delivery chute
Gravity-fed conduit
A delivery chute is a sloped channel or tube through which items slide from one level to another.
Buildings use mail chutes to send letters from upper floors to a collection point.
Warehouses and factories use chutes to move packages or materials efficiently: The sorting facility has delivery chutes feeding different shipping areas.
Laundry chutes and coal chutes work on the same principle.
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- mailPostal system items
- mail slotDoor opening for deliveries
- dropFall or release
drop zone · shaft · conveyor · laundry · gravity · slot · tube · funnel · parcel · shoot · warehouse · hopper · rollers · sorting · hatch · down the hatch · trapdoor · ramp
- chutesflume, emergency slide
- vending machinesvending machine, snack machine, soda machine, drink machine, candy machine
delivery chutedumbwaiter
Small freight elevator
service elevator · lift · elevator · freight elevator · hoist
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