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US 4,066,158 AGranted
Chute construction
AssigneeCumberland Corporation
InventorsWilliam C. Hare, Milton F. Collier
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AssigneeCumberland Corporation
InventorsWilliam C. Hare, Milton F. Collier
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A storage chamber means is shown having a chute for communicating between the outside and the storage area wherein the chute is designed to cooperate with an entrance aperture in a wall to permit articles to be fed into the storage chamber through the chute, yet the chute substantially seals the entrance to the chamber against removal of articles from the chamber once they have been delivered into the storage area through the aperture. The chute is also designed to be collapsed into a compact panel and hinged into out of the way position for covering the entrance aperture and locked in place from the inside of the chamber to close the aperture against unauthorized opening whereby to provide a secure storage facility having a maximum of storage space in this mode of use which space is unencumbered with a chute structure.
A storage chamber having walls and a door means to provide access thereto, and a chute structure for also providing access to said chamber comprising an aperture in one of said walls, a chute having a floor and side walls, said chute being hinged at the aperture in a manner to close the aperture when the chute is not in use and said chute receiving a package for delivery into said chamber when hinged to an open position, said chute gently dumping said package into said chamber when the chute is turned toward the closed position, said floor and walls of said chute precluding access into the storage chamber to retrieve a package once it has been dumped into the chamber, and said floor and walls of said chute being constructed and arranged to be folded and collapsed into a flat planar shape to be locked in place to close said aperture when said chamber is being loaded through said door means.
A storage chamber enclosed by walls and having an entrance aperture of limited area in one of said walls and hinged door means in another of said walls to permit stored articles to be removed from said chamber, in combination with a chute structure for controlling access to said chamber through said entrance aperture, said chute having floor and wall elements;
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