Folding door apparatus for a railway platform

Details Folding door apparatus for a railway platform Folding door apparatus for a railway platform

1992-07-24

1993-10-19

Le, Mark T.

Railways

Terminals and stations

Passenger

105341, B61B 102

Patent

active

052535894

ABSTRACT:
A folding door apparatus for a railway platform has a plurality of continuously provided folding doors each composed of two elements, a mid-portion between the two elements serving as an inflection point, the plurality of folding doors being movable between closed positions in which the folding doors are disposed in a line along a railway platform and inflected positions in which openings in the folding door apparatus are formed; a door opening and closing driving apparatus including a pair of opening and closing acting bodies for moving the folding doors in a direction and amount necessary to form the openings in the folding door apparatus; and a logic unit for analyzing information regarding the positions and widths of entrances of a railway vehicle stopped at the platform, and controlling the direction and amount of movement of the folding doors such that the openings in the folding door apparatus correspond to the entrances of the railway vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1051054 (1913-01-01), Anderson
patent: 1266980 (1918-05-01), Norton
patent: 4981164 (1991-01-01), Reichel

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