Patent ID: 8893877

Claim:
A device for receiving a piece of baggage for transport, the device comprising: a receiving room with an infeed opening and a discharge opening and provided with a closing assembly, the closing assembly comprising a closing mechanism, a conveyor unit for conveying the piece of baggage from the receiving room through the discharge opening, the closing assembly being equipped to close the discharge opening of the receiving room prior to opening of the infeed opening of the receiving room in order to feed in the piece of baggage into the receiving room; and close the infeed opening of the receiving room prior to opening of the discharge opening in order to discharge the piece of baggage from the receiving room, wherein the conveyor unit is configured to articulate in a manner that causes the piece of baggage to be tilted; and a laser scanning module for determining a shape and/or measurement of the piece of baggage, the laser scanning module comprising: a laser generation device for generating a laser beam; a laser detection device for detecting a laser beam and generating a corresponding output signal; and a processing unit linked to the laser detection device, for receiving the output signal for generating an image of the piece of baggage on the basis of the output signal, and for determining the shape and/or measurement on the basis of the image, wherein the laser beam has a first propagation path, which first propagation path extends substantially between the laser generation device and a centre point of a predetermined scanning location, and wherein the laser scanning module comprises at least a second mirror, which mirror is disposed substantially parallel to the abovementioned first propagation path at a predetermined distance from the abovementioned first propagation path that is such that a laser beam that is deflected from the abovementioned first propagation path can be reflected by the second mirror to the abovementioned centre point of the scanning location so as to provide a second propagation path in this way.