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Rapid access portal

  • US 5,845,692 A
  • Filed: 11/18/1996
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rapid access door system comprising:

  • an entrance having authorization means for authorizing a person to pass therethrough;

    an aisle extending from the entrance to a bi-fold door and past the bi-fold door to a secure area;

    a doorway situated before the bi-fold door on one side of the aisle for exiting the aisle to an unsecure area;

    the bi-fold door which is pivotable on vertical axes and is fixedly secured at one pivot axis to the aisle;

    to means for moving the bi-fold door based on the authorization means on a third pivot axis along a line parallel to the aisle; and

    wherein when the bi-fold door is in a closed first position, the door blocks the aisle to the secure area and the doorway is open to the unsecure area and when the bi-fold door is in an open second position, the aisle is open to the secure area and the door blocks the doorway to the unsecure area.

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