An apparatus and method for handling portable traffic delineators includes a lifting arm assembly and a gripper assembly arranged to move portable traffic delineators between a cargo platform on a vehicle and a road surface. The gripper assembly has guide rails that define a V-shaped receiving structure with rollers to guide and center the portable traffic delineators within the V-shaped receiving structure. The gripper assembly also has suction cups arranged to pivot into and out of the V-shaped receiving structure for applying a suction force to the outer surface of the portable traffic delineators received in the V-shaped receiving structure. A programmable controller is used to perform a sequence of movements of the lifting arm assembly and the gripper assembly to either retrieve portable traffic delineators from a roadway or place portable traffic delineators on the roadway when the portable traffic delineators are detected within the V-shaped receiving structure.


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    Title :

    Apparatus and method for handling portable traffic delineators


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    Publication date :

    2025-03-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B66C Krane , CRANES / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / E01F ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE , Zusätzliche Baumaßnahmen, wie die Ausstattung von Straßen oder die bauliche Ausbildung von Bahnsteigen, Landeplätzen für Hubschrauber, Wegweisern, Schneezäunen oder dgl.



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