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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Matthew P. Daniels, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Christopher Todd Hilliard, Bath, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Matthew P. Daniels, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Christopher Todd Hilliard, Bath, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Parata Systems, L.L.C., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An offloading unit for an automated pharmaceutical machine that dispenses filled, capped pharmaceutical vials includes: at least one chute including a receiving section and a pick-up section. The receiving section and the pick-up section are divided by an inlet. The receiving section has a concave sloping ramp and side walls. The pick-up section has a trough with a floor that slopes relative to a horizontal surface and a front wall at one end of the trough. The inlet is defined by a rear wall and the upper edge of the trough. The chute also includes dividers mounted to and rising above the trough and attached to the rear wall. The inlet and dividers are configured and positioned such that an object as defined in UL 61010A-1, 1740 cannot pass through the inlet from the trough.