LUGGAGE HANDLING CONTROL INSTALLATION

• US 20160159498A1
• Filed: 07/25/2014
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SBS
• Original Assignee: SBS
• Inventors: Safir, Andr?
• Granted Patent: US 9,617,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/366 Check-in counters
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/368 Arrangements or installations for routing, distributing or loading baggage
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 35/105 Locks allowing opening by official authorities, e.g. master key opening of luggage locks by customs officials
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 39/00 Locks giving indication of authorised or unauthorised unlocking with key identification means E05B35/001; alarm locks E05B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/06 Controlling mechanically-operated bolts by electro-magnetically-operated detents
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/00 Locks or fastenings for special use
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves

Abstract

A control installation for handling luggage (10) in a handling space (32). The handling space (32) has a reception entrance and a discharge exit. Said installation includes a plurality of locking devices (12, 14) to enable each of said pieces of luggage to be kept locked when said luggage is received at said reception entrance. Each of said locking devices (12, 14) includes a control transmitter capable of transmitting an identification signal (36) and an unlocking signal (38) when said locking device (12, 14) is unlocked, while said handling space (32) comprises control receivers (34) to receive, on the one hand, said identification signal (36), and, on the other hand, said unlocking signal (38).

Claims

1. An installation for luggage handling control in a handling space for air transport, said handling space having a reception entrance for receiving a plurality of pieces of luggage and a discharge exit for discharging said plurality of pieces of luggage, said installation further comprising a plurality of locking devices, each of said locking devices being capable of being mounted on a piece of luggage of said plurality of pieces of luggage so that each of said pieces of luggage can be kept locked, when said luggage is received at said reception entrance,

wherein each of said locking devices comprises a control transmitter capable of transmitting an identification signal and an unlocking signal when said locking device is unlocked, while said handling space comprises control receivers to receive, on the one hand, said identification signal for supplying the position of the locking device within said handling space, and, on the other hand, said unlocking signal.

2. The control installation as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a trigger transmitter located at said reception entrance so that it can transmit an activation signal for activating said control transmitter of each of said locking devices.

3. The control installation as claimed in claim 2, wherein said trigger transmitter is also capable of transmitting a loading signal representing said identification signal.

4. The control installation as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ordered locations situated near said discharge exit, each of the locations being capable of receiving a single piece of luggage fitted with a locking device.

5. The control installation as claimed in claim 4, further comprising location receivers for the purpose of supplying the relative position of said locking devices identified within said locations.

6. The control installation as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a storage frame situated near said discharge exit, said plurality of locations being formed within said storage frame.

7. The control installation as claimed in claim 4, further comprising containers, and wherein said ordered locations are arranged inside said containers.

8. The control installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking devices each comprise a receptacle having an opening for receiving a piece of luggage and a sealing member to enable said opening to be sealed.

9. The control installation as claimed in claim 8, wherein said control transmitter is housed in said sealing member.

10. The control installation as claimed in claim 8, wherein said receptacle has a depressurized sealed double-skin wall, and said control transmitter is also adapted to supply a pressure signal to said control receivers when the pressure of said double-skin wall increases.