Access Device Provided With A Folding Door Enabling Secure Communication Between At Least Two Zones Of An Enclosure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorBernard Guering
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Abstract
An access device enables controlled or secure communication between different areas of an enclosure, and in the example illustrated in the present application of an aircraft, while providing reduced size. The access device includes a folding door which, when in folded position, allows at least one of said openings to be closed and, when in deployed position, forms a security vestibule with at least one movable shutter allowing said opening created by the deployment of said folding door to be closed. By superimposing the main components of the security vestibule that said components allow to close, the device frees up the adjoining cabin space when the security vestibule is not in use.
Claims11
An access device enabling secure communication between at least two areas of an enclosure through at least one opening, the access device comprising:
- a folding door which, when in a folded position, allows at least one of said openings to be closed and, when in a deployed position, forms a security vestibule with at least one movable shutter allowing said opening created by the deployment of said folding door to be closed.
The aircraft as claimed in claim 9 wherein one of the two areas is the cockpit, another of the two areas is the cabin and the folding door closes the access between the cabin and cockpit.
The aircraft as claimed in claim 9, wherein another of the two areas are the toilet facilities and the deployed folding door rests on one of the walls of toilet facilities to form a security vestibule with said wall, the door of the toilet facilities, the partition and the shutter.
An access control method for secure communication between at least two areas of an enclosure through at least one opening, in the method comprising:
- deploying a folding door from a folded position in which the door closes at least one of said openings to a position wherein the door forms a security vestibule with at least one movable shutter allowing said opening created by the deployment of the door to be closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.