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BICOIN CAME [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-09-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mountain Sports
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- spring-loaded camming device
1, record 1, English, spring%2Dloaded%20camming%20device
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- SLCD 2, record 1, English, SLCD
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- active camming chock 2, record 1, English, active%20camming%20chock
correct
- friend 2, record 1, English, friend
see observation
- active anchor 3, record 1, English, active%20anchor
correct
- active camming device 4, record 1, English, active%20camming%20device
correct
- active camming unit 4, record 1, English, active%20camming%20unit
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A complicated camming chock which adjusts automatically to a continuous range of crack sizes and shapes. 5, record 1, English, - spring%2Dloaded%20camming%20device
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The three or four cams in a spring-loaded camming device are connected to a trigger mechanism. Pull the trigger and the cams retract. ... Release the trigger and the cams again rotate outward. ... The three or four cams rotate independently of each other, permitting each other to expand to the maximum, wherever it may sit in a particular crack. 6, record 1, English, - spring%2Dloaded%20camming%20device
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Friends are only one type of SLCDs. Now there are Amigos, Camalots, Micromates, Buddies, etc. Therefore, it is best to avoid using "Friend" when speaking of a spring-loaded camming device. 2, record 1, English, - spring%2Dloaded%20camming%20device
Record 1, Key term(s)
- spring loaded camming device
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sports de montagne
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- coinceur mécanique
1, record 1, French, coinceur%20m%C3%A9canique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- friend 2, record 1, French, friend
correct, masculine noun
- coinceur à cames 3, record 1, French, coinceur%20%C3%A0%20cames
correct, masculine noun
- coinceur à came 1, record 1, French, coinceur%20%C3%A0%20came
correct, masculine noun
- coinceur Friend 4, record 1, French, coinceur%20Friend
masculine noun
- bicoin à came 4, record 1, French, bicoin%20%C3%A0%20came
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] coinceur à dimension variable, si facile et si rapide à placer qu’il s’avère amical dans les situations difficiles. 1, record 1, French, - coinceur%20m%C3%A9canique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le coinceur à cames [...] communément appelé «friend» [...] doit sa tenue à l’écartement des cames lorsque l’on imprime une force sur son axe. Ce système lui confère une bonne tenue dans les fissures à bords parallèles, voir même dans des cas moins favorables : fissures irrégulières ou légèrement évasées, grâce au fonctionnement indépendant de ses cames. 5, record 1, French, - coinceur%20m%C3%A9canique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Un ressort maintient les cames écartées. Une tirette permet de rapprocher les cames et ainsi de glisser le friend dans une fissure; lorsqu’on relâche, les cames se coincent sur les parois de la fissure et plus on tire, plus les cames se coincent. 6, record 1, French, - coinceur%20m%C3%A9canique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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