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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

treadle: an item in the "Energy Production Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pédale à double effet : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de production d'énergie» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A lever that is a part of the shedding motion on a loom.

OBS

Situated near the floor, one end is fulcrumed while the other is fastened by straps to the bottom of the harness frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Mécanisme servant à lever ou à baisser les cadres.

CONT

Les lames sont commandées par des marches sur lesquelles agissent des excentriques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Pieza del telar manual que el tejedor acciona con el pie para hacer subir y bajar la viadera.

CONT

[...] se emplean telares de bajo lizo, de urdimbre horizontal, equipados de dos bastidores de lizos o viaderas cuya posición (superior en uno e inferior en el otro) puede invertirse accionando pedales o cárcolas.

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Record 3 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

In railway signalling, a treadle is a mechanical or electrical device that detects that a train axle has passed a particular location. They are used where a track circuit requires reinforcing with additional information about a train's location, such as around an automatic level crossing, or in an annunciator circuit ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Voies ferrées
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
CONT

Un système d'annonce automatique de train ou autre véhicule ferroviaire destiné notamment à avertir des personnes travaillant le long d'une voie ferrée comprend au moins un détecteur de passage pour émettre une information de détection d'un véhicule ferroviaire lors du passage d'un véhicule ferroviaire à un point donné d'une voie ferrée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
OBS

Control device foot operated in two directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
OBS

Actionnée au pied dans les deux sens.

Spanish

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