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TRIP MECHANISM [7 records]

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Record 1 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
CONT

The governor rope runs over the governor sheave and down to the elevator car and is attached to the safety trip mechanism. The governor rope continues to the pit and runs over a pit mounted sheave and turns back to the governor sheave located in the machine room or overhead. This governor rope arrangement forms a continuous loop while the elevator moves up and down the hoistway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
DEF

Câble métallique dont au moins une extrémité est rattachée au dispositif actionnant le parachute ou au support déclencheur du câble de régulateur.

OBS

Le câble passe sur la poulie du régulateur et entraîne cette dernière. De plus, il informe de façon continue sur la vitesse et le sens du déplacement de la cabine ou du contrepoids.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
CONT

The "corn binder" which cut one row of corn with a reciprocating knife and tied the stalks into sheaves developed in the late 1880’s soon after twine tie knotters for grain binders had been perfected.

OBS

A trip mechanism engages the power to operate the binding attachment and the knotter ties a loop of twine around the bundle before it is ejected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
CONT

[La moissonneuse-lieuse] exécute les différents mouvements suivants :] 1° L'aiguille [...] passe au-dessus, entourant la gerbe avec la ficelle, dont l'extrémité est retenue par la pièce de l'appareil noueur; 2° Le noueur [...] entre en action et confectionne le nœud; 3° La ficelle est coupée en arrière du nœud et la gerbe est éjectée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Before each irrigation the trip mechanism is set so that the drop gate is open and the apron gate is closed, and the timer is set for the length of irrigation desired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Avant chaque irrigation, on règle le mécanisme de déclenchement pour ouvrir la vanne de la chute et fermer celle du tablier, puis la minuterie est réglée pour la durée d'irrigation voulue.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Before each irrigation the trip mechanism is set so that the drop gate is open and the apron gate is closed, and the timer is set for the length of irrigation desired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Avant chaque irrigation, on règle le mécanisme de déclenchement pour ouvrir la vanne de la chute et fermer celle du tablier, puis la minuterie est réglée pour la durée d'irrigation voulue.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A circuit breaker that will trip(open) even if the operating mechanism(ON-OFF switch) is held in the ON position.

OBS

trip free circuit breaker: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Trip-free circuit breakers are used on circuits that cannot tolerate overloads and on nonemergency circuits. Examples of these are precision or current sensitive circuits, nonemergency lighting circuits, and nonessential equipment circuits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

disjoncteur à déclenchement libre : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Before each irrigation the trip mechanism is set so that the drop gate is open and the apron gate is closed, and the timer is set for the length of irrigation desired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

La vanne du tablier (...) est retenue par une charnière au bas et est normalement fermée.

Spanish

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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

eccentric groove : a locked groove... to provide an in-and-out motion of the pickup arm for actuating the trip mechanism of an automatic record changer at the end of the record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
CONT

si l'on examine attentivement la cellule phonolectrice [sur le disque en rotation, on perçoit un très léger mouvement alternatif allant, à chaque tour de plateau, du centre vers la périphérie et vice-versa.]

Spanish

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