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Device for dispensing vials useful in system and method for dispensing prescriptions

  • US 8,651,320 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2011
  • Issued: 02/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for dispensing open-ended objects, the apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having an internal cavity configured to house open-ended objects, the housing including a guide and a floor;

    a pick-up unit mounted to the housing, the pick-up unit including an endless member and at least one pick-up member attached to the endless member;

    a drive unit;

    wherein the endless member engages the drive unit and the guide for movement relative thereto;

    wherein, as the drive unit drives the endless member, the at least one pick-up member travels along a pick-up path defined at least partially by a slot in the housing;

    wherein the apparatus further comprises agitation means for agitating open-ended articles residing within the housing, the agitation means comprising an agitation prong mounted on the at least one pick-up member that extends away from the pick-up path within the housing.

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