Patent ID: 7306407

Claim:
Method comprising: a) applying a first pressure differential across a carrier of a pneumatic transport system, wherein the first pressure differential includes vacuum, and wherein the first pressure differential causes the carrier to move in a vertically upward direction from a pneumatic transport tube into a tubular member of a terminal, and wherein the first pressure differential causes the pneumatic carrier to be held in the tubular member, wherein the pneumatic carrier enters the tubular member in a first position, wherein in the first position the tubular member extends substantially vertical and is axially aligned and in operative connection with an end of the pneumatic transport tube, and wherein the pneumatic carrier enters the tubular member through an open lower end of the tubular member; b) during at least a portion of (a) and with the pneumatic carrier in the tubular member, operating a pivot assembly to move the tubular member vertically upward from the first position to a second position, and then to move the tubular member to a presentation position in which the lower end of the tubular member is laterally disposed from the lower end of the tubular member when in the first position; and c) with the tubular member in the presentation position, releasing the first pressure differential from across the carrier thereby allowing the carrier to drop in a downward direction from within the tubular member, wherein at least a portion of the carrier moves through an opening in the terminal and wherein the carrier is accessible from outside the terminal.