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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael Kane, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Colin Edward Masterson, Rochester, MN (US);
Jacob Porter, Highland, NY (US);
Marie Cole, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Suraush Khambati, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.