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FLOOR JACK [5 records]

Record 1 2017-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
OBS

trolley jack; floor jack : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Si la dépose du relais [doubleur de gamme] s'effectue sur le véhicule, il est nécessaire de placer un support approprié avec un cric rouleur sous le carter [...]

OBS

cric rouleur : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Jib-Type Hoisting Apparatus
CONT

Of a special type is the two-wheeled maneuvering unit or lift jack used in connection with semilive skids. These skids are supported by wheels or casters at one end and metal legs at the other. The lift-jack unit slips under the dead end of the skid and the leverage attained raises the load off the floor when the handle is moved from a vertical to a near-horizontal or pulling position.

OBS

wheeled towing handle: standardized by the British Standards Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage à bras
CONT

Timon à poignées. Support sur essieu forgé, avec boulon à rotule, ressort à pression et pédale. Mécanisme de déclenchement au timon. 2 roues caoutchoutées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

The apparatus consisting of a powerful jack and a steel-toothed circle on which the jack moves. The circle is attached to the drill floor, centered on the borehole collar, and used to tighten or loosen the joints in a string of drill tools.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[Appareillage] pour serrage des joints d'un train de tiges.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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Record 4 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A longwall cutter-loader of the plough type, with two cutting blades, one at each end, operated by a hydraulic cylinder which can give a powerful thrust(about 42 tons) to the blades and cause them to bite into the coal. While this thrust is being exerted, the machine is anchored by means of a vertical jack which engages the roof and floor. The jack is built on sliding bars and the machine is moved by sliding the jack along the bars to the next position for anchoring the machine. It travels alongside the conveyor but is not connected to it. A loading ramp guides the cut coal on to the conveyor. The machine is employed in seams from 4 to 5 ft thick with a strong roof and floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
OBS

La firme Mavor et Coulson construit une machine appelée Samson stripper qui abat le charbon par arrachement d'un copeau épais (environ 60 cm) chargé directement dans le convoyeur de taille. La machine est automotrice. Elle comprend un moteur qui entraîne une pompe à huile agissant sur une unité de propulsion. Celle-ci est formée d'un étançon vertical à double effet qui coince la machine entre mur et toit et d'un cylindre horizontal muni d'un piston également à double effet. Le piston horizontal porte, à chacune de ses extrémités, un coin d'attaque qui peut exercer sur le massif une pression de 42 t. La réaction est supportée par l'étançon vertical. La tête coupante peut ainsi pénétrer de 80 cm dans le massif. On desserre ensuite l'étançon de sorte que le bâti de la machine repose de tout son poids sur le mur et que l'unité de propulsion devient libre de glisser de 80 cm afin de se préparer à effectuer un nouveau cycle d'avancement.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Recoton develops breakthrough technology which transmits stereo sound through walls, ceilings and floor up to 150 feet. In June 1989, the Federal Communications Commission allocated a band of frequencies stretching from 902 to 928 MHz for wireless, in-home product applications. Recoton, a leading wireless speaker manufacturer, took advantage of the FCC ruling by creating a new speaker system that utilizes this frequency band to transmit clearer, stronger stereo signals throughout your home. You will be able to listen to your stereo, TV, VCR or CD player in any room of your home without having to run miles of speaker wire. The powerful transmitter plugs into a headphone, audio-out or tape-out jack on your stereo or TV component transmitting music wirelessly to your speakers or headphones. One transmitter, unlimited viewers.(En Route, Air-Canada in-flight magazine, June 1994, p. 24).

Key term(s)
  • wireless headphones

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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