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Record 1 2023-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Police
CONT

What is a spit hood? A spit hood, or spit guard, is a loose, breathable fabric sack that can be placed over a person’s head to prevent them from biting or spitting.

CONT

... a spit mask [is] really restricting airflow, and they can often lead to people asphyxiating and dying.

OBS

There are many designs, but the hoods usually are made of a porous, breathable fabric, often a mesh that allows officers to see the suspect's face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
  • Foundation Waterproofing
CONT

A second application of a geotextile in the structure of the barrier is the gravel bag... The main characteristic of the gravel bag is the sealing obtained by the fabric which must be siltproof and also as porous as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
  • Étanchements (Fondations)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos de construcción modernos
  • Impermeabilización de los cimientos
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Record 3 1984-07-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
CONT

(The) press cake towers(in an olive press) are built by alternating layers of olive paste with fabric absorbent discs. These absorbent discs provide drainage inside the tower so that the oleaginous liquid can escape from the tower by passing through the porous material of these diaphragms.(Absorbent discs) can be made of rushes, esparto grass, coir, manilla...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
DEF

Vannerie ronde et plate, généralement en alfa, dans laquelle est placée la pâte d'olive en vue de la presser.

CONT

L'extraction (de l'huile des olives) par presses ou superpresses verticales. La pâte est placée dans ou sur des disques filtrants, appelés scourtins ou couffins, qui s'empilent sur les plateaux des presses. Les scourtins, en fibres de coco ou d'alfa, ou en nylon, sont des disques plats ou avec un rebord plus ou moins large formant une double enveloppe. Leur diamètre varie avec la dimension des plateaux de presses, il est souvent de 45 à 60 cm.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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