# US 11,027,283 B2 · Magazine insert for a pneumatic tube conveyor capsule for receiving sample tubes, and pneumatic tube conveyor capsule having such a magazine insert > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,283 B2 - Document ID: US11027283B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/382,132 - Filed: 2019-04-11 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-13 - Assignees: Aerocom GmbH & Co. Communicationssysteme - Applicants: Aerocom GmbH & Co. Communicationssyteme - Inventors: Johannes Meiling - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027283B2 ## CPC - B01L 9/06: Test-tube stands; Test-tube holders - B65G 51/06: Despatch carriers for tube mail - G01N 35/04: Details of the conveyor system {(G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence)} - B01L 2200/18: Transport of container or devices - B01L 2300/04: Closures and closing means - B01L 2300/0832: cylindrical, tube shaped - G01N 2001/002: {Devices for supplying or distributing samples to an analysing apparatus} - G01N 2001/005: {Packages for mailing or similar transport of samples} - G01N 2035/0401: {Sample carriers, cuvettes or reaction vessels} - G01N 2035/0406: {Individual bottles or tubes} - G01N 2035/0441: {for samples} - B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A magazine insert for a pneumatic tube conveyor capsule for receiving sample tubes filled with bodily fluids includes a magazine drum, a fastening unit, a slider and a catch element. The magazine drum has a plurality of receiving chambers for the sample tubes. The fastening unit is pivotable about the longitudinal axis from a fastening position to a release position. The slider in the central recess of the magazine drum is slidable in axial direction from a first functional position bidirectionally to a respective second functional position relative to the magazine drum. The catch element is fastened to the slider and extends in radial direction into a control cam of the fastening unit. A pivoting of the fastening unit from the fastening position to its release position can be effected by transferring the slider to its corresponding second functional position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magazine insert for a pneumatic tube conveyor capsule, for receiving sample tubes filled with bodily fluids, the magazine insert comprising: a magazine drum having a plurality of receiving chambers for the sample tubes which are arranged annularly about the longitudinal axis of the magazine insert, and each extends through the magazine drum in a direction axial to the longitudinal axis; a fastening unit which is pivotable about the longitudinal axis from a fastening position to a release position, wherein a sample tube arranged in the respective receiving chamber is held solely in a fixed position relative to the magazine drum by means of the fastening unit arranged in the fastening position; a slider which is arranged in the central recess of the magazine drum, and which is slidable in axial direction from a first functional position bidirectionally to a respective second functional position relative to the magazine drum; and a catch element which is fastened to the slider and extends in radial direction into a control cam of the fastening unit, and so a pivoting of the fastening unit from the fastening position to its release position can be effected by transferring the slider to its corresponding second functional position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magazine insert according to claim 1, wherein the slider is designed to be tubular or rod-shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The magazine insert according to claim 2, wherein the fastening unit comprises a bearing bushing with one fastening element for each receiving chamber, which protrudes from the bearing bushing in radial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The magazine insert according to claim 1, wherein the fastening unit comprises a bearing bushing with one fastening element for each receiving chamber, which protrudes from the bearing bushing in radial direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The magazine insert according to claim 4, wherein the bearing bushing is provided with the control cam. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The magazine insert according to claim 5, wherein the control cam is designed as a V-shaped, elongated hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The magazine insert according to claim 3, wherein the fastening unit comprises at least one closing means, by means of which the receiving chambers are at least partially closable or transferable, in a synchronized manner, on one end. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The magazine insert according to claim 7, wherein the closing means is designed in the form of a hole flange which extends away from the bearing bushing in radial direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The magazine insert according to claim 8, wherein the magazine insert comprises a first and a second end plate which are connected to one another via a central tube, wherein the receiving chambers are delimited at their circumference by the two end plates and by one respective tubular wall element arranged to be held between the two end plates. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The magazine insert according to claim 9, wherein the slider is guided in sections on the central tube, via an annular collar, in a form closure with sliding clearance. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The magazine insert according to claim 10, wherein the hole flange is guided in axial direction on one of the two end plates of the magazine drum, between two end plate sections of one of the two end plates. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The magazine insert according to claim 9, wherein the hole flange is guided in axial direction on one of the two end plates of the magazine drum, between two end plate sections of one of the two end plates. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The magazine insert according to claim 9, wherein the wall elements are each transparent for the spectral range of the light visible for humans. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The magazine insert according to claim 1, wherein the slider protrudes on one end from the magazine drum. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tube conveyor capsule having a tubular main part which on both ends has an opening closable with a lid, wherein the magazine insert according to claim 1 is arranged in the tubular main part, wherein the magazine drum of the magazine insert is arranged to be held non-rotatably in the tubular main part.