Patent ID: 9534401
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65G,D06F,E04F

Claim:
1. A conveyor chute apparatus for installation inside a building for conveying objects within the building by gravity from at least one higher story of the building to at least one lower story of the building, said apparatus comprising: (a) at least one set of discrete sections which, in use, are coupled to one another form an elongated hollow conduit mounted entirely inside the building, said conduit passing completely through an opening which completely penetrates a floor of the at least one higher story of the building, said conduit having an open bore through which the objects may pass through at least one floor of the building and fall in a longitudinal direction, under gravity and inside the building, from the at least one higher story to the at least one lower story of the building; and (b) at least one mount for supporting at least one of said sections of each said set in a respective said opening in each said floor of the building through which said conduit passes; each said set of sections including: said fourth passage of said second tubular section being of sufficient length and transverse cross-sectional area to permit substantially the entirety of said first tubular section to be housed within said fourth passage of said second tubular section during shipment; said first passage of said intake section being of sufficient length and transverse cross-sectional area to permit substantially the entirety of said second tubular section to be housed inside said intake section during shipment with said first tubular section being housed concurrently inside said second tubular section.