WO2012054866A3 - Apparatus and method for concurrent item dispensing - Google Patents
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- WO2012054866A3 WO2012054866A3 PCT/US2011/057341 US2011057341W WO2012054866A3 WO 2012054866 A3 WO2012054866 A3 WO 2012054866A3 US 2011057341 W US2011057341 W US 2011057341W WO 2012054866 A3 WO2012054866 A3 WO 2012054866A3
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/0092—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
- G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
- G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
- G07F11/16—Delivery means
- G07F11/165—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
- G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
- G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
- G07F11/16—Delivery means
- G07F11/165—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements
- G07F11/1653—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements the picking arrangements being collecting buckets
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
- G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
- G07F9/002—Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing items has an array of storage locations (e.g., storage bins) for storing items. A pick head sub-system is operable to pick an item from any storage bin of the array and a transfer sub-system is operable to receive items picked by the pick head sub-system. A delivery mechanism is operable to deliver items from the transfer sub-system to a delivery zone. The picking, transfer and delivery of an item comprises a dispense operation, and the pick head and transfer sub-systems permit parallel dispense operations.
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US40601210P | 2010-10-22 | 2010-10-22 | |
US61/406,012 | 2010-10-22 |
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WO2012054866A2 WO2012054866A2 (en) | 2012-04-26 |
WO2012054866A3 true WO2012054866A3 (en) | 2012-10-04 |
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Citations (4)
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KR19990021532A (en) * | 1997-08-30 | 1999-03-25 | 오상수 | Vending machine and its control method |
US20090044489A1 (en) * | 2007-08-13 | 2009-02-19 | Todd Siegel | High speed automated filling of solid pharmaceutical product packaging via a conveyor system |
US20100176145A1 (en) * | 2008-12-05 | 2010-07-15 | Paxit Automation Products LLC | Pharmaceutical dispensing system and associated method |
US20100264158A1 (en) * | 2009-04-19 | 2010-10-21 | Van Ooyen Wes | Automated dispensary apparatus for dispensing pills |
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KR19990021532A (en) * | 1997-08-30 | 1999-03-25 | 오상수 | Vending machine and its control method |
US20090044489A1 (en) * | 2007-08-13 | 2009-02-19 | Todd Siegel | High speed automated filling of solid pharmaceutical product packaging via a conveyor system |
US20100176145A1 (en) * | 2008-12-05 | 2010-07-15 | Paxit Automation Products LLC | Pharmaceutical dispensing system and associated method |
US20100264158A1 (en) * | 2009-04-19 | 2010-10-21 | Van Ooyen Wes | Automated dispensary apparatus for dispensing pills |
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