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Record 1 2025-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Radiotelephony
  • Psychological Warfare
CONT

A radio-in-a-box(RIAB) is a portable, economical broadcasting system containing a laptop, mixer, CD/cassette player, digital audio recorder, microphones and equipment needed to establish a radio station in remote or disaster locations.

PHR

radio-in-a-box system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Guerre psychologique

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
  • Telecommunications
CONT

The [geodetic survey] system consisted of a satellite and four ground stations... Each ground station was entirely portable and contained three units : a radio frequency shelter, a data handling shelter and a storage shelter.

Key term(s)
  • radio-frequency shelter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
  • Télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • abri contre les radio-fréquences

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Power Stations
CONT

A portable source of power is incredibly handy when [working] at a remote site, especially if it can recharge itself without... batteries or fuel. The ideal portable power station features a charging source(usually a solar panel), storage(usually for batteries), and an inverter [to] run AC [alternating current] equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales électriques

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
OBS

The Dextre-Operated Camera(DOC) is an upcoming portable enhanced-vision tool that can be attached to Dextre, the International Space Station's handyman. DOC is designed to inspect the Space Station for signs of damage and monitor the approach and departure of vehicles that visit the orbiting laboratory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
OBS

La caméra d'appoint de Dextre, connue sous le nom de DOC, est un nouveau système de vision perfectionné portable qui pourra être fixé à Dextre, le robot à tout faire de la Station spatiale internationale (SSI). DOC servira à inspecter la Station spatiale afin de détecter les signes de dommages et à surveiller l'approche et le départ des véhicules spatiaux envoyés au laboratoire orbital.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

One of the intended missions of the DRAC system is to immediately detect all presence or advancing infantry units or vehicles at a particular location or within a specific corridor in the command zone of the reconnaissance units, without having to deploy any ground sensors. Each system consists of two fixed-wing aerial vehicles from the Tracker series, interchangeable gyro-stabilised visible-spectrum and infrared payloads, a data link and a portable, multifunction, ruggedised ground station. The latter in turn comprises two sets of functions : for mission preparation and control and for payload operation respectively. The complete equipment is packed in a rucksack that can be easily transported and deployed by two men. This feature makes DRAC particularly suitable for use by paratroopers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
CONT

Un système DRAC se compose de deux vecteurs aériens, de deux consoles de suivi et d'exploitation de mission, de deux capteurs jour et un de nuit. Il est mis en œuvre par une équipe de deux hommes. Le vol et l'atterrissage se font en mode autonome (aucune expérience d'aéromodélisme requise). Faciles d'emploi et de mise en œuvre, de masse et d'encombrement réduits, ils permettent d'envisager la réalisation de missions avec une grande souplesse et des cycles de coordination et de décision courts.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
  • Metal Construction
CONT

If you want an aesthetically attractive cashier booth, security guard booth or park entrance fee collection station... then a portable steel building might be your answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
  • Construction métallique

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Radio Broadcasting
CONT

What has made the new global radio stations possible is that, unlike old-fashioned wireless radio, the new radio stations broadcast their signals not over the airways but down the telephone lines. No costly radio transmitters and relay stations are needed; no licence is required for using the world’s precious frequency spectrum. All it demands is a personal computer and a modem at the broadcasting station and, at the listening end, the same plus a pair of loud-speakers.

OBS

Global radio is the latest manifestation of the www. The key has been the development of a certain piece of software that allows a digital recording stored on a computer to be transmitted over the Internet and played instantly and continuously as it is received by the listener’s computer in real-time.

OBS

If you take a local FM station as the standard you will be disappointed with the broadcast quality of streaming audio received via the Web. But you will be favorable impressed if you compare it with a portable shortwave receiver.

OBS

web radio: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Radiodiffusion
OBS

radio Web : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé après un nom qu’il qualifie. Il est toujours invariable.

OBS

webradio : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la minuscule initiale lorsque «web» est utilisé comme préfixe pour former des termes dérivés.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
CONT

Portable emergency eye wash station. The Porta-Stream eye wash station releases criss-cross streams of water at a touch, for a quick, complete flooding of eyes to decontaminate faster, when seconds count. Made of high-impact polyethylene, it holds six gallons of water. Complete with hanging bracket. No plumbing, pipes or tanks needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
CONT

Poste d'urgence portatif pour le lavage des yeux. Le poste de lavage des yeux. Porta-Stream répand des jets d'eau qui se croisent dès qu'on le touche, pour noyer complètement les yeux et les nettoyer plus rapidement lorsque les secondes comptent. En polyéthylène à haute résistance aux chocs, il peut contenir six gallons d'eau. Au complet avec support de suspension. Pas besoin de plomberie, de tuyaux ni de réservoirs.

OBS

lave-yeux d'urgence : D'après «lave-yeux», source AFNOR-28, 1983, page 610.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé
OBS

le 13 juin 1967

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

Serving as a means of aerial reconnaissance and surveillance rather like "an extended pair of binoculars", DRAC enables an operator to gather, display and process real-time images at a distance of up to 10 kilometres, by day or by night. One of the intended missions of the DRAC system is to immediately detect all presence or advancing infantry units or vehicles at a particular location or within a specific corridor in the command zone of the reconnaissance units, without having to deploy any ground sensors. Each system consists of two fixed-wing aerial vehicles from the Tracker series, interchangeable gyro-stabilised visible-spectrum and infrared payloads, a data link and a portable, multifunction, ruggedised ground station. The latter in turn comprises two sets of functions : for mission preparation and control and for payload operation respectively. The complete equipment is packed in a rucksack that can be easily transported and deployed by two men. This feature makes DRAC particularly suitable for use by paratroopers. The responsibility for developing and manufacturing the DRAC systems has been conferred on EADS, as overall prime contractor, working in partnership with SurveyCopter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

[...] EADS a commencé, début juin, la livraison à la DGA des 25 systèmes Drac (Drones de renseignements au contact), de petits drones portables par le fantassin et destinés à voir «au-delà de la colline» avec une portée de 10 km. [...] Le Drac fonctionne sous protocole IP (Internet Protocol), ce qui permettra de mettre en réseau avec d'autres systèmes présents en unité et de l'intégrer sur SIC (Système d'information et de commandement). Et, outre une antenne omnidirectionnelle pour le décollage, il dispose [...] d'une antenne monodirectionnelle, pour plus de discrétion en vol.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
OBS

IVA: Intra Vehicular Activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

IVA : activité intravéhiculaire.

OBS

poste de commande portable IVA : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
CONT

In satellite telecommunication, a downlink is the link from a satellite down to one or more ground stations or receivers ...

CONT

The higher power of the RADARSAT-2 downlink will permit the size of the ground station antenna to be substantially smaller and subsequently more affordable. The standard RADARSAT-1 antenna is approximately 10 metres in diameter; this can be reduced down to 3 metres for RADARSAT-2. This will allow the use of portable ground stations.

OBS

downlink: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

PHR

High-power downlink transmitter.

Key term(s)
  • down link
  • down-link

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
DEF

Trajet parcouru par le signal entre un satellite et la station terrestre réceptrice.

CONT

Une densité de puissance plus élevée en liaison descendante permettra l'utilisation d'antennes réceptrices beaucoup plus petites, et par conséquent moins coûteuses. Une antenne réceptrice utilisée pour RADARSAT-1 a un diamètre d'environ 10 mètres; le diamètre de l'antenne peut être réduit à 3 mètres avec RADARSAT-2. Ceci permettra aussi l'utilisation d'antennes réceptrices mobiles.

OBS

liaison descendante : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Émetteur haute puissance en liaison descendante.

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Pre-Fire Planning
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

A type of portable fire weather Station [that] includes a sling psychrometer, water bottle(for saturating the wick of the wet-bulb thermometer), psychrometric slide rule or tables, hand-held windmeter, compass, pencil(s), and a booklet of weather report forms, carried in a canvas case with fitted pockets which can be attached to a person's belt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Prévision des incendies
  • Incendies de végétation

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
DEF

[A platform which serves as] an astronaut toolholder and positioning aid.

CONT

The Portable Work Platform(PWP)... is a mobile base of operations that will enable EVA [Extravehicular Activity] crew members to reach various parts of the station. It is designed to attach to the end of the space station's mechanical arm... The PWP offers greater movement with a swiveling foot restraint, a storage location for tools, and temporary storage for large space station ORUs [Orbital Replaceable Units]. The platform comprises several components : an articulating portable foot restraint(APFR), a tool stanchion, and a temporary equipment restraint aid(TERA).

OBS

portable work platform; PWP : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

plateforme de travail mobile; PWP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme de travail mobile

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
OBS

After the Shuttle leaves the Space Station, the crew will continue installing the Human Research Facility connecting umbilicals and other equipment to link it to systems in the Destiny laboratory. This floor-to-ceiling rack is about the size of a large phone booth and supports a variety of experiments dedicated to studying how space flight affects human physiology.... This rack houses a computer workstation and a portable laptop computer for crew members to command and test equipment, collect and store experiment data, and send data to and from scientists on Earth. The crew will use this rack to store and send data from the suite of radiation monitors that will be characterizing the radiation environment onboard the Space Station...

OBS

HRF Rack 1 [parts]: Gas Tank Assembly; Ultrasound Imaging System; Contrifuge; Power Vacuum; Mass Spectrometer (GASMAP); Body Mass (Measurement Device (SLAMMD); Computer Workstation; Stowage.

OBS

human research facility rack: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

HFR Rack 2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

bâti de l'appareillage de recherche sur l'humain : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • bâti de l'appareillage de recherche sur l'Homme

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

A Manipulator Foot Restraint ... placed on the shuttle’s robot arm ... provides an astronaut a secure and safe place to work from.

OBS

portable foot restraint; PFR : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
OBS

cale-pied portable; PFR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The TERA [Temporary Equipment Restraint Aid] is equipped with a grapple fixture which allows for interfacing with the station(and shuttle) RMS [Remote Manipulator System] and which provides a restraint for a single ORU [Orbital Replaceable Unit] and its supporting cargo subcarrier. The TERA serves as well as a mounting location for the APRF [Articulating Portable Foot Restraint]. A second ORU can be stored temporarily on the TERA by using a ball stack or an ORU tether installed on the side-mounted EVA [Extra-Vehicular Activity] changeout mechanism socket. The TERA also includes an equipment tether reel with 12-foot retractable tether, a stowage bracket for a safety tether, and a load-alleviating assembly.

CONT

The [Workable Work Platform] includes components such as an articulating portable foot restraint (APFR), a tool stanchion, and a temporary equipment restraint aid (TERA).

OBS

temporary equipment restraint aid; TERA: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

dispositif de fixation d'équipement de rechange; TERA : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The APFR [Articulating Portable Foot Restraint] secures a crew member's feet and allows the astronaut to adjust his body position at a work site. The APFR has three independent joints that are activated by EVA astronauts. Yaw and roll are controlled by foot pedals. The APFR can yaw 360 degrees and can roll 180 degrees. Pitch is controlled by a know at the base of the APFR. The APFR and pitch 180 degrees. The APFR may be used either as the core unit of the PWP(in conjunction with the TERA and tool stanchion) or as a stand-alone unit. Eight APFRs are baselined for the space station.

CONT

The [Workable Work Platform] comprises several components: an articulating portable foot restraint (APFR), a tool stanchion, and a temporary equipment restraint aid (TERA).

OBS

articulating portable foot restraint; APFR : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

cale-pied portable articulé; APFR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 19 2002-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Starboard 0(S0) truss segment is the first major element of the International Space Station's enormous exterior framework. The S0 Truss is 13. 4 meters(44 feet) long and 4. 6 meters(15 feet) wide and weighs 12, 247 kilograms(27, 000 pounds). It is the center segment of 11 integrated trusses that will provide the foundation for station subsystem hardware installation, utility distribution, power generation, heat rejection and external payload accommodations. The S0 truss acts as the junction from which external utilities are routed to the pressurized modules by means of EVA-deployed umbilicals. The S0 truss is going to the space station with a complement of pre-integrated hardware to increase ISS functionality, including the Mobile Transporter, the Trailing Umbilical System, the Portable Work Platform, four Global Positioning System antennas, two rate gyros, an Extravehicular Charged Particle Detection System and umbilicals for U. S. on-orbit elements.

OBS

S0 truss; integrated truss structure S0; S0; ITS-S0: terms and abbreviations officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Atlantis (STS-110, mission 8A) rejoignait l'ISS [International Space Station] pour doter la Station d'une nouvelle structure : l'Integrated Truss Structure SO (le segment central de la poutre de 91 m à terme). Cette poutre de 13 m et lourde de 12 tonnes a été fixée au-dessus du laboratoire américain Destiny. Elle servira de base à des dizaines de tonnes d'équipements qui seront installés ces prochaines années : panneaux solaires, appareils de refroidissement et autres systèmes nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'ISS. Enfin, les astronautes d'Atlantis ont installé le transporteur mobile, un petit wagonnet qui doit servir de base mobile pour le bras robotique Canadarm2. Une fois opérationnel, le transporteur mobile circulera le long d'un rail installé le long de la poutre S0.

OBS

poutre S0; segment de poutre intégrée S0; S0; ITS-S0 : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 20 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The crewmembers were favorably impressed with the new EMU lights and the body restraint tether. Other tasks included evaluating the portable workstation platform, the articulating portable foot restraint, a utility box, and a label.

Key term(s)
  • portable work-station
  • portable work station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Station spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 21 2000-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Ministère de l'Énergie, des Mines et des Ressources.

Spanish

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Record 22 2000-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telephones
OBS

This specification is to be used for the interworking between fixed and portable radio units operating in the frequency band allocated for digital-cordless telephone service. The equipment is intended to convey digitally-encoded speech with associated digital signalling, via a radio channel, to and from a nearby fixed station, or network of fixed stations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Téléphones
OBS

[Cette] norme s'applique à l'interfonctionnement des dispositifs radioélectriques fixes et portatifs, exploités dans la bande de fréquences attribuées aux services de téléphonie sans cordon numérique. Le matériel est conçu pour assurer la transmission numérique de la voix et des données de signalisation associées, par canal hertzien, en provenance et en direction d'une station fixe proche, ou d'un réseau de stations fixes.

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
DEF

Link re-establishment of a call between a CPP [cordless portable part] and a CFP [cordless fixed parts] on a new channel(or possibly the same channel) without a change in base station. Distinct from mobility hand-off.

OBS

interference hand-off: CT2Plus standard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
DEF

Dans un système de radiocommunication avec les mobiles, transfert par commutation, à l'intérieur d'une même cellule, d'un canal radioélectrique à un autre ou d'un créneau temporel à un autre ou encore d'une station de base à une autre.

OBS

Passage sur une autre liaison dû à un signal brouilleur : norme CT2Plus

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes

Spanish

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Record 25 1990-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne

Spanish

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Record 26 1988-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
OBS

OMU

Spanish

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Record 27 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

... a portable oxygen cylinder is located in the flight compartment to assure an emergency supply of oxygen for the flight crew. The portable cylinder is mounted on a bracket and secured by a quick-disconnect clamp. A portable oxygen cylinder is also installed at each cabin attendant's station to enable the attendant to be mobile in the event of cabin decompression. The cylinder with a mask attached is mounted on a bracket and secured by quick-disconnect clamps.

OBS

portable 02 bottle.

Key term(s)
  • walkaround bottle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

bouteille d'oxygène portative : terme uniformisé par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

OBS

bouteille d'oxygène portative : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 28 1986-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
CONT

Portable emergency eye wash station. The Porta-Stream eye wash station releases criss-cross streams of water at a touch, for a quick, complete flooding of eyes to decontaminate faster, when seconds count. Made of high-impact polyethylene, it holds six gallons of water. Complete with hanging bracket. No plumbing, pipes or tanks needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
CONT

Poste d'urgence portatif pour le lavage des yeux. Le poste de lavage des yeux Porta-Stream répand des jets d'eau qui se croisent dès qu'on le touche, pour noyer complètement les yeux et les nettoyer plus rapidement lorsque les secondes comptent. En polyéthylène à haute résistance aux chocs, il peut contenir six gallons d'eau. Au complet avec support de suspension. Pas besoin de plomberie, de tuyau ni de réservoirs.

Spanish

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Record 29 1985-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

Gisèle Rainville, Services juridiques

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
CONT

(...) l'utilisation de la station portative pour deux expéditions au Mont-Everest et, enfin, son installation à la First Canadian Place à Toronto en vue [de] démontrer et [de] mettre en valeur le service de vidéo-conférences internationales.

Spanish

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Record 30 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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Record 31 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
OBS

(radio)

Spanish

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