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Record 1 1984-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Upward-Pushing Apparatus
DEF

a powerful lifting jack operated by a screw in horizontal position that lengthens or shortens the horizontal diagonal of a parallelogram consisting of the linkages of the jack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de levage agissant par poussée
OBS

Pour les véhicules automobiles on emploie des crics à vis. Certains de ces crics sont constitués comme des vérins; (...) D'autres sont constitués par des losanges articulés, la vis horizontale faisant varier la longueur d'une diagonale.

Key term(s)
  • cric à pantographe

Spanish

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