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ESCUTCHEON PLATE [9 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A plate, either plain or ornamental, having one or more keyholes (but no knob socket) and adapted for attachment to the surface of a door.

OBS

The terms "escutcheon, ""scutcheon" and "escutcheon plate" may also be used but they have a larger sense that covers different fields such as carpentry, plumbing accessories, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Plaque fixée sur la porte à l'opposé ou de part et d'autre de la serrure et comportant un ou deux orifices, l'un pour le passage de la clef, l'autre pour le tourillonnement de la béquille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cerrajería
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Pieza de forma de chapa que se aplica a algún sitio como refuerzo; por ejemplo, la que se pone rodeando el agujero por donde se mete la llave en una cerradura.

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Record 2 2014-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
DEF

An ornamental shield, flange, or border used around a dial, window, control knob, or other panel-mounted part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Les rosaces [...] sont des disques ou des soucoupes, concaves (pour les têtes [d'extincteurs] encastrées) ou convexes, qui permettent de camoufler les trous dans les plafonds. Une perforation au centre permet d'y passer les têtes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A protective metal plate applied to the surface of the lock stile, with or without [a] cylinder hole or [a] keyhole but with [a] knob socket.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Plaquette de métal percée, fixée en applique sur un montant de porte ou au dos d'une serrure; son orifice sert de guide et de passage à la tige carrée d'une béquille ou d'un bouton de poignée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cerrajería
DEF

Chapita de metal que rodea el ojo de la cerradura, protege la puerta y a veces sirve de guía a la llave.

OBS

Puede estar ubicado también detrás del picaporte o pomo de la puerta.

PHR

Escudo de pomo.

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Record 4 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Citadel-combination shower and overrim bath supply fitting with Crane-Rada thermostatic mixing valve-concealed screwdriver stops-large stainless steel cover plate-diverter spout-brass nipples connecting ejector elbow to spout-bent shower arm and escutcheon(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Citadel - Robinetterie d'alimentation combinée de douche et de baignoire avec robinet mélangeur thermostatique Crane-Rada - robinets d'arrêt dissimulés fonctionnant par tournevis - grande plaque-couvercle en acier inoxydable - bec inverseur - mamelons en laiton réunissant le coude éjecteur au bec - crosse de douche avec rosace (...)

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Citadel-combination shower and overrim bath supply fitting with Crane-Rada thermostatic mixing valve-concealed screwdriver stops-large stainless steel cover plate-diverter spout-brass nipples connecting ejector elbow to spout-bent shower arm and escutcheon(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Citadel - Robinetterie d'alimentation combinée de douche et de baignoire avec robinet mélangeur thermostatique Crane-Rada - robinets d'arrêt dissimulés fonctionnant par tournevis - grande plaque-couvercle en acier inoxydable - bec inverseur - mamelons en laiton réunissant le coude éjecteur au bec - crosse de douche avec rosace (...)

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

The socket or bearing attached to an escutcheon plate in which the end of the knob shank rotates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

Tiré du catalogue 34 des serruriers Vachette de Paris, France.

Spanish

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Record 7 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the Family Trigoniidae have shells that are] highly variable in shape and ornament; [the] umbones [are] most commonly opisthogyrous, but orthogyrous or prosogyrous in a few groups; [an] escutcheon [is] usually present; [the] area and flank [are] differentiated and differently ornamented in most genera; [the] flank ornament [is] generally concentric or oblique, but radial in some forms; [the] median tooth of [the] left valve [is] broad, grooved, strongly concave to deeply emarginate below; [the] posterior left [is] weak or obscure, marginal; [the] anterior left [is] of moderate strength; [the] right valve(...) [has] two subequal and more or less symmetrically divergent teeth not borne on [a] hinge plate, and(...) [a] very obscure anterior marginal tooth in some species; [the] two main teeth of [the] right valve and [the] sides of [the] left valve teeth against which they fit bear strong transverse ridges(...) ;[the] anterior myophorous buttresses [are] well developed; [the] pallial line [is] entire; Recent forms [are] filibranchiate; mantle lobes [are] free; [the bivalves are] nonbyssiferous. "M. Trias.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Trigoniidae (...) [ont une] coquille nacrée, inéquilatérale, [le] bord antérieur [est] généralement arrondi, beaucoup moins développé que le postérieur qui est plus ou moins tronqué et anguleux. [La] charnière [est] faite généralement de deux dents cardinales divergentes sur la valve droite et de une, deux ou trois dents cardinales divergentes sur la valve gauche; [le] ligament est externe; [ils ont] deux impressions musculaires; [et une] empreinte palléale entière.

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Anthracosiidae(...) [have shells that are] equivalve or subequivalve, highly variable, but commonly ovate, elliptical, subtriangular or suborbicular in outline; [the] hinge line [is] gently arcuate. [A] circular anterior adductor scar [is] deeply impressed, slightly smaller in area than [the] shallow oval posterior scar and situated near [the] margin with [the] angle of [the] usually well-defined, subtriangular frontal lobe; [the] anterior retractor muscle [is] situated above and close to [the] anterior adductor, its impression visible on [the] internal molds as [a] small single or double scar on [the] crest of [the] umbonal ridge. Dentition [is] variable, usually consisting of one subumbonal tooth(in both valves or in only one), which may not reach [the] edge of [the] hinge plate, but two teeth may occur in each valve, or in one valve only(single tooth, which may be in either valve, fitting between) ;[there are] rarely more than two teeth(maximum four, of low relief) present in each valve, and [the] hinge plate may be edentulous. [The] lunule and escutcheon [are] variable, but usually feebly defined. "Carb., ? Perm. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Anthracosiidae (...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale, ovale, subtrapéziforme ou triangulaire, lisse ou finement striée concentriquement, [le] ligament [est] externe. [Ils ont une] Charnière présentant de très grandes variations et ne constituant pas, de ce fait, un bon caractère générique; il y a tantôt une dent sous le crochet et une dent postérieure, tantôt de nombreuses dents, tantôt pas de dents. (...) Dévonien au Trias. (...)

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie

Spanish

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