Pneumatic transport system including pharmaceutical transport cleaner having a rotatable band and related methods
AssigneeInmar Rx Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Lingelbach, Melissa Bube, Vlad A. Catlan, Marko Milojevic, Jared O. Santibanez
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical transport system may include a pneumatic tube network and a pharmaceutical transport cleaner. The pharmaceutical transport cleaner may include a cylindrical body, and a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
Claims46
A pharmaceutical transport system comprising:
- a pneumatic tube network;
- and
- a pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising
- a cylindrical body, and
- a rotatable cleaning band having at least one partially arcuate face and rotatable around an outside periphery of the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent interior portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
A pharmaceutical transport cleaner for a pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising:
- a cylindrical body;
- and
- a rotatable cleaning band having at least one partially arcuate face and rotatable around an outside periphery of the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent interior portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
A method of cleaning a pharmaceutical transport system comprising a pneumatic tube network, the method comprising:
- moving a pharmaceutical transport cleaner through the pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising a cylindrical body, and a rotatable cleaning band having at least one partially arcuate face and rotatable around an outside periphery of the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent interior portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
A pharmaceutical transport system comprising:
- a pneumatic tube network;
- and
- a pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising
- a cylindrical body,
- a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network, and
- a plurality of fins within said cylindrical body and coupled to said rotatable cleaning band.
A pharmaceutical transport cleaner for a pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising:
- a cylindrical body;
- a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network;
- and
- a plurality of fins within said cylindrical body and coupled to said rotatable cleaning band.
A method of cleaning a pharmaceutical transport system comprising a pneumatic tube network, the method comprising:
- moving a pharmaceutical transport cleaner through the pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising a cylindrical body, a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network, and a plurality of fins within the cylindrical body and coupled to the rotatable cleaning band causing the rotatable band to rotate as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic network.
A pharmaceutical transport system comprising:
- a pneumatic tube network;
- and
- a pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising
- a cylindrical body,
- a pair of frusto-conical end caps coupled to opposing ends of said cylindrical body, one of said frusto-conical end caps has at least one air inlet opening and wherein another of said frusto-conical end caps has at least one air exhaust opening therein, and
- a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
A pharmaceutical transport cleaner for a pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising:
- a cylindrical body;
- a pair of frusto-conical end caps coupled to opposing ends of said cylindrical body, one of said frusto-conical end caps has at least one air inlet opening and wherein another of said frusto-conical end caps has at least one air exhaust opening therein;
- and
- a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
A method of cleaning a pharmaceutical transport system comprising a pneumatic tube network, the method comprising:
- moving a pharmaceutical transport cleaner through the pneumatic tube network, the pharmaceutical transport cleaner comprising a cylindrical body, a pair of frusto-conical end caps coupled to opposing ends of the cylindrical body, one of the frusto-conical end caps has at least one air inlet opening and wherein another of the frusto-conical end caps has at least one air exhaust opening therein, and a rotatable cleaning band extending around the cylindrical body to contact and clean adjacent portions of the pneumatic tube network as the cylindrical body moves through the pneumatic tube network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.