Provided herein is a pneumatic tube system station having a rotating carriage with multiple carrier ports. The multiple carrier ports allow for receiving multiple carriers and/or staging multiple carries for dispatch. In one arrangement, one or more carriers may be securely maintained within the station while permitting users to continue utilizing the station.

Provided herein is a pneumatic tube system station having a rotating carriage with multiple carrier ports. The multiple carrier ports allow for receiving multiple carriers and/or staging multiple carries for dispatch. In one arrangement, one or more carriers may be securely maintained within the station while permitting users to continue utilizing the station.

Provided herein is a pneumatic tube system station having a rotating carriage with multiple carrier ports. The multiple carrier ports allow for receiving multiple carriers and/or staging multiple carries for dispatch. In one arrangement, one or more carriers may be securely maintained within the station while permitting users to continue utilizing the station.

Provided herein is a pneumatic tube system station having a rotating carriage with multiple carrier ports. The multiple carrier ports allow for receiving multiple carriers and/or staging multiple carries for dispatch. In one arrangement, one or more carriers may be securely maintained within the station while permitting users to continue utilizing the station.

The method of conveying samples using a continuous flow of pressurized air for conveying elongated items holding samples along a path in a tube system from at least one dispatch station, at which the elongated items are dispatched into the path, to at least one receiver station in the direction of the flow of pressurized air along the path. Individual items are sent in succession by means of pressurized air supplied to the tube system via the dispatch station and via a by-pass duct that extends around the at least one dispatch station from an upstream to a downstream side thereof. A constant flow of pressurized air is conducted via the by-pass around the at least one dispatch station into said path by which items already underway along the path in the tube system remain moving during dispatching of an item into the path.

The method of conveying samples using a continuous flow of pressurized air for conveying elongated items holding samples along a path in a tube system from at least one dispatch station, at which the elongated items are dispatched into the path, to at least one receiver station in the direction of the flow of pressurized air along the path. Individual items are sent in succession by means of pressurized air supplied to the tube system via the dispatch station and via a by-pass duct that extends around the at least one dispatch station from an upstream to a downstream side thereof. A constant flow of pressurized air is conducted via the by-pass around the at least one dispatch station into said path by which items already underway along the path in the tube system remain moving during dispatching of an item into the path.

A portion of transportation structure including: 1) a substructure including a plurality of piers, a first plurality of girders positioned on at least some of the piers and forming a first transportation pathway, 2) a first assembly of tube segments, capable of being placed under low air pressure and through which pods may travel substantially free of air friction, the first assembly of tube segments been positioned on the first transportation pathway and each tube segment comprising: a) a main tube with legs distributed along the length of the main tube and suitable for the main tube to rest on the substructure on its legs, b) shims positioned in-between the substructure and at least part of the legs, the thickness of each shim been adapted so that the deflection of the substructure between piers is offset.

A portion of transportation structure including: 1) a substructure including a plurality of piers, a first plurality of girders positioned on at least some of the piers and forming a first transportation pathway, 2) a first assembly of tube segments, capable of being placed under low air pressure and through which pods may travel substantially free of air friction, the first assembly of tube segments been positioned on the first transportation pathway and each tube segment comprising: a) a main tube with legs distributed along the length of the main tube and suitable for the main tube to rest on the substructure on its legs, b) shims positioned in-between the substructure and at least part of the legs, the thickness of each shim been adapted so that the deflection of the substructure between piers is offset.

The disclosure relates to a feeding device for guiding and providing one-piece ties, with a hose unit and a funnel unit. The hose unit is designed to guide a respective one-piece tie in a hose inner via an air flow along the hose unit towards an outlet end of the hose unit and subsequently in an outlet direction out of the outlet end of the hose unit to the funnel unit. The funnel unit is arranged at the outlet end of the hose unit on the hose unit and is designed to receive the respective one-piece tie guided through the hose unit.

The disclosure relates to a feeding device for guiding and providing one-piece ties, with a hose unit and a funnel unit. The hose unit is designed to guide a respective one-piece tie in a hose inner via an air flow along the hose unit towards an outlet end of the hose unit and subsequently in an outlet direction out of the outlet end of the hose unit to the funnel unit. The funnel unit is arranged at the outlet end of the hose unit on the hose unit and is designed to receive the respective one-piece tie guided through the hose unit.