Barton C Mitchell

US Patent:

7571023, Aug 4, 2009

Filed:

Apr 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/786553

Inventors:

Barton Carter Mitchell - Pauline SC, US
Jerriel Keith Greene - Simpsonville SC, US
Darol Blake Foster - Moore SC, US
Michael Wayne Davis - Simpsonville SC, US

Assignee:

JM Smith Corporation - Spartanburg SC

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700236, 700231, 700232, 700240, 700243, 221200

Abstract:

An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.

US Patent:

20060225383, Oct 12, 2006

Filed:

Apr 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/101846

Inventors:

William Cobb - Spartanburg SC, US
Michael Davis - Simpsonville SC, US
Howitt Smith - Cross Hill SC, US
Justin Wyatt - Clinton SC, US
Warren Leonard - Boiling Springs SC, US
Darol Foster - Moore SC, US
Kevin Spicer - Gaffney SC, US
Barton Mitchell - Pauline SC, US

International Classification:

B65B 11/58

US Classification:

053449000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an automated system for pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing, whereby a bulk of stored pharmaceutical units are singulated into a single file line for counting and dispensing. With reference to the drawings, the pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing system comprises generally, a deck assembly (A), a cylindrical chamber (B), a rotatable transport ring (C), a plurality of adjustable fingers (D), an adjustable reciprocating member (E), an adjustable rotatable member (F), a counting system (G), a hopper (H), and a control system (I).

US Patent:

20130297325, Nov 7, 2013

Filed:

May 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/462374

Inventors:

William Robert COBB - Spartanburg SC, US
Chris Gregory COX - Columbus NC, US
Barton Carter MITCHELL - Pauline SC, US
Derek William THOMPSON - Knightdale NC, US
Brian Marshall BURNEY - Wake Forest NC, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/22

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

A wireless computerized will call system is provided for filling prescriptions and then locating specific prescriptions that have been filled when the customer arrives to pick up the prescription. The system includes a computer workstation or network, a wireless transmitter, and hanger bags for temporarily storing prescriptions awaiting customer pick up. The hanger bags are equipped with wireless receivers and transducers. When a pharmacy worker commands the computer system to locate a specific prescription, the specific hanger bag containing that prescription receives a wireless signal from the computer system and activates the transducer on the hanger bag to alert the pharmacy worker to the location of the prescription.