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US 5,473,114 AGranted
Clear tube section for pneumatic transport tube system
AssigneeMosler, Inc.
InventorVictor J. Vogel
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Abstract
A quadrilateral transparent tube section that is used with a heavy payload captive carrier in a pneumatic transport system. The tube section is constructed of four transparent panels connected at their longitudinal edges with four corner structures which contain longitudinal cavities that may be used as wiring conduits.
Claims15
A quadrilateral transport tube for transporting a carrier between terminals in a pneumatic transport tube system comprising:
- four panels, each of the panels having two longitudinal edges with tangs cut therein and an internal surface between the two longitudinal edges forming a side of the quadrilateral transport tube;
- and
- four corner structures connected to said longitudinal edges of said four panels to form the quadrilateral transport tube, at least one of said corner structures having
- two internal walls connected together to form a generally perpendicular internal corner of the quadrilateral transport tube, each of the internal walls having an edge connector formed to receive and overlap with the tang of one of the panels to make the internal surface of the one of the panels substantially coplanar with an inside surface of the respective internal wall,
- an external corner member connected to the internal walls to form a longitudinal cavity bounded by the external corner member and extending longitudinally through the at least one of said corner structures, and
- wires extending through the longitudinal cavity.
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A transport tube system connected between two terminals for transporting a carrier between the terminals, the transport tube system comprising:
- a generally horizontal quadrilateral tube section;
- two generally vertical quadrilateral tube sections, each vertical quadrilateral tube section for connecting one end of said horizontal quadrilateral tube section with one of the terminals, at least one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections including
- four panels, each of the panels having two longitudinal edges with tangs cut therein and an internal surface between the two longitudinal edges forming one side of said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections, and
- four corner structures connected to said longitudinal edges of said four panels, thereby forming said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections, at least one of said corner structures having 'two internal walls connected together to form a generally perpendicular internal corner of the quadrilateral transport tube, each of the internal walls having an edge connector formed to receive and overlap with the tang of one of the panels to make the internal surface of the one of the panels substantially coplanar with an inside surface of the respective internal wall, and
- an external corner member connected to the internal walls to form a longitudinal cavity bounded by the external corner member and extending longitudinally through the at least one of said corner structures;
- first electrical means associated with an upper end of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections;
- second electrical means associated with a lower end of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections;
- and
- electrical wiring located within said longitudinal cavity of said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections for interconnecting said first and second electrical means.
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A transport tube system connected between two terminals for transporting a carrier between the terminals, the transport tube system comprising:
- a generally horizontal quadrilateral tube section;
- two generally vertical quadrilateral tube sections, each vertical quadrilateral tube section for connecting one end of said horizontal quadrilateral tube section with one of the terminals, at least one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections including
- four transparent panels, each of the transparent panels having two longitudinal edges with tangs cut therein and an internal surface between the tow longitudinal edges to form one side of said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections, and
- four corner structures connected to said longitudinal edges of said four transparent panels, thereby forming said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections, at least two of said corner structures having
- two internal walls connected together to form a generally perpendicular internal corner of the quadrilateral transport tube, each of the internal walls having an edge connector formed to receive and overlap with the tang of one of the panels to make the internal surface of the one of the panels substantially coplanar with an inside surface of the respective internal wall, and
- an external corner member connected to the internal walls to form a longitudinal cavity bounded by the external corner member and extending longitudinally through the at least one of said corner structures;
- communications devices associated with one of said terminals;
- control devices associated with said one of said terminals;
- an electromechanical device associated with said one of said terminals;
- and
- electrical wiring located within said longitudinal cavity of said one of said vertical quadrilateral tube sections and connected to at least one of said devices associated with said one of said terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.