Patent · US Expired

Audio-visual tunnel with endless conveyor

US4630908A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 1985
Grant dateDec 23, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 20, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F19/18
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to a large tunnel enclosure including a main cylindrical corridor and a conveyor-belt-driven bottom floor. The main corridor comprises an inner wall being almost totally constituted by a plurality of adjacent image-producing screens, of translucent nature. The main corridor may be closed at each end thereof by extendable doors. The doors and the walls of the corridor comprise therewithin cameras which project images onto the inner side of the screens. The corridor is of modular construction, such that it may be dismantled in sub-units for facilitating transportation thereof.

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