rotogateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From roto- +‎ gate.

名詞

rotogate (plural rotogates)

1. A turnstile with its height extended to the height of a person, similar to a revolving door.
   • 2005 February, Jing Su, “Reclaiming residual space from elevated transport infrastructure : time, space, and activity under the Chicago Brown Line”, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology‎:

     The entryway of the Armitage station is treated nicely with plants and a path to the exit rotogate.

   • 2009 January 19, Iris Rona, “Celebrate the opening of the rotogate!”, in ITER‎:

     This morning, the "rotogate," the pedestrian access which gives all of us walking access to our colleagues on the other side of the CEA fence, has become operational.

   • 2012 March 20, Fariborz M. Bzorgi, Speed Control System for an Access Gate, US Patent 8,136,297 (PDF version), page 8:

     The stationary planar barrier and the stationary curved barrier limit the passage of a person or object through the roto-gate to only a path controlled by movement of the three rotating wings of the roto-gate.

   • 2018, Graham Garfield, “Streamlined Subway: The Architecture and Design of Chicago's First Subway”, in First & Fastest‎:

     However, when the subway opened in 1943, these facilities were exit-only, equipped with high rotogate exit turnstiles.