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Deployable and retrievable section dividers

US11498760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael R. Kane · Hopewell Junction, US
Colin Edward Masterson · Rochester, US
Jacob T. Porter · Highland, US
Marie Cole · Wappingers Falls, US
Suraush Khambati · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE01F13/02
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for deployment and retrieval of section dividers includes a frame, a deployment rail, a first section divider carrier rail, and a second section divider carrier rail. The structure includes a first end of the first section divider carrier rail coupled to a first end of the deployment rail and a first end of the second section divider carrier rail coupled to a second of the deployment rail. A first actuator coupled to the first end of the first section divider carrier rail. A second actuator coupled to the second end of the first section divider carrier rail. The structure further includes a first deployment and retrieval system coupled to the first section divider carrier rail, wherein the first deployment and retrieval system guides a first retrieval body at a first end of a first section divider from the deployment rail to the first section divider carrier rail.

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