Air city game

Claim 1

A tube transportation system game; said game comprising an air pump device for use in transporting objects in transportation tube means, said air pump device comprising a single motor driven impeller for generating unidirectional air flow, an impeller compartment surrounding said impeller, a control compartment juxtaposed to said impeller compartment, manifold means for coupling said air pump device to said tube means, first aperture means in said impeller compartment coupling said impeller compartment with both said manifold means and ambient air, second aperture means in said control compartment normally connecting said control compartment with both said manifold means and the ambient air, valve means for controlling the direction and the amount of the flow of air in said transportation tube means, said valve means selectively forcing air outward from said tube means or inward from said tube means, said valve means including a body section having first and second valve apertures therein, said first and second valve apertures being positioned and sized to enable selectively closing off said first and second apertures from either said ambient air or said manifold means or both, parking means at the end of said tube means, said parking means comprising an object passage aperture at one end of said tube means, said parking means further comprising platform means for automatically receiving an object transported from said tube means onto said platform means, and windmill means attached to the end of said tube means to rotate responsive to movement of air through said transportation tube means.