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HORIZONTAL CRAWL [6 records]

Record 1 1991-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

A climbing structure made of an horizontal cylinder through which children crawl, that is move on hands and knees; it could be a play structure by itself or an element in a compound structure.

OBS

So called in the Paris Playground Equipment Inc.’s brochure, Summer 1988.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
DEF

Structure de jeu consistant en un cylindre plus ou moins long, posé à l'horizontale et que les enfants franchissent en s'y glissant par traction des mains et poussée des jambes; ce peut être une structure distincte ou l'un des éléments d'un complexe de jeux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Television Arts
DEF

A display of words in a single line moving horizontally across a screen without interrupting regular programming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Défilement d'un texte sur l'écran dans le sens horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

Furnace in which the circulating air flows horizontally with the air inlet and discharge openings at opposite ends of the casing.

CONT

The horizontal furnace has the blower located beside the heat exchanger with the air entering one end, traveling horizontally through the blower and over the heat exchanger and discharging out the opposite end. Such furnaces are used for locations with limited head room, such as attics or crawl spaces below floors or suspended under the ceiling. These units are often designed so that the components may be rearranged to allow installation with air flow from left to right or from right to left.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
CONT

Les modèles proposés [de générateurs d'air pulsé], pour les plus nombreux, sont verticaux; il existe cependant des appareils horizontaux qui peuvent trouver place dans des locaux bas, par exemple dans des combles; en atelier, ils peuvent aussi être suspendus par des tirants.

OBS

Il existe trois modèles principaux d'appareil de chauffage électrique à air pulsé pour les différents types de construction. Le système à circulation ascendante (...) Le système à circulation horizontale reçoit le retour d'air à une extrémité et évacue la chaleur à l'autre. Ce système convient parfaitement aux vides sanitaires. Le système à circulation descendante (...)

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

The upflow or high-boy furnace has the blower beneath the heat exchanger discharging vertically upward. Air enters through the bottom or the side of the blower compartment and leaves at the top. Such furnaces may be used in closets and utility rooms on the first floor of homes or in basements with the return air ducted down to the blower compartment entrance.

CONT

The three basic types [of forced air furnace] are upflow, counter flow and horizontal, and there are several variations depending on the actual installation.... The highboy(upflow) furnace is used primarily in single-level homes when the ducts are placed in the attic. This may be because of the slab on grade construction or because there is limited crawl space. The furnace may be located in a closet or recessed area in the wall. The air enters the furnace through a low side entry or through the bottom, and it leaves through the top.

OBS

Among the principal types [of forced-air furnaces] used for residences and small buildings the following arrangements are common: ... High-boy arrangement with up-flow of air, in which the blower is located at the bottom of the casing and the heat exchanger is located at the top.... High-boy arrangement with down-flow of air, in which the blower is located at the top of the casing and the heat exchanger is located below the blower.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
  • Building Elements
DEF

... a space such as an attic, duct, ceiling, roof or crawl space oriented essentially in a horizontal plane, concealed and generally inaccessible, through which building service facilities such as pipes, ducts and wiring may pass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Éléments du bâtiment
DEF

comble, vide sous toit, gaine, vide en faux-plafond ou vide sanitaire de configuration essentiellement horizontale, dissimulé et généralement inaccessible, et que traversent des installations techniques de bâtiment telles que des tuyauteries, des conduits ou du câblage électrique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Heating
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

To accommodate different house styles, there are three forced air electric furnace designs. The upflow system... Horizontal flow systems take return air in at one end and discharge warm air through the other. This system is good for crawl space installations. Downflow systems...

Key term(s)
  • horizontal flow electric furnace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage électrique
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)

Spanish

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