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Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
DEF

A largely obsolete hydrant wrench made of stamped metal with holes sized for the hydrant valve.

CONT

The hux bar is first and foremost a hydrant wrench ... The tool is chromed tubular steel, with a very thin, flat hydrant tool at one end and a curved, tapered prying point with a small fulcrum at the other. The hydrant wrench end has two openings for hydrant operating nuts. One is square; the other is pentagonal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
DEF

Clé à borne d'incendie plate dotée, à une extrémité, d'un pied-de-biche précédé d'une plaque perforée de deux ouvertures, une carrée et l'autre, pentagonale, pour les écrous de commande des bornes d'incendie et, à l'autre extrémité, d'un point d'appui courbé et conique accompagné d'un petit pivot.

Spanish

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