Compartmentalized container loading and management system
First Claim
1. A compartmentalized container loading system for rapid and accurate hand-loading of items into a container, each container having a light-transmissive body and spaced apart compartments arranged in one of a plurality of patterns in which the compartment patterns have (1) different numbers of compartments, and (2) different spacing between the compartments, the system comprising:
- a docking station including a video display which is overlaid by a container selected for loading, the display providing visible information locations on the display which are operable in the plurality of different patterns including the compartment pattern of the selected container when such container overlies the display such that each visible information location of the pattern provides visible information viewable through the body proximate each compartment;
a container locator associated with the display, the locator providing at least one container-locating position which locates the compartments of the selected container at known positions of the display; and
a controller operative to control the visible information locations on the display at the known positions to match the compartment pattern of the selected container to provide the visible information proximate each compartment.
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Abstract
A compartmentalized container loading and management system for loading compartmentalized containers, such as blister cards. A single system may be utilized to hand-load many different types of blister cards having different numbers of wells arranged in different patterns. Systems of the types described herein may include a docking station, a container locator, and a controller. The docking station may include visible information locations which provide visible information proximate wells of a docked blister card to indicate the well which should be loaded. The visible information locations may be changed to match the number, arrangement and pattern of the wells. A container locator may locate the blister card with wells at known positions of the docking station so that visible information may be associated with each well. A controller may control the visible information locations to provide visible information matching the pattern of the wells of each blister card.
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20 Claims
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1. A compartmentalized container loading system for rapid and accurate hand-loading of items into a container, each container having a light-transmissive body and spaced apart compartments arranged in one of a plurality of patterns in which the compartment patterns have (1) different numbers of compartments, and (2) different spacing between the compartments, the system comprising:
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a docking station including a video display which is overlaid by a container selected for loading, the display providing visible information locations on the display which are operable in the plurality of different patterns including the compartment pattern of the selected container when such container overlies the display such that each visible information location of the pattern provides visible information viewable through the body proximate each compartment; a container locator associated with the display, the locator providing at least one container-locating position which locates the compartments of the selected container at known positions of the display; and a controller operative to control the visible information locations on the display at the known positions to match the compartment pattern of the selected container to provide the visible information proximate each compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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