DE20001470U1 - Pneumatic tube system - Google Patents

Description

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Aerocom GmbH & Co.
Communications Systems Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 19 71394 Kernen

Pneumatic tube system

In pneumatic tube systems of the known type, the load is placed by the user in a pneumatic tube carrier and then sent from the sending station to the receiving station, where the load must then be removed from the pneumatic tube carrier by hand. Automating the loading and unloading process is only possible with relatively great effort.

In order to create pneumatic tube systems in which cargo can be picked up from a collection point at any location without manual intervention, the invention provides a pneumatic tube system

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system with drivers in the form of elongated bodies or the like, wherein the load is arranged in front of the drivers or in largely open drivers and wherein a collection station for the load is provided, to which at least two transmitting stations connected to receiving stations that can be fed from this are assigned.

The load can now be automatically fed from the collection station to the corresponding filling opening in the pipe of the receiving station. The load is then guided to the sending station by the driver and can fall out of an opening in the pipe onto a support without manual intervention. This makes fully automatic transport of load possible. In addition, the overall space requirement is significantly lower. Another advantage is that various decentralized receiving stations now have access to a common collection warehouse. Such systems can be used in industry, retail and banks. Such a system is particularly advantageous in the banking sector because you can set up ATMs as end stations and thus avoid storing cash in the ATM itself. Instead, the entire supply of money is stored in a collection station, which can be located in a secure area. This means that there is no longer any need to constantly refill ATMs and, above all, it is no longer worth it for criminals to rob the ATM because there is no cash left.

is available. It is therefore also possible to dispense with the otherwise necessary armouring of the ATMs.

Preferably, the receiving stations are equipped with control devices for the functions of the sending stations. This allows the desired load to be ordered from the receiving station. The control devices for the sending stations can also be designed to control the feeding of the sending stations by the collection station. Instead, the collection station can also be assigned an automatic feeding device for the sending stations.

According to a further feature of the invention, the pneumatic tube system can be used in both directions if the sending stations are simultaneously designed as receiving stations and, conversely, the receiving stations are also designed as sending stations. It is then possible to fill the collection station with cargo from the individual stations.

The drawing shows an embodiment of the invention and, in particular, a schematic perspective view of a pneumatic tube system according to the invention.

A collection station 2 and three transmission stations 3 with compressors 4 are provided in a loading room 1. Pipelines 5 lead from the three transmission stations to the receiving stations

6. The load 7 is fed from the collection station 2 to the sending stations 3 by means of a robot 8 and is placed in front of the drivers 9. The drivers 9 then transport the load 7 to the receiving stations 6, from whose openings 10 the load can then be easily removed, without having to open and close pneumatic tube carriers in a laborious manner.

In order to give the recipient the opportunity to receive a specific load from the collection station 2, a control 11 is provided at each receiving station, which is connected to the sending stations 3 and also to the collection station 2, so that
Cargo can be requested from the collection station 2 via the control system and fed to the corresponding sending station 3.

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Claims (5)

1. Pneumatic tube system with drivers ( 9 ) in the form of elongated bodies or the like, the load being arranged in front of the drivers or in largely open drivers, and a collection station ( 2 ) for the load ( 7 ), to which at least two transmitting stations ( 3 ) connected to receiving stations ( 6 ) that can be fed from this are assigned. 2. Pneumatic tube system according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving stations ( 6 ) have control devices ( 11 ) for the functions of the transmitting stations ( 3 ). 3. Pneumatic tube system according to claim 2, characterized in that the control devices ( 11 ) for the transmitting stations ( 3 ) are simultaneously designed to control the feeding of the transmitting stations ( 3 ) by the collecting station ( 2 ). 4. Pneumatic tube system according to one or both of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the collecting station ( 2 ) is assigned an automatic feeding device ( 8 ) for the sending stations ( 3 ). 5. Pneumatic tube system according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmitting stations ( 3 ) are simultaneously designed as receiving stations and the receiving stations ( 6 ) are also designed as transmitting stations.