Method and apparatus for orienting articles
OwnerDieter Stueckleinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for orienting a pill. The apparatus has a curved member having a point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the curved member and a portion for positioning the pill skewed from a tangent at the point of tangency.
Claims13
An apparatus for orienting a pill, the apparatus comprising:
- a curved member having a point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the curved member;
- and
- a portion for positioning the pill skewed from a tangent at the point of tangency, the portion for positioning the pill is an aperture in the curved member, the aperture is in a surface of the curved member and a portion of the pill is disposed within the aperture, wherein another portion of the pill protrudes from the aperture beyond the surface of the curved member.
An apparatus for orienting a pill, the apparatus comprising:
- a first curved member having a first point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the first curved member and a first portion for positioning the pill skewed from a first tangent at the first point of tangency;
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- a second curved member positioned adjacent the first curved member, the second curved member having a second point of tangency at which the pill is adapted to be positioned on the second curved member and a second portion for positioning the pill skewed from a second tangent at the second point of tangency.
A method of orienting a pill in a first curved member having a first point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the first curved member and a first portion for positioning the pill skewed from a first tangent at the first point of tangency and a second curved member having a second point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the second curved member and a second portion for positioning the pill skewed from a second tangent at the second point of tangency, the method comprising:
- positioning the pill at the first point of tangency skewed from the first tangent;
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- transferring the pill to the second curved member skewed from the second tangent.
Apparatus for orienting a pill, said apparatus comprising:
- a first curved member for rotating said pill and for orienting said pill so that a first portion of said pill is visible;
- a second curved member for receiving said pill from said first curved member, for rotating said pill and for orienting said pill so that a second portion of said pill different than said first portion is visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.