MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM WITH QUEUE CHUTE

摘要

A material handling system for the disposal of materials in multi-floor buildings. The material handling system has one or more main chutes each having one or more sets of loading stations, queue chutes, and gates. The queue chutes store material to be disposed, which is held back from entering into the main chute by the gate. The material is loaded into the queue chute via an opening in the loading station. The opening of the gates is controlled using a material handling system controller, which is controlled via a control panel or automatically using a timer or based upon the output of one or more level sensors that can determine the fullness of the queue chutes. The main chutes can have primary gates to allow for safe maintenance of the system. The loading stations can have secondary access to the main chutes.

主权项

1. A material handling system, comprising:
at least one material handling chute assembly, each material handling chute assembly comprising:
a main chute extending from an upper story to a lower story in a multi-floor building;one or more loading stations each having an access opening and a bottom opening;one or more queue chutes each comprising a substantially vertical section and a transition section, the vertical section connected at a first end to the bottom opening of one of the loading stations and the transition section connected at a second end to the main chute; andone or more gates positioned proximate the second end of the queue chute to selectively open and close an aperture between the queue chute and the main chute.