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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Joseph C. Moran, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey P. Williams, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Joseph C. Moran, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Demetris P. Young, Durham, NC (US);
George Raymond Abrams, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey P. Williams, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing disk-shaped objects (such as caps for pharmaceutical vials) of two different sizes comprises: first and second dispensers, the first dispenser containing objects of a first size, and the second dispenser containing objects of a second size, each of the dispensers configured to dispense the objects one at a time through an outlet in a predetermined orientation; a first outlet channel having an inlet disposed adjacent the outlet of the first dispenser; a second outlet channel having an inlet disposed adjacent the outlet of the second dispenser; and a common chute fed by the first and second outlet channels. In this configuration, the apparatus can provide objects of two different sizes to a common location (such as a closure securing station).