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US3263943A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Valuables collection system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-04-08
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1984-04-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jack H Share
  • 👤 Share Stanley
  • 👤 Share Barnett

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 10:32
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G51/00; B65G51/04; B60; B60P; B60P3/00; B60P3/03; G; G07; G07F; G07F9/00; G07F9/06; E; E05; E05G; E05G7/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 357 words
A VALUABLES COLLECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER; A STORAGE VAULT FOR SUCH CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, SAID VAULT BEING FORMED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION STORAGE SPACE INCLUDING PARALLEL SIDE WALLS SPACED BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE DIAMETER OF SAID CONTAINER AND INTERCONNECTED BY END WALLS, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS BEING APERTURED FOR FLOW OF AIR INTO SAID STORAGE SPACE; A GUIDING TRACK EXTENDING LATERALLY AND UPWARDLY FROM SAID STORAGE SPACE AND INCLUDING PARALLEL SIDE WALLS SPACED BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE DIAMETER OF SAID CONTAINER AND INTERCONNECTED BY END WALLS; AN ELONGATED TUBULAR CONDUIT HAVING AN INNER END OPENING THROUGH AN END WALL OF SAID TRACK AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID STORAGE SPACE, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE AXIS OF SAID INNER END BEING PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID GUIDING TRACK; THE OPPOSITE END WALL OF SAID GUIDING TRACK BEING APERTURED IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CONDUIT INNER END FOR FLOW OF AIR INTO SAID CONDUIT; THE OUTER END OF SAID CONDUIT BEING FORMED FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF HIGH VACUUM; A DOOR SECURING THE OUTER END OF SAID CONDUIT; A LOCK FOR SAID DOOR; A COLLECTION VEHICLE HAVING A SEALED TRANSPORT VAULT FOR SAID CONTAINER; A FLEXIBLE CONDUIT HAVING AN INNER END SEALINGLY COMMUNICATED WITH SAID TRANSPORT VAULT AND AN OUTER END FORMED FOR COUPLING TO THE OUTER END OF SAID TUBULAR CONDUIT FOLLOWING OPENING OF SAID DOOR; AND A SOURCE OF VACUUM ON SAID VEHICLE CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT AND EFFECTIVE TO APPLY THEREIN A VACUUM OF A PRESELECTED NEGATIVE PRESSURE VALUE AND A PRESELECTED AIR FLOW RATE TO FORCE AIR TO FLOW THROUGH SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUIT TO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT; WHEREBY, AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID ONE SIDE WALL INTO SAID STORAGE SPACE WILL AGITATE A CONTAINER THEREIN TO MOVE SAID CONTAINER UPWARDLY AND ALONG SAID GUIDING TRACK AND INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ELONGATED TUBULAR CONDUIT; AIR FLOWING THROUGH SAID OPPOSITE END WALL OF SAID GUIDING TRACK FORCING SAID CONTAINER TO MOVE INTO SAID TUBULAR CONDUIT AND THENCE INTO SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUIT AND INTO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 357 words
A VALUABLES COLLECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER; A STORAGE VAULT FOR SUCH CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, SAID VAULT BEING FORMED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION STORAGE SPACE INCLUDING PARALLEL SIDE WALLS SPACED BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE DIAMETER OF SAID CONTAINER AND INTERCONNECTED BY END WALLS, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS BEING APERTURED FOR FLOW OF AIR INTO SAID STORAGE SPACE; A GUIDING TRACK EXTENDING LATERALLY AND UPWARDLY FROM SAID STORAGE SPACE AND INCLUDING PARALLEL SIDE WALLS SPACED BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE DIAMETER OF SAID CONTAINER AND INTERCONNECTED BY END WALLS; AN ELONGATED TUBULAR CONDUIT HAVING AN INNER END OPENING THROUGH AN END WALL OF SAID TRACK AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID STORAGE SPACE, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE AXIS OF SAID INNER END BEING PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID GUIDING TRACK; THE OPPOSITE END WALL OF SAID GUIDING TRACK BEING APERTURED IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CONDUIT INNER END FOR FLOW OF AIR INTO SAID CONDUIT; THE OUTER END OF SAID CONDUIT BEING FORMED FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF HIGH VACUUM; A DOOR SECURING THE OUTER END OF SAID CONDUIT; A LOCK FOR SAID DOOR; A COLLECTION VEHICLE HAVING A SEALED TRANSPORT VAULT FOR SAID CONTAINER; A FLEXIBLE CONDUIT HAVING AN INNER END SEALINGLY COMMUNICATED WITH SAID TRANSPORT VAULT AND AN OUTER END FORMED FOR COUPLING TO THE OUTER END OF SAID TUBULAR CONDUIT FOLLOWING OPENING OF SAID DOOR; AND A SOURCE OF VACUUM ON SAID VEHICLE CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT AND EFFECTIVE TO APPLY THEREIN A VACUUM OF A PRESELECTED NEGATIVE PRESSURE VALUE AND A PRESELECTED AIR FLOW RATE TO FORCE AIR TO FLOW THROUGH SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUIT TO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT; WHEREBY, AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID ONE SIDE WALL INTO SAID STORAGE SPACE WILL AGITATE A CONTAINER THEREIN TO MOVE SAID CONTAINER UPWARDLY AND ALONG SAID GUIDING TRACK AND INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ELONGATED TUBULAR CONDUIT; AIR FLOWING THROUGH SAID OPPOSITE END WALL OF SAID GUIDING TRACK FORCING SAID CONTAINER TO MOVE INTO SAID TUBULAR CONDUIT AND THENCE INTO SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUIT AND INTO SAID TRANSPORT VAULT.

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