Patent Publication Number: US-9902570-B1

Title: Canister delivery system

Description:
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     (e) INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC OR AS A TEXT FILE VIE THE OFFICE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM 
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to delivery devices and more particularly pertains to a new delivery device for enhancing reaching a cylinder at a bank drive through from a vehicle. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vacuum unit. The vacuum unit includes a tube, a canister receiving cylinder and a canister that is slidably positioned within the tube. The vacuum unit selectively urges the canister in the tube. Thus, the canister is selectively delivered into and drawn out of the canister receiving cylinder. The canister is selectively removed from the canister receiving cylinder. The tube is vertically oriented in a vehicle drive through and the canister receiving cylinder is aligned with a vehicle. An extension unit is coupled to the tube. The extension unit selectively extends the canister receiving cylinder outwardly from the tube when the canister is delivered into the canister receiving cylinder. Thus, the extension unit positions the canister receiving cylinder within reach of the vehicle. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front view of a canister delivery system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a right side phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure showing a canister receiving cylinder being positioned in an extended position. 
         FIG. 3  is a right side phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure showing a canister receiving cylinder being positioned in a retracted position. 
         FIG. 4  is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new delivery device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the canister delivery system  10  generally comprises a vacuum unit  12 . The vacuum unit  12  includes a tube  14 , a canister receiving cylinder  16  and a canister  18  that is slidably positioned within the tube  14 . The vacuum unit  12  selectively urges the canister  18  in and out of the canister receiving cylinder  16 . The canister  18  is selectively removed from the canister receiving cylinder  16 . 
     The tube  14  has a cut  20  therein to define a first end  22  of a first half  24  and a second end  26  of a second half  28  of the tube  14 . The canister receiving cylinder  16  is positioned to extend between the first half  24  and the second half  28 . Moreover, the tube  14  is vertically oriented in a vehicle drive through  30 . Thus, the canister receiving cylinder  16  is aligned with a vehicle  32  when the vehicle  32  is in the vehicle drive through  30 . The vacuum unit  12  may be a document delivery system at a bank drive through or the like. The canister receiving cylinder  16  has a forwardly facing surface  34  and a rearwardly facing surface  36 . 
     A plurality of bumpers  38  is provided. Each of the bumpers  38  is coupled to the forwardly facing surface  34  of the canister receiving cylinder  16 . Moreover, each of the bumpers  38  is comprised of a resiliently compressible material. Thus, each of the bumpers  38  inhibit the forwardly facing surface  34  from frictionally engaging the vehicle  32 . 
     An extension unit  40  is provided and the extension unit  40  is coupled to the tube  14 . The extension unit  40  electrically coupled to the vacuum unit  12 . Thus, the extension unit  40  may be controlled from inside the bank or the like. The extension unit  40  selectively extends the canister receiving cylinder  16  outwardly from the tube  14  when the canister  18  is delivered into the canister receiving cylinder  16 . Thus, the extension unit  40  positions the canister receiving cylinder  16  within reach of the vehicle  32 . 
     The extension unit  40  comprises a first plate  42  that has a top surface  44  and a bottom surface  46 . The first end  22  corresponding to the first half  24  of the tube  14  extends through the top surface  44  and the bottom surface  46 . The first plate  42  extends forwardly away from the tube  14 . A pair of first tracks  48  is provided and each of the first tracks  48  is coupled to the bottom surface  46  of the first plate  42 . The first tracks  48  extend forwardly away from the tube  14 . The canister receiving cylinder  16  slidably engages each of the first tracks  48 . 
     A second plate  50  is provided and the second plate  50  has an upper surface  52  and a lower surface  54 . The second end  26  corresponding to the second half  28  of the tube  14  extends through the lower surface  54  and the upper surface  52 . The second plate  50  is aligned with and is spaced from the first plate  42 . A pair of second tracks  56  is provided and each of the second tracks  56  is coupled to the upper surface  52  of the second plate  50 . The second tracks  56  are aligned with and are coextensive with the first tracks  48 . The canister receiving cylinder  16  slidably engages each of the second tracks  56 . 
     A housing  58  is provided. The housing  58  is coupled between each of the first plate  42  and the second plate  50 . The housing  58  extends rearwardly away from the tube  14 . The housing  58  has a front side  60  and a back side  62 . 
     A pair of pistons  64  is provided and each of the pistons  64  is positioned within the housing  58 . Each of the pistons  64  is coupled to the back side  62  of the housing  58 . Moreover, each of the pistons  64  has a distal end  66  with respect to the back side  62 . The distal end  66  corresponding to each of the pistons  64  is coupled to the rearwardly facing surface  36  of the canister receiving cylinder  16 . 
     Each of the pistons  64  selectively urges the canister receiving cylinder  16  forwardly on each of the first plate  42  and the second plate  50 . Each of the pistons  64  selectively urges the canister receiving cylinder  16  rearwardly on each of the first plate  42  and the second plate  50 . Thus, the canister receiving cylinder  16  is aligned with the tube  14 . Each of the pistons  64  is controlled by a bank teller or other individual inside the bank. The extension unit  40  may be an integral component of the vacuum unit  12 . Additionally, the extension unit  40  may be retrofitted onto an existing vacuum unit  12 . 
     In use, the vehicle  32  drives into the vehicle drive through  30  to conduct business at the bank. Each of the pistons  64  is selectively actuated to extend the canister receiving cylinder  16  toward the vehicle  32 . Thus, a driver of the vehicle  32  may reach the canister receiving cylinder  16  with having to exit the vehicle  32 . Each of the pistons  64  is selectively actuated to retract the canister receiving cylinder  16  away from the vehicle  32 . Thus, the vacuum unit  12  may urge the cylinder into and out of the canister receiving cylinder  16 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.