Conveyor combiner system and method for automated prescription fulfillment
US10179706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/682
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated method and system for transporting vials from multiple upstream locations to a downstream location and for combining N number of conveyor lanes from N number of upstream location (e.g., capping stations) down to one conveyor lane. The system is adapted to transport vials from a more-distant upstream location faster than vials from a closer upstream location so that they reach the downstream location at approximately the same time. Guide members placed at an angle to the traveling axis of the conveyor lanes divert the vials onto a single conveyor lane for transporting the vials to a downstream location.
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