Patent ID: 7314337

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an up receive/down send customer terminal in operative connection with a customer end of a pneumatic transport tube, wherein the customer terminal is operative to selectively receive a pneumatic carrier therein and send a pneumatic carrier therefrom, and wherein the customer terminal includes: a first frame; a pivot assembly including: a first mounting plate, wherein the first mounting plate is in supported connection with the first frame, wherein the first mounting plate includes a generally vertically extending opening therein, a tubular member operative to receive a pneumatic carrier therein, wherein the tubular member includes an open lower end, a pivot pin mounted in supported connection with the tubular member, wherein the pivot pin extends in and is vertically movable in the opening in the first mounting plate, and a movement mechanism in operative connection with the tubular member, wherein the movement mechanism is operative to move the tubular member in concerted movement between a first substantially vertical position wherein the tubular member is aligned with the customer end of the pneumatic tube, and a second position angularly disposed from the first position, and wherein in moving the tubular member from the first position toward the second position the movement mechanism moves the tubular member vertically upward away from the customer end before moving the tubular member angularly.