A chute is a vertical or inclined path, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity. Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another Chutes may be round, square or rectangular at the top and/or the bottom.

Building chute

Chutes are in common use in buildings to allow the rapid transport of items from one location inside a building to another. There can be a concrete lined chute or unlined chute.

For example, laundry chutes in hotels are placed on each floor to allow the expedient transfer and collection of dirty laundry to the hotel's laundry facility without having to use elevators. Laundry can be items of Clothing and other Textiles that require Washing the act of washing clothing and textiles A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another In popular culture stories, laundry chutes are commonly used as means for the protagonist to quickly escape. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story.

Garbage chutes are common in high-rise apartment buildings and are used to collect all the building's garbage in the one place. Often the bottom end of the chute is placed directly above a large waste receptacle. This makes garbage collection more efficient and hygienic. Hygiene refers to practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness

Escape chutes are used and proposed for use in evacuation of mining equipment and high-rise buildings. [1][2]

An elevator is not a chute since it does not operate by means of gravity. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another

Chutes in transportation

Chutes are also found in:

1. Hopper cars
2. Hopper barges