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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Daniel Anthony Estoque, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventor:

Daniel Anthony Estoque, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

MEDILOQ LLC, Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/08 (2006.01); B65B 55/24 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 43/46 (2006.01); B08B 9/093 (2006.01); B08B 9/087 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/0826 (2013.01); B08B 9/087 (2013.01); B08B 9/093 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); B65B 43/46 (2013.01); B65B 55/24 (2013.01); B67C 7/00 (2013.01); B08B 2209/08 (2013.01); B65B 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated refurbishment system for cleaning and testing recycled child-safe containers. The system takes in durable, child-safe container bodies and caps after usage, washes the container parts reduce an amount of contaminants, and then dries the washed parts. The system then assembles the child-safe container bodies to caps, and tests the assembled child-safe containers, to assess the functionality of the child-safe features. The clean and tested refurbished child-safe containers can then be reused to dispense controlled substances (e.g., pharmaceuticals). Specific modules of the system can be interchanged to allow compatibility with different styles and designs of child-safe containers. The refurbishment system facilitates the recycling and reuse of durable, child-safe containers as an alternative to the current practice of using single-use, disposable plastic child-safe containers to dispense prescription pills and other controlled substances.


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