System for passenger and luggage processing at commercial airpor

Details System for passenger and luggage processing at commercial airpor System for passenger and luggage processing at commercial airpor

1975-10-21

1979-01-30

Atkinson, Charles E.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

177 25, 198504, 250358R, 364478, 364552, G01G 1114, G08B 2900, B65G 6700

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041375670

ABSTRACT:
A system for processing passengers and their luggage at civil airports including a passenger processing counter for verifying airline tickets and confirming passenger identity, equipment for conveying large luggage to be separately stowed aboard the plane from the counter to the plane and installations for performing a security check of both the passengers and their hand or cabin luggage. The system is characterized by a movable conveyor belt extending from the passenger processing counter and along side a passenger passageway for lined-up passengers and the counter in close proximity thereto but inaccessible to the passengers from the station for passenger processing to a point of pickup and handling by secure airport personnel. A passenger security check zone is provided for allowing a security check of the individual passengers and is designed in the manner of a one-way gate for allowing only one-way travel of passengers through the passenger passageway from a point immediately following the passenger processing station through to a verification zone which immediately follows the security check zone and where a passenger becomes cleared by the system. A second movable conveyor belt is provided on the opposite side of the passenger passageway and starting immediately prior to the security check zone for the passengers. The second conveyor belt provides a security check of the hand or cabin luggage of the passengers and terminates behind the verification zone. The second conveyor belt is inaccesible to passengers while they are passing through the passenger security check zone and becomes accessible to particular and already cleared passengers so tha they may retrieve their security checked hand or cabin luggage after passing through the security check zone and upon reaching the verification zone.

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