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PUSH PLATE [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A plate (typically metal or ceramic) fixed to a door adjacent to the handle or doorknob, or at the point where the door is pushed to open it, to protect the surface from becoming worn or dirty where it is most frequently touched.

Key term(s)
  • pushplate
  • handplate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Pièce de métal, de plastique, etc., fixée autour de la poignée d'une porte pour protéger celle-ci du frottement de la main.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

A pusher block is merely a short, sometimes pivoted load transfer bumper mounted on front of the tractor. It is at the right height to contact the rear of a scraper (...) earthmoving unit. Then the pusher tractor can help give more power for the loading of a scraper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

(...) [Pour la méthode du chargement assisté;] on utilise un tracteur indépendant (le pusher) équipé d'une plaque-tampon à l'avant (...) Il attend les tracteurs-scrapers sur les lieux de l'excavation et les pousse sur tout le parcours de fouille en appuyant sa plaque-tampon contre le bloc arrière du scraper (...)

OBS

Le terme plaque de poussée est privilégié par des traducteurs techniques.

Spanish

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