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A baggage-handling system, especially for airports, in which baggage is moved separately through the terminal from the passengers but generally in the same direction to and from the aircraft, the baggage route through the terminal structure being below the floor over which the passengers move. Betwe

A baggage-handling system, especially for airports, in which baggage is moved separately through the terminal from the passengers but generally in the same direction to and from the aircraft, the baggage route through the terminal structure being below the floor over which the passengers move. Between the terminal structure and the aircraft the passengers and baggage are transported by a vehicle which can be raised and lowered in a passenger compartment above a floor while the baggage is accommodated therebelow. According to the invention, in the terminal the baggage transportation system comprises a network of conveyors or tracks which have paths extending parallel to one another generally in the direction of passenger and baggage movement and transverse tracks or paths as well.

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A baggage-handling system for luggage at an airport having a plurality of check-in stations for boarding passengers, a plurality of reception areas spaced from said check-in stations in one direction for passengers awaiting embarkation upon an aircraft, and a plurality of arrival areas for deplaning

A baggage-handling system for luggage at an airport having a plurality of check-in stations for boarding passengers, a plurality of reception areas spaced from said check-in stations in one direction for passengers awaiting embarkation upon an aircraft, and a plurality of arrival areas for deplaning passengers preparing to leave the terminal, said system comprising: a plurality of first transport tracks extending from said check-in stations to said reception areas in said direction; a plurality of second tracks extending away from said arrival areas, said first and second tracks being mutually spaced and parallel to one another and forming part of a track network; a transverse track forming part of said network interconnecting all of said first and second tracks; a multiplicity of baggage carriers shiftable along said tracks and adapted to receive baggage at said stations and carry said baggage to said reception areas and for carrying said baggage away from said arrival areas; an empty-carrier track extending across all of said fist and second tracks for transporting empty carriers from said second tracks to said first tracks at said stations, said first and second tracks having free ends at said areas spaced above grade whereby a transport vehicle can travel on grade to said areas for receiving and discharging baggage-laden carriers for said first tracks and said second tracks, respectively, the reception and arrival areas each being formed with passenger ramps at a level above that of the perspective tracks and parallel thereto; and above grade a bus-type transport vehicle for receiving passengers from and delivering passengers to said ramps, said vehicle having a passenger compartment with a floor substantially in line with said ramps and a luggage compartment below said floor for receiving said carriers, said first and second tracks having other ends inclined downwardly away from said areas to said empty carrier track which is located below grade; and a housing receiving said other ends of said first and second tracks and said empty-carrier track, said housing having an inclined apron covering said empty-carrier track.