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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest Hochradel, Sparta, NJ (US);
Werner Hauer, Nutley, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
243 19 ; 221191 ; 221298 ; 243 24 ;
Abstract
A terminal for a single-tube pneumatic tube system adaptable for use in either an up-send/down-receive, or an up-receive/down-send, configuration. The terminal includes a send hopper into which a plurality of carriers can be inserted and stored prior to transmission on a sequential basis, an empty carrier hopper and a full carrier hopper which respectively store empty and full carriers transmitted to the terminal, and a transfer tube which reciprocates between positions aligned with the system tube, send hopper and empty and full carrier hoppers for transporting carriers therebetween.