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US 10,946,983 B2Granted
System for handling luggage and a method of handling luggage
AssigneeBbhs A/S
InventorsUlrik Svenningsen, Krisztian Griz
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Abstract
A system and a manner of handling luggage items, such as in an airport where the luggage items are stored in a plurality of buffers, where the luggage items of one buffer are provided into one container which is configured for loading into and transport on airplanes. The luggage items may be sorted into the buffers so that e.g. high priority luggage items are stored in containers separate from containers holding lower priority luggage items.
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A system for handling luggage, the system comprising:
- a luggage receiving portion for receiving a plurality of luggage items,
- a luggage sorting system comprising a plurality of luggage buffers each for storing one or more of the luggage items, the luggage sorting system being configured to receive luggage items from the luggage receiving portion and provide each luggage item in a luggage buffer,
- a plurality of luggage containers each configured to
- receive a number of the luggage items,
- be positioned inside an airplane, and
- be transported by the airplane,
- a luggage transporting element configured to transfer luggage items from each luggage buffer to a luggage container,
- a conveyor belt, and
- at least one transferring element configured to transfer luggage items from the luggage buffer to the conveyor belt the conveyor belt being configured to transport luggage items from an unloading element to the luggage receiving portion.
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A method of handling luggage, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of luggage items at a luggage receiving portion,
- providing each luggage item in one of a plurality of luggage buffers,
- transferring luggage items from a luggage buffer into a luggage container configured to be positioned in and transported by an airplane, and
- transferring luggage items from the luggage buffer to a conveyor belt transporting the luggage items to the luggage receiving portion.
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A system for handling luggage, the system comprising:
- a luggage receiving portion for receiving a plurality of luggage items;
- a luggage sorting system including a plurality of luggage buffers each for storing one or more luggage items of the plurality of luggage items, the luggage sorting system being configured to receive luggage items from the luggage receiving portion and provide each luggage item in a luggage buffer;
- a plurality of luggage containers each configured to
- receive a number of the luggage items,
- be positioned inside an airplane, and
- be transported by the airplane;
- and
- a luggage transporting element configured to transfer luggage items from each luggage buffer to a luggage container, the luggage transporting element comprising an unloading element for each luggage buffer and a conveyor belt configured to receive luggage items from all unloading elements and transport luggage from each of the unloading elements to a loading position for loading the luggage into the luggage container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.