Patent · US Expired

Drop delivery chute

US5941362A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 13, 1996
Grant dateAug 24, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04G21/166
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drop delivery debris disposal chute formed of a continuous trough sectioned body having an open face, and a plurality of cover elements each secured to span the open face to constitute a respective part of a closure wall of the chute, wherein each of a plurality of duct access openings in the closure wall is constituted by a gap between neighboring spaced apart cover elements, and at least two inlet structures supporting the duct fixedly mounted to a building floor and including an intake opening and an inclined race extending from the intake opening to a corresponding duct access opening, and wherein the spacing between neighboring duct access openings is established to bring each access opening into register with the race of a corresponding inlet structure by use of a cover sheet in overlapping relationship with a cover element.

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