A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A parcel depository 1 comprises a housing 2 and a drawer 8, wherein the drawer 8 is arranged to slide to an open position where it extends through an opening 7 in the housing and permits a person outside the housing to place a parcel in the drawer 8. The drawer 8 is further arranged to slide to a closed position where a person outside the housing 2 is prevented from accessing the drawer 8. The drawer 8 has one or more flaps 10, 11 in the bottom which, when the drawer 8 is closed, permits the parcel 9 to drop through the bottom of the drawer 8 into a holding space below the drawer. The depository further comprises a suspended floor in the bottom portion of the depository which floor is arranged to receive a parcel dropping through the one or more flaps in the bottom of the drawer, the floor is suspended by hanging from one or more resilient or resiliently biased members such as springs and acts to cushion the impact of a heavy parcel falling through the bottom of the drawer 8.
A parcel depository 1 comprises a housing 2 and a drawer 8, wherein the drawer 8 is arranged to slide to an open position where it extends through an opening 7 in the housing and permits a person outside the housing to place a parcel in the drawer 8. The drawer 8 is further arranged to slide to a closed position where a person outside the housing 2 is prevented from accessing the drawer 8. The drawer 8 has one or more flaps 10, 11 in the bottom which, when the drawer 8 is closed, permits the parcel 9 to drop through the bottom of the drawer 8 into a holding space below the drawer. The depository further comprises a suspended floor in the bottom portion of the depository which floor is arranged to receive a parcel dropping through the one or more flaps in the bottom of the drawer, the floor is suspended by hanging from one or more resilient or resiliently biased members such as springs and acts to cushion the impact of a heavy parcel falling through the bottom of the drawer 8.
Parcel depository
BRIAN SYDNEY WILLCOX (author)
2017-10-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English