Nested Telescopic Jersey Barrier for Rapid Length Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Jersey barriers require cumbersome and time-consuming processes to lengthen or shorten due to the need for adding or removing individual units, which limits their adaptability and efficiency in various traffic management scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A telescopic Jersey barrier design featuring multiple barrier units with varying heights and widths, allowing for easy insertion and extraction, along with an internal extendable element and wheels for facilitated movement, enabling rapid length adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional Jersey barriers use separate modular units that are added or removed to change length, then the barrier can be adjusted in length, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The barrier units are designed with nested telescopic sections that can slide into one another. Each barrier unit contains internal telescopic segments that allow the overall length to be adjusted by extending or retracting these nested sections, eliminating the need to add or remove entire modular units.
Solution Approach 2:
The barrier incorporates movable telescopic sections with locking mechanisms that allow dynamic adjustment of length. The barrier transitions from a static modular structure to a dynamic telescopic structure where sections can be extended or retracted and locked at various positions along the barrier's length.
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate barrier units are positioned adjacent to each other to form a barrier, then the barrier can be configured in different lengths, but the operation becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple barrier units are merged into a single integrated telescopic barrier structure. Instead of handling separate modular units that must be positioned adjacent to each other, the invention combines them into one unified barrier with internal telescopic sections that can be adjusted as a single operable unit.
Solution Approach 2:
While merging the units into one structure, the barrier maintains internal segmentation through telescopic sections that can independently extend or retract. This internal segmentation allows for flexible length adjustment while presenting a unified, easy-to-operate external structure.
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AI summary
The present subject matter provides a telescopic Jersey barrier, configured to easily and rapidly lengthen and shorten. The telescopic Jersey barrier includes multiple barrier units configured to be inserted one into the other. Additional embodiments of the telescopic Jersey barrier are described herein.