US 11,905,061 B2
Devices for capping vials useful in system and method for dispensing prescriptions
Weldon Curl, Jr., Garner, NC (US); and Joe Cross, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,062, filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073222 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 7/2807 (2013.01) [B65B 7/2835 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for securing a cap on a cylindrical container, the apparatus comprising:
a stage including a receiving region for separately receiving a cap and a cylindrical container; and
an elevator movable upwardly away from the stage and downwardly toward the stage, the elevator comprising:
a carrier disposed over the stage;
a capturing member on the carrier and configured to capture the cap; and
at least one extendable member extending from the carrier, the at least one extendable member movable from a home position with the at least one extendable member above a center of the cap and an engagement position with the at least one extendable member engaging the center of the cap and moving the center of the cap downwardly relative to an outer sidewall of the cap.