US Patent Issued to ELKA TORANTRIEBE GMBH U. Co. BETRIEBS on Oct. 14 for "Device for separating persons in a separating region, and person separating device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,247, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ELKA TORANTRIEBE GMBH U. Co. BETRIEBS KG (Toenning, Germany).

"Device for separating persons in a separating region, and person separating device" was invented by Torben Nehls-Eller (Mildstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for separating persons in a separating region includes a stationary holding apparatus, blocking beams, and a rotational receiving portion. The rotational receiving portion has blocking beam receiving portions to moveably receive a blocking beam. When the rotational receiving portion rotates, one blocking beam pivots out of the separating region while anothe...