Patent ID: 8381896

Claim:
A conveyer apparatus for transporting and processing tablets, each of the tablets including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a belly band that interconnects the first and second sides, the conveyer apparatus comprising: a conveyer including a plurality of carrier links to convey a plurality of tablets along a predetermined conveyer path, each carrier link having a pocket to receive and transport a tablet in a vertical orientation along the predetermined conveyer path; and an ejection system structured to selectively accept or eject a tablet from the carrier link in response to a signal provided by a sensor positioned upstream of the ejection system, the ejection system including at least one ejection finger movable between a non-ejection position in which the ejection finger is positioned out of the conveyer path of the carrier link and an ejection position in which the ejection finger is positioned with respect to the carrier link to contact and eject the tablet from the carrier link, wherein at least a portion of the ejection finger defines a width that is smaller than a tablet width of the tablet and larger than a link width of the carrier link.