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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10294029 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2016

Systems and methods for accumulation

Applicant:

Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan W. Joplin, Chesterfield, MO (US);

Jerry W. Christopher, Collinsville, IL (US);

Charles E. Eller, Lake Saint Louis, MO (US);

Assignee:

Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Timothy R Waggoner

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B21B 41/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/38 (2006.01); B67B 3/02 (2006.01); B67B 3/06 (2006.01); B67B 3/26 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B07C 3/00 (2013.01); B07C 5/34 (2013.01); B07C 5/3412 (2013.01); B07C 5/36 (2013.01); B07C 5/361 (2013.01); B07C 5/38 (2013.01); B21B 41/00 (2013.01); B65B 5/04 (2013.01); B65B 7/2807 (2013.01); B65B 7/2842 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B67B 3/02 (2013.01); B67B 3/06 (2013.01); B67B 3/26 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and systems for accumulation are described. In one embodiment, a dispensing station includes a receiving opening, a dispensing opening and a storage area. The dispensing station receives and dispenses a container. A transportable storage system includes multiple partitions disposed on a carrier portion to define multiple carriage sections. The carriage sections are electronically identifiable and selectively hold or eject the container. A bin apparatus for receiving the container includes a movable portion to selectively hold and release the container. A control unit for commanding the bin apparatus to dispense the container to a desired carriage section of the transportable storage system is provided. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.

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