Patent ID: 8562244
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A device embedded in the pavement of a road for halting and/or preventing the traffic of motor vehicles in an opposite direction to an allowed traveling direction, comprising: a drained box embedded in a roadway, at least one bank of mechanisms mounted inside the drained box the at least one bank of mechanisms having a first end wall and a second end wall; a plurality of vertical walls between the first end wall and the second end wall, wherein the plurality of vertical walls, the first end wall and the second end, each have a top portion for supporting at least one vehicle tire, and are arranged parallel to each other in a same direction as an axis of the roadway; a plurality of screwed rods extending from the first end wall and the second end wall and joining the plurality of vertical walls; a plurality of cells defined by the plurality of vertical walls, and first and second end walls; a plurality of common horizontal shafts supported by the first end wall and the second end wall and crossing the plurality of vertical walls; and a plurality of driving mechanisms, wherein each driving mechanism further comprises: wherein each of the plurality of driving mechanisms is housed in one of the plurality of cells and is activated from a first position to a second position by at least one vehicle tire transposing or attempting to transpose said driving mechanism.