System for handling baggages of passengers

• US 4,832,203 A
• Filed: 05/31/1988
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shiroh Shirakawa
• Original Assignee: Hideaki Nozawa, Shiroh Shirakawa
• Inventors: Nozawa, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ball, Michael W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maki, Steven D.
• Application Number:
  US07/200,263
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 198/394, 198/349, 209/3.3, 209/569, 209/583, 414/277, 414/280, 414/283, 414/331, 901/1
• US Class Current: 209/3.3
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 5/3412 according to a code applied to the object which indicates a property of the object, e.g. quality class, contents or incorrect indication sorting according to size measured by light-responsive means B07C5/10; sorting according to optical properties B07C5/342; for packages B65D79/02; for information carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 5/36 Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution sorting according to destination B07C3/003, B07C3/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 47/496 by use of magnetic responsive means

Abstract

A tag having a tag body and a suspension tape is attached to a baggage. The baggage is conveyed by a conveyor. During the conveying the tag is caught by a catcher. A carrier is provided for gripping the tag caught by the catcher. The carrier is driven by a motor to carry the baggage. A loader is provided for loading the carried baggage in a container.

Claims

1. A system for handling a baggage comprising:

a tag having a tag body and a suspension tape and having a record on the tag body which identifies the baggage;

attaching means for attaching the suspension tape to the baggage;

a conveyor for conveying the baggage having the attached tag;

said conveyor having branch paths

catcher means for catching the attached tag while the baggage is conveyed;

a carrier for gripping the tag caught by the catcher means;

said carrier having means for reading the record on said attached tag and for directing said baggage along one of said paths

a guide rail alongside said conveyor for guiding the carrier;

driving means for driving the carrier along the guide rail;

a loader for loading the conveyed baggage in a container.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the catcher means has vacuum guides each having a plurality of vacuum nozzles.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein the carrier has wheels and the driving means is an electric motor for driving the wheels.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein the loader comprises a column mounted on a turn table, a frame slidably mounted on the column, an air cylinder device having telescopic rams, a holder for gripping the tag and a fork projected from the frame to the conveyor for picking up the baggage on the conveyor.

5. The system according to claim 1 further comprising switching means for sorting the baggage and a branch conveyor for conveying a sorted baggage.