Baggage conveyor and storage system

1. An automated baggage conveyor and storage system adapted for use next to or near an entrance of an aircraft, train, bus, or boat for receiving a piece of baggage from a passenger, the system adapted for moving baggage along a length of an overhead storage compartment where the baggage remains stored during transit, the system comprising:

a vertical conveyor with a drive motor and a vertical conveyor belt;

a plurality of foldable baggage trays, each of the trays attached to a tray slide mounted on the vertical conveyor belt, the vertical conveyor and the foldable baggage trays adapted to raise the piece of baggage vertically;

an electronic sensor for starting and stopping the motor driving the vertical conveyor belt;

a horizontal conveyor with a drive motor and a horizontal conveyor belt, one end of the horizontal conveyor belt disposed next to an upper end of the vertical conveyor belt, the horizontal conveyor adapted for receipt in the overhead storage compartment, the horizontal conveyor adapted to transport the piece of baggage horizontally;

a support arm pivotally attached on the horizontal conveyor belt, the support arm extending from one end of the horizontal conveyer to the top of the vertical conveyor belt, the support arm used for receiving and supporting one of the foldable baggage trays and holding the piece of baggage in position to be transferred from the vertical conveyor to the horizontal conveyor: and

a periscope with a telescoping pusher mounted next to the top of the vertical conveyor belt and adapted for pushing the piece of baggage off one of the foldable baggage trays being supported by the support arm onto the horizontal conveyor belt thereby transferring the piece of baggage from the vertical conveyor onto the horizontal conveyor.

2. The system as described in claim 1 wherein an overhead electronic sensor is used to activate the operation of the periscope and the telescoping pusher.

3. The system as described in claim 1 wherein the horizontal conveyor is broken into individual conveyor segments making up the length of the horizontal conveyor.

4. The system as described in claim 3 wherein the conveyor segments have a length of individual compartments in the overhead storage compartment.

5. The system as described in claim 1 wherein the vertical conveyor belt is perpendicular to a vertical plane next to a side wall of the aircraft, train, bus, or boat and the foldable trays on the vertical conveyor belt are perpendicular to the vertical plane.

6. The system as described in claim 1 wherein an overhead electronic sensor is used to activate and raise and lower the support arm on the horizontal conveyor belt.

7. The system as described in claim 1 further including a plurality of baggage stabilizers adapted for pivotal attachment to the storage compartment, the baggage stabilizers disposed next to the horizontal conveyor belt, each baggage stabilizer adapted for placement between two pieces of baggage and securing the baggage on the horizontal conveyor and preventing weight shift when the aircraft, train, bus, or boat is moving.

8. An automated baggage conveyor and storage system adapted for use next to or near an entrance of an aircraft, train, bus, or boat for receiving a piece of baggage from a passenger, the system adapted for moving baggage along a length of an overhead storage compartment, where the baggage remains stored during transit, the system comprising:

a vertical conveyor with a drive motor and a vertical conveyor belt;

a plurality of foldable baggage trays, each of the trays attached to a slide mounted on the vertical conveyor belt, the vertical conveyor and the baggage trays adapted to raise the piece of baggage vertically;

an electronic sensor for starting and stopping the motor driving the vertical conveyor belt;

a horizontal conveyor with a drive motor and a horizontal conveyor belt, one end of the horizontal conveyor belt disposed next to an upper end of the vertical conveyor belt, the horizontal conveyor adapted for receipt in the overhead storage compartment, the horizontal conveyor adapted to transport the piece of baggage horizontally;

a support arm pivotally attached on the horizontal conveyor belt, the support arm extending from one end of the horizontal conveyer to the top of the vertical conveyor belt, the support arm used for receiving and supporting one of the foldable baggage trays and holding the piece of baggage in position to be transferred from the vertical conveyor to the horizontal conveyor;

a periscope with a horizontal, telescoping pusher, the periscope and pusher are mounted next to the top of the vertical conveyor belt, the pusher adapted for pushing the piece of baggage off one of the foldable baggage trays being supported by the support arm onto the horizontal conveyor belt thereby transferring the piece of baggage from the vertical conveyor onto the horizontal conveyor; and

a baggage stabilizer for placement between two pieces of baggage on the horizontal conveyor, the baggage stabilizer disposed next to the horizontal conveyor.

9. The system as described in claim 8 wherein an overhead electronic sensor is used to activate the operation of the periscope and the telescoping pusher.

10. The system as described in claim 8 wherein the horizontal conveyor is broken into individual conveyor segments making up the length of the horizontal conveyor.

11. The system as described in claim 10 wherein the conveyor segments have a length of individual compartments in the overhead storage compartment.

12. The system as described in claim 8 wherein the vertical conveyor belt is perpendicular to a vertical plane next to a side wall of the aircraft, train, bus, or boat and the foldable trays on the vertical conveyor belt are perpendicular to the vertical plane.

13. The system as described in claim 8 wherein an overhead electronic sensor is used to activate and raise and lower the support arm on the horizontal conveyor belt.

14. The system as described in claim 8 further including more than one of the baggage stabilizers adapted for pivotal attachment to the storage compartment, the baggage stabilizers disposed next to the horizontal conveyor belt, each baggage stabilizer adapted for receipt between a pair of baggage and securing the baggage on the horizontal conveyor and preventing weight shift when the aircraft, train, bus, or boat is moving.