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HAND OPERATED TRUCK [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
  • Automated Materials Handling
DEF

An elevating type truck for insertion under the deck of a stillage, the elevating motion being manually operated by mechanical leverage or hydraulic pump, to enable the stillage to be raised clear of the ground for movement.

CONT

A variation of the pallet truck is the "stillage" or skid truck. Instead of forks, it has a platform that can raise the skid or "stillage" off the ground.

OBS

stillage: A load board comprising a single deck supported on bearers or legs ... Stillages ... are not normally intended for stacking.

OBS

stillage truck : term standardized by the British Standards Institution; hand-operated stillage truck : term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • hand operated stillage truck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
  • Manutention automatique
CONT

Chariots à bras. [...] Chariots élévateurs pour plates-formes; ils sont constitués essentiellement d'un cadre métallique abaissé ou élevé par le conducteur pour prendre et déposer la charge. Variantes constructives : a) Levée et descente entièrement mécaniques [...] b) Levée mécanique et descente amortie hydrauliquement [...]

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

chariot élévateur à bras pour manutention de plates-formes : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
DEF

A small hand-propelled truck or wheelbarrow; especially: one consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge or nose plate to slide under a load (as a trunk or box) and hold it in place.

CONT

Basic types of hand trucks and their distinctive features ... Two-wheel hand trucks are classified broadly as eastern and western. Multiwheel hand trucks are produced in many models, but platform types continue to be the most widely used in industry and distribution. Stakes, end-and-side gates, solid panels, and other superstructures add versatility to the basic machines. Low-lift types of hand truck elevate their loads just sufficiently to clear the running surface.

OBS

hand truck: term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

La désignation «chariots manuels» recouvre trois types de produits assez distincts : Les brouettes qui ont généralement 1 (voire 2) roue(s). Les diables qui ont généralement 2 roues. Les chariots qui ont généralement 3, 4, voire davantage de roues et/ou roulettes.

CONT

Nombreux sont les modèles de chariots à bras. Ceux-ci peuvent être à plateau, à plate-forme, à étagères, porte-bacs, à rehausses pour livraisons [...] Les roll-containers ou chariots-palettes font partie de cette famille des chariots à bras. [...] les chariots à bras connaissent encore une utilisation quasi générale.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

chariot à main : terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carretillas de manutención
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Record 3 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

[An hand] operated or motorized truck used to lift and transport skids, cases or rolls of paper in paper mills and printing plants.

OBS

truck: A variety of wheeled vehicles used in pulp and paper mills to move or carry paper and other leads from one location to another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Pâtes et papier

Spanish

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