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INDIAN PUMP [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

A small fire extinguisher with a tank of 2.5 to 5 gallons capacity, a built-in hand pump, and a hose and nozzle.

OBS

Two different types of pump tanks are available: one is cylindrical and the other is made to be used as a back pack.

OBS

Sometimes called "Indian pump" which is however a trade name.

OBS

"Pump-tank" is a term which is officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

OBS

The Indian pump is usually a pump tank of the back-pack type.

OBS

pump tank; pump tank extinguisher: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Feux et explosions
DEF

Appareil portatif de première intervention, constitué essentiellement par un réservoir à couvercle sur lequel est fixée une pompe à main à piston, permettant à un unique opérateur de projeter de l'eau à l'aide d'un tuyau flexible et d'un ajutage de forme appropriée.

DEF

Appareil d'extinction constitué d'une pompe à main solidaire d'un seau formant réserve d'eau.

CONT

Le seau-pompe est constitué d'une pompe dont le corps est plongé dans un seau.

OBS

seau-pompe au pluriel s'écrit «seaux-pompes».

OBS

Les termes «seau-pompe» et «extincteur seau-pompe» ont été uniformisés respectivement par Canadien Pacifique Ltée et CP Rail.

OBS

Pour «seau pompe d'incendie», voir la norme AFNOR NF-S61-803, 1954, page 1.

OBS

extincteur seau-pompe; seau-pompe d'incendie; seau-pompe : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
OBS

Trade name for a back-pack fire extinguisher with a capacity of 2.5 to 5 gallons of water and equipped with a hand-operated pump.

OBS

A trademark of D.B. Smith & Company

Key term(s)
  • Indian tank
  • Indian pump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
OBS

Indian pumpMC : Marque de commerce pour un seau-pompe dorsal.

OBS

Marque de commerce de D.B. Smith & Company

Spanish

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