Traffic Cone Setter

Wiseman, Tyson; Reed, Nathan; Dursin, Charles

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Traffic Cone Setter

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Currently, traffic cones must be placed by a worker off the side of a moving truck, which is a dangerous task, or by using very expensive equipment. The goal of this project is to create a mechanism capable of placing cones automatically and at a lower cost, allowing for broader implementation, thereby reducing the need for workers to be put in harm's way. This design pulls cones one at a time from the bottom of a stack while keeping the rest of the cones held in place. A slider-crank mechanism is used to actuate the device, and a spring-loaded mechanism is used to hold the cones in place. This device is an improvement over the alternatives because it costs less than other similar cone-placing devices, meaning this safer solution can be implemented very easily.

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