Refurbishing system for reusable child-safe containers

A child-safe container refurbishment system, comprising:

• a washing station controlled to operate to wash a cap and a container body;
• an assembly station first controlled to operate to install the cap on the container body to define a child-safe container after the cap and the container body have been washed by the washing station, and wherein, to perform testing of a child-safe function of the child-safe container, the assembly station is second controlled to attempt to move the cap relative to the container body in at least one dimension to assess securement of the cap to the container body;
• an output tray configured to receive child-safe containers from said assembly station;
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• a robotic arm comprising a gripper and controlled to move between said washing station, said assembly station, and a storage station, wherein said robotic arm is further controlled to separately transfer the cap and the container body or to transfer the cap and the container body together as the child-safe container that have been washed in said washing station to said assembly station for the testing of the child-safe function and from the assembly station to the storage station only when the child-safe container is successfully tested as being able to perform the child-safe function wherein, when the assembly station is second controlled, the assembly station performs programmed pushing, pulling, and rotating actions on the cap.

A child-safe container refurbishment system, comprising:

• a washing station controlled to operate to wash a cap and a container body;
• an assembly station first controlled to operate to install the cap on a surrogate container body fixture and install a surrogate cap fixture on the container body to define a child-safe containers after the cap and the container body have been washed by the washing station, and wherein, to perform testing of a child-safe function of the child-safe containers, the assembly station is second controlled to attempt to move the cap relative to the surrogate container body fixture in at least one dimension to assess securement of the cap to the surrogate container body fixture and also to attempt to move the surrogate cap fixture relative to the container body in at least one dimension to assess securement of the surrogate cap fixture to the container body wherein, during the testing, the assembly station performs programmed pushing, pulling, and rotating actions on the cap;
• an output tray configured to receive child-safe containers from said assembly station;
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• a robotic arm comprising a gripper and controlled to move between said washing station, said assembly station, and a storage station, wherein said robotic arm is further controlled to separately transfer at least one of the cap and the container body that have been washed in said washing station to said assembly station for the testing of the child-safe function and from the assembly station to the storage station only when a corresponding one of the child-safe containers is successfully tested as being able to perform the child-safe function.