A conveyor comprising an accelerating region, a steady speed region and a decelerating region has its belt composed of belt segments. Each belt segment has a flexible part deflectable from the path of the belt by winding onto a winding member carried by a neighbour segment. The length of the segment wound on the winding member is controlled by a crank fast with the member. The free end of the crank carries a cam follower roller guided on a cam rail.

A system and method for enhancing passenger security in the travel industry by matching passengers with their baggage through storage of images of passengers and their baggage and other textual data in computer memory and in printed codes which may be on passenger baggage, a boarding pass, a positive passenger bag identifier, and a passenger identification card. The codes on boarding passes are scanned at the boarding gate before passengers may board to check whether the passenger image recovere...

A seat associated belt-type restraint for passenger vehicles stands automatically in an open position. When the passenger places his weight on the seat, a pressure device causes the restraint to fall to the closed or active position. When the vehicle electrical system is energized, the restraint is automatically locked and adjusted to the proper size. When the electrical system is de-energized, the restraint returns automtically to the standing inactive position. No positive steps by the passeng...

The Doppler effect is used to detect the imminence of a potential collision between a moving vehicle and an object in its path to provide a detecting signal for the safety of the vehicle occupants. A potential collision detecting system includes an ultrashort wave generator, a coupler connecting the generator to a transmitting and receiving antenna, a mixer-detector connected to the generator and the antenna through the coupler, an amplifier, a filter, an AC-DC converter, a comparator and a safe...

A safety vehicle for passengers having a movable passenger compartment which includes life-saving nets or cushions which become disposed in front of the passengers when the passenger compartment detaches itself from the vehicle and assumes its inclined position. The invention also includes release means connected to the front and rear bumpers for actively releasing the passenger compartment upon collision or impact as well as releasing the controls and steering wheel of the vehicle. A rack and p...

A safety seat for vehicles which incorporates a head-restraining member comprising a sheet of flexible material which is yieldable or stretchable but generally non-elastic. The head-restraining sheet is secured to the safety seat so as to extend downwardly in front of the passenger's head. The sheet gradually absorbs the momentum of the passenger's head and provides a progressively increasing contact area with the passenger's head and face to minimize the peak unit load.

The potential collision detecting system for vehicles disclosed includes two transmitter-receivers provided at both lateral sides of a vehicle. One transmitter-receiver radiates an electromagnetic wave having the same plane of polarization as that of the wave generated by a generator and another transmitter-receiver radiates an electromagentic wave having a plane of polarization is turned 90 degrees from the first plane by means of a twist waveguide. When said electromagnetic waves are reflected...

A protection installation for the passengers of vehicles, especially of passenger motor vehicles, in which an impact device adjustable from a rest position into a use position is provided within the area of the persons seated alongside the driver and/or the rear passengers.

A deformable safety device upon which a seated passenger in a violently decelerating conveyance can loose kinetic energy by doing mechanical work. The device includes a horizontal portion across the passenger's lap, extending upwardly in front of his upper torso and head, which can bend transversely under load like a straight beam. The device, secured by a conventional vehicle lap belt, is permanently self supporting but contains no rigid structure. Alternate embodiments of the device further in...

A transportation installation having a main track on which a conveyor is movable, a side or secondary track substantially parallel to the main track and a car having a first means engageable with the conveyor for moving the car with the conveyor and a second means engageable with the side track, and operating means operable by the weight of the car for selectively moving the second means into engagement with the side track and for disengaging the first means from the conveyor when the car reache...