| 摘要 |
In large airports large amounts of luggage have to be sorted out and transported from check-in areas (14) to various quay fingers that are quite long and are mounted radiating from a central area, which also includes an area (10) for reception and delivery of arriving luggage. Moreover, a large amount of transit luggage should be handled, viz. transferred directly between different quay fingers. The invention provides for a complete transportation system, which is advantageously usable for these purposes and is characterized by a high degree of simplicity and clearness as far as both construction and operative control are concerned. The heart of the system is a central, round-going conveyor system (2), which receives luggage both from the check-in areas (14) and from individual conveyor loops (4) that extend along the single quay fingers, whereby departing luggage as well as transit luggage can easily be sorted out to the correct quay fingers, the conveyor loops of which can also convey luggage to the control delivery area. The transportation along the very long quay fingers is effected by means of carts (26) each having carrier sections (32) for luggage to arbitrary destination; these carts are advanced with high velocity along the long stretches, but with a required low velocity through the areas in which luggage is to be loaded or selectively unloaded. |
