MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531021789 A) filed by Arka Jain University, Jharkhand on March 11, 2025, for Automated Expansion Joint Forming Device For Newly Constructed Water Channels.
Inventor includes Astik Kumar Pradhan.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: An automated expansion joint forming device for newly constructed water channels, comprising an inverted U-shaped frame 101 positioned on a ground surface, a pair of caterpillar wheel 102 attached with the frame 101 for providing movement to the frame 101 on the surface, an artificial intelligence based imaging unit 103 installed on the frame 101 to detect exact location of the water channel along with detecting initial point of the channel, a circular joint cutting unit 104 suspended from the frame 101 integrated with a motorized expandable pulley mechanism 105 to adjust diameter of the cutting unit 104 and press the cutting unit 104 against surface of newly casted channel in a manner that edges of the cutting unit 104 gets compressed in material of the casted channel, resulting in formation of expansion joint, on completion of formation of one joint.
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