Patent ID: 8832997
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05G,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising: an entryway including two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with two linear sidewalls wherein said sidewalls are oriented parallel to one another; wherein each of said two door panels is driven by a drive mechanism, wherein each of said two door panels rotates between a position perpendicular to said sidewalls and a position parallel to said sidewalls; from a first position each of said two door panels moves along a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said sidewalls while simultaneously being fixed in the position perpendicular to said sidewalls to a second position; from the second position, each of said two door panels rotates to a third position from the third position each of said two door panels moves along a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said sidewalls while simultaneously being fixed in the position parallel to said sidewalls to a fourth position; and from the fourth position, each of said two door panels rotates to the first position.