Refrigerated pharmaceutical order processing systems
AssigneeExpress Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Perano, Scott Swindells
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Abstract
A container repository for containers includes a cabinet having an interior. A container holder is disposed in the interior of the cabinet. The container holder includes a container receiver and a container dispenser. The container receiver has a container interior sized and shaped to receive and hold the containers as a stack of containers. The container dispenser is arranged to remove a bottom-most container of the stack of containers from the stack of containers. A container transporter is at least partially disposed in the interior of the cabinet. The container transporter transports the containers after the containers are removed from the stack of containers.
Claims20
A container repository for containers, the container repository comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior;
- a container holder disposed in the interior of the cabinet, the container holder including:
- a container receiver having a container interior sized and shaped to receive and hold the containers as a stack of containers;
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- a container dispenser arranged to remove a bottom-most container of the stack of containers from the stack of containers;
- a conveyor partially disposed in the interior of the cabinet, the conveyor extending out of the cabinet, the conveyor being arranged to receive the containers from the container holder as the containers are removed from the container receiver by the container dispenser;
- the conveyor being configured to transport the containers toward a set location after the containers are removed from the stack of containers, the conveyor arranged to support the container in the set location;
- a container positioner configured to position the containers in the set location;
- a container sensor arranged to detect a height, a width, or a length of the containers when the containers are in the set location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.