Patent ID: 9010025
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05G,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising: a passageway including at least two moveable and rotatable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels rotates to a position perpendicular to said at least one linear sidewall and a position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said at least two door panels moves in a first longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall; wherein each of said two door panels moves in a second longitudinal direction that is parallel to said at least one linear sidewall while simultaneously being rotatably fixed in the position parallel to said at least one linear sidewall, wherein the second longitudinal direction is substantially opposite the first longitudinal direction; and wherein for a sequence of subjects passing through the portal apparatus in a first direction, a first side of a specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a first subject and a second side of the specific one of said at least two moveable and rotatable door panels will face a subsequent subject.