US 4,462,721 AGranted

Visual customer terminal construction for pneumatic tube banking system

AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated

InventorsWalter G. Anders, Leo J. Grosswiller, Jr.

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Abstract

A simplified construction of a customer terminal for a single conveyor tube visual banking service pneumatic tube system to which a teller terminal also is connected. The customer terminal has a cylindrical carrier-receiving pocket extension connected to the system tube. The pocket is formed by two molded plastic members, one fixed in the terminal cabinet and one a door. The members are hinged together so that the door may be opened for carrier placement or removal through a fixed member opening which provides access to the pocket when the door is opened. The door is biased open and is closed manually which automatically locks the door closed and pressurizes the system to send a carrier from the terminal. A carrier delivered to the terminal during system vacuum operation automatically opens the door. The system airflow terminal connection provides an air brake effect to abruptly arrest carrier movement avoiding noise and shock. The joint between the enclosure members has a special seal which prevents system air pressure or vacuum loss. A simple door closing mechanism is provided in event of failure to close the door.

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Dependent claims

A customer terminal for a single conveyor tube visual banking service pneumatic tube system of a type wherein carrier propelling vacuum or pressure airflow is supplied to the system by blower and air shifter units located in the terminal, and an end of said system conveyor tube is connected with the terminal;

the improvement in which the terminal includes:
(1) a frame member mounted on a terminal base;
(2) a pair of enclosure members, one of which is provided with an access opening and is mounted in fixed position on said frame member, and the other of which is pivotally mounted on the fixed member and acts as a door for the fixed member access opening;
(3) the door enclosure member being movable between a closed position convering said access opening and an open position telescoped into the fixed enclosure member uncovering said access opening;
(4) each of the fixed and door enclosure members being formed of plastic material and having semi-cylindrical pocket forming wall portions;
(5) coupling means between an end portion of a system conveyor tube and the fixed enclosure member;
(6) the semi-cylindrical wall portions of said pair of enclosure members when in closed position forming a cylindrical extension of said system tube end portions with said cylindrical extension and said system tube end portion having the same internal diameter and their axes coinciding;
and
(7) the fixed enclosure member having a closed-end-cup-wall connected with its semi-cylindrical wall portion at the end of said semi-cylindrical wall portion remote from said coupling means.

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