Patent ID: 9745131
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B65G,G06F,G07F,G16H

Claim:
1. A system for assembling and dispensing an order comprising a selection of individually packaged items selected from a plurality of different individually packaged items, the system comprising: a storage module containing the plurality of different individually packaged items; a conveyor comprising assigned spaces configured to receive the selection of individually packaged items associated with the order and adapted to transport the selection of individually packaged items; a pick device movable vertically and horizontally to access said storage module and configured to retrieve individually packaged items from said storage module; a transfer receptacle associated with the pick device and configured to receive individually packaged items from the pick device when the transfer receptacle is in a first orientation adjacent to the pick device and wherein the transfer receptacle is configured to rotate away from the pick device to a second orientation while maintaining positive physical control of the individually packaged items; a transfer module for receiving the individually packaged items from the transfer receptacle when the transfer receptacle is in the second position while maintaining positive physical control of the individually packaged items; and an actuator associated with said transfer module and operative to move the selection of individually packaged items from said transfer module to said conveyor when one of said assigned spaces associated with the order is in registration with said transfer module.