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.
Claims18
A container repository for containers, the container repository comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior;
- a conveyor disposed in the interior of the cabinet and extending out of the cabinet, the conveyor configured to transport the containers toward a set location outside of the cabinet, the conveyor being arranged to support the containers in the set location;
- a container holder disposed in the interior of the cabinet, the container holder configured to dispense the containers toward the conveyor;
- a container positioner configured to position the containers in the set location;
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- a container locator defining the set location and being configured to retain the containers in the set location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.