holder configured to secure the retainer against a concurrent rotation with the separating device and to align the retaining section with the dispensing opening by the holder interacting with the housing.
A system having a plurality of storage containers, at least one storage container comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a circular cylindrical section:
- and
- a bottom surface having an opening for dispensing small piece goods;
- a separating device disposed in the circular cylindrical section and comprising at least one channel configured to receive at least one small piece good;
- and
- a retainer comprising:
- a positioner configured to engage with the separating device and to fix the retainer above the opening;
- a retaining section;
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- a holder configured to secure the retainer against a concurrent rotation with the separating device and to align the retaining section with the dispensing opening.
A method of assembling a storage container for storage and dispensing of small piece goods, the method comprising:
- coupling a retainer to a separating device with ring sections of a positioner of the retainer;
- coupling a holder of the retainer with a slide of a holding assembly;
- inserting the slide into a guide of the holding assembly, the guide disposed in a storage container housing, wherein the slide is slideably movable within the guide;
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- positioning the coupled separating device, retainer and slide within the storage container housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.