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Multiple tray carriers for early bag storage system

  • US 5,575,375 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1995
  • Issued: 11/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for storing early bags arriving at an airport and for discharging such stored early bags to a make-up operation for a desired departure flight, comprising:

  • an endless storage conveyor having a plurality of baggage carriers, each of said baggage carriers being equipped with a plurality of trays, each said tray being adapted to receive one of said early bags, said trays being arranged in end-to-end endless fashion and supported for continuous recirculating movement on a path of travel defined by a conveyor track;

    induction conveyor means for loading each of said early bags onto a separate one of said baggage carriers;

    identification means for identifying each of said early bags and the said baggage carrier onto which it is loaded; and

    discharge means adjacent to a portion of said conveyor track for selectively removing early bags from baggage carriers passing said discharge means.

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