Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for pallet sizing and pucking
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Application No.: US14798344Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US10086974B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Jonathan W. Joplin
- Applicant: EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: EXPRESS SCRIPTS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee: EXPRESS SCRIPTS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- Main IPC: B65B5/08
- IPC: B65B5/08 ; B65D19/44 ; G06F19/00 ; B25J9/00 ; B25J15/00

Abstract:
A pharmaceutical order filling system uses pucks disposed on a pallet to accommodate a plurality of container sizes into which pharmaceuticals can be dispensed. An order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order and identifies a size of container into which a pharmaceutical in the pharmaceutical order should be dispensed. A pallet sizing and pucking device is configured: to configure a pallet with a plurality of pucks adapted to accommodate containers and to configure the pucks on a pallet in a manner that will facilitate efficient fulfillment of the pharmaceutical order.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170015005A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PALLET SIZING AND PUCKING Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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