Hey! I had a very similar idea as a solution to a moving walkway problem. Seattle's airport is finally connected to Seattle via a light rail line. However, the path to the airport goes through a parking structure,with a low ceiling height. Because of the physical shape constraints of a moving walkway (each panel needs vertical room to rotate around a horizontal axis to travel back the other way), they don't fit with such tight headroom. So I was thinking of instead having panels rotate around a vertical axis. Basically it would be a long oval, with both ends of the oval covered. This would also allow for a free-form path (the path to the airport curves), due to the design of each panel. Basically, look at the design in the link but instead of each piece being tall, they're flat.
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ReplyDeleteHey! I had a very similar idea as a solution to a moving walkway problem. Seattle's airport is finally connected to Seattle via a light rail line. However, the path to the airport goes through a parking structure,with a low ceiling height. Because of the physical shape constraints of a moving walkway (each panel needs vertical room to rotate around a horizontal axis to travel back the other way), they don't fit with such tight headroom. So I was thinking of instead having panels rotate around a vertical axis. Basically it would be a long oval, with both ends of the oval covered. This would also allow for a free-form path (the path to the airport curves), due to the design of each panel. Basically, look at the design in the link but instead of each piece being tall, they're flat.
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