Passages for one-way traversal especially for passenger traffic in stations

Claim 1

In a passage for traversal in one direction, means defining the passage, two successive gates for controlling traversal of said passage, each gate comprising at least one gate leaf, means mounting each gate leaf for rotation in a single direction only such that each gate successively opens and closes said passage during rotation, said rotational movement in a single direction of each gate leaf being such that the portion of the gate leaf in the passage at any time moves arcuately generally in said one direction only, and movement in the opposite is prevented by antireturn means, each gate being mounted such that a traversal path of said passage lies only on one side of the rotational axis of each gate leaf, means conjugating said gates to one another such that initially one is closed and the other open and such that on the opening of either one the other is closed, said successive gates being sufficiently closely spaced to one another as to resist the traversal of said passage by a person in other than said one direction upon opening of the first gate for traversal by a person in said one direction, and hence the simultaneous closing of the other gate, said passage being defined by barrier walls forming sides and entry and exit ends of the passage, and each gate leaf being pivotally mounted along a side of said passage such that during a complete rotation the gate leaf portion on one side of the pivot axis moves successively into said passage and into its side barrier wall, the pivot axes of successive gates being closely spaced such that their rotational trajectories intersect and overlap in said passage.