High traffic flow robotic portal for secure access
First Claim
1. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
- a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall;
wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall;
wherein each of said at least two door panels moves in a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall;
wherein each of said two door panels moves in a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall while simultaneously being rotatably fixed in the position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, wherein the second longitudinal direction is substantially opposite the first longitudinal direction; and
wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of a specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject.
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Abstract
Electro-mechanical and electronically controlled access devices are described for controlling access to a building, premises or area in a secure manner such that a subject who is deemed ineligible for access will be barred entry and may be optionally retained. The devices can contain multiple rotatable door panels, which can be positioned behind one another. The door panels can be controlled by mechanized arms or other control devices in order to control the passage through the device. The direction of flow through a device according to these embodiments is electronically controlled and may be changed at any point in time. At any instant in time, the flow through the device is unidirectional. Multiple devices can be stacked together to form clusters, which can be controlled according to traffic, time of day, or other factors.
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20 Claims
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1. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
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a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels moves in a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said two door panels moves in a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall while simultaneously being rotatably fixed in the position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, wherein the second longitudinal direction is substantially opposite the first longitudinal direction; and wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of a specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
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a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels moves in a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, and a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, wherein the second longitudinal direction is substantially opposite the first longitudinal direction; and wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of a specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
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a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates in a first longitudinal direction to a position where said each of said at least two door panels is positioned perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said two door panels moves in a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall while simultaneously being fixed in the position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, wherein the second longitudinal direction is substantially opposite the first longitudinal direction; and wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of a specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
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a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein at one point in time during an operation of the portal apparatus a first of the at least two moveable and rotatable door panels moves in a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall while being oriented parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, while simultaneously a subject moves through the passageway in a second longitudinal direction that is opposite the first longitudinal direction; and wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of the first of the at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the first of the at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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