Container for dispensing a single test strip
First Claim
1. An apparatus for dispensing test strips, comprising:
- a container configured to store a stack of the test strips, the container defining a test strip opening sized to allow passage of the stack of test strips, the container having an external track;
an external member positioned over the external track on the container, the external member configured to retain a single test strip from the stack of test strips; and
the external member configured to travel over the container to dispense the single test strip, wherein an edge of the single test strip rides on the external track and the single test strip moves across an external surface of the container.
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Abstract
The test strip containers accurately dispense one test strip for easy removal. One test strip container includes a slider with a slot that catches a single test strip therein from a stack positioned inside the container. The slider retaining the single test strip moves across the container while the single test strip rides along a ramp or track on the exterior of the container until the single test strip extends above the container. Another test strip container includes inner and outer cylinders. The inner cylinder defines an opening through which a test strip from a stack is dispensed and an external ramp or track. As the outer cylinder rotates about the inner cylinder, a recessed slot in the outer cylinder captures a single test strip, and continued rotation of the outer cylinder causes the test strip to ride along the ramp or track to extend above the cylinders for removal.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for dispensing test strips, comprising:
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a container configured to store a stack of the test strips, the container defining a test strip opening sized to allow passage of the stack of test strips, the container having an external track; an external member positioned over the external track on the container, the external member configured to retain a single test strip from the stack of test strips; and the external member configured to travel over the container to dispense the single test strip, wherein an edge of the single test strip rides on the external track and the single test strip moves across an external surface of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of dispensing test strips, comprising:
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positioning a stack of the test strips in a container; moving an external member along an exterior surface of the container to capture a single test strip from the stack of test strips in a recessed slot opening defined in the external member, wherein the exterior surface includes an exterior ramp; and moving the captured single test strip in a transverse direction along the exterior surface of the container while an edge of the captured single test strip rides on the exterior ramp to dispense the single test strip. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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