Patent ID: 7152756
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A system for dispensing items comprises: one or more dispensing stations; and one or more conveyors for transporting containers to the one or more dispensing station, wherein each of the one or more dispensing stations comprise: a dispenser; one or more dispensing heads, wherein each of the one or more dispensing heads receives items from the dispenser and comprises: a mechanism for spacing the containers to a predetermined pitch; a transfer wheel for removing the containers from the first conveyor; a star wheel for receiving the containers from the transfer wheel and for positioning each of the containers in alignment with a corresponding one of the one or more dispensing heads, whereby the corresponding one of the one or more dispensing heads delivers the first plurality of the received items to the container; and a turret for removing the containers from the star wheel.