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US 11,697,553 B1Granted
Multi-story structure package delivery system
OwnerStanislav Markovichinventor
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Abstract
A high rise structure multi-level delivery system comprises a vertical conveyor belt system having a plurality of trays configured to carry a specific delivery parcel to a specific floor of a high rise structure. The conveyor is mounted such that a bottom of the conveyor resides in a ground floor room of the high rise structure and a top resides in a roof room on a roof of the high rise structure. The conveyor is capable of being accessed via an interior room located at each level of the high rise structure.
Claims13
A multi-story package delivery system, comprising:
- a multi-story structure having a plurality of interior floors and a roof;
- a conveyor mounted in a vertical manner within the multi-story structure, each of the interior floors has a dedicated interior floor conveyor room that has access to the conveyor;
- an interior floor conveyor room door providing authorized access to each of the interior floor conveyor rooms;
- an access indication panel located above the interior floor conveyor room door which is equipped with an entry allowed indicator and a no entry allowed indicator adapted to indicate to a user that the interior floor conveyor room door is opened to retrieve a package;
- a roof conveyor room disposed on the roof of the multi-story structure;
- a roof conveyor room door providing access to the roof conveyor room;
- a ground floor conveyor room disposed on a ground level to load a package;
- a conveyor drive means contained within the ground floor conveyor room, the conveyor drive means is in operable communication with and drives the conveyor;
- a conveyor control means adjacent to the conveyor drive means and in electrical communication therewith, the conveyor control means controls the conveyor which drives a belt and a carriage and includes a plurality of buttons or a touch screen device enabling a delivery personnel to program the travel of the conveyor, the belt, the carriage, and the package;
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- a ground floor conveyor room door providing authorized access to the ground floor conveyor room;
- wherein the ground floor conveyor room, each interior floor conveyor room, and the roof conveyor room are all in environmental communication with each other and as the conveyor passes through each of the rooms, the ground floor conveyor room includes the belt mounted on to and driven by the conveyor;
- wherein the no entry allowed indicator indicates that it is not safe to enter the interior floor conveyor room as falling through a floor opening in the interior floor is an imminent safety risk;
- wherein the floor opening allows for penetration of the belt and the carriage and the package is restrained upon the carriage by a support and a net;
- wherein an electric door strike is installed on the interior floor conveyor room door to prohibit opening the interior floor conveyor room door, whenever the no entry allowed indicator is activated;
- wherein the roof conveyor room is a dedicated room on top of or extending away from the roof of the multi-story structure;
- wherein the conveyor control means is configured to be in electrical communication with a power supply from the multi-story structure;
- wherein the conveyor control means is configured to be in electrical communication with its own power supply;
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- wherein the conveyor control means includes a forward switch and a reverse switch, as well as one or more limit switches located at the top of the conveyor and at the bottom of the conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.