A blockage clearing system for a multi-story building chute system
AssigneeFentian Nominees Pty Ltd
InventorTian VAN RENSBURG
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Abstract
A blockage clearing system for a multi-story building chute system having a vertical chute spanning multiple floors of a building, refuse doors for each floor and a lower exit, has a controller, a drive motor operably coupled to the controller, a blockage release mechanism driven by the drive motor to travel along an interior of the chute and a detector subsystem which detects an object blocked within the chute. The controller is programmed for retaining the blockage release mechanism in a home position above the refuse doors by default and, when receiving an input from the detector subsystem indicating an object blocked within the chute, operating the drive motor to cause the blockage release mechanism to travel down the chute to force the object down the chute.
Claims51
A blockage clearing system for a multi-story building chute system, the chute system comprising a vertical chute spanning multiple floors of a building, refuse doors for each floor and a lower exit, wherein the blockage clearing system comprises:
- a controller;
- a drive motor operably coupled to the controller;
- a blockage release mechanism driven by the drive motor to travel along an interior of the chute;
- a detector subsystem which detects an object blocked within the chute;
- and wherein, in use, the controller is programmed for retaining the blockage release mechanism in a home position above the refuse doors by default and, when receiving an input from the detector subsystem indicating an object blocked within the chute,
- operating the drive motor to cause the blockage release mechanism to travel down the chute to force the object down the chute.
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