Patent ID: 8595975

Claim:
Gateway for providing controlled access from an entrance point to an exit point, comprising two wall elements defining a corridor in between said wall elements, and one or more movable close off elements that have an open position and a closed position, whereby in the open position the corridor between the entrance pint and the exit point provides an unblocked passageway, and whereby in the closed position the corridor is closed off and passage from the entrance point to the exit point is prevented, wherein the one or more movable close off elements are embodied as at least one flexible band, such that the at least one flexible band is movable from within a wall element to at least in part outside the wall element, whereby in the open position the at least one flexible band is substantially rectilinear and positioned inside the wall element, and whereby in the closed position the at least one flexible band is bent to extend at least in part outside the wall element towards the other wall element to close up the passageway, and wherein the band is suspended at its extremities between a first holder and a second holder of the band, whereby at least one of said holders is movable in order to reduce a distance between said holders so as to buckle out the band suspended between said holders from its position within the wall element to a position extending at least in part outside the wall element.