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TUBULAIRE VIS [3 records]

Record 1 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The old-fashioned ice-pitons (bladed, tubular or channel) which were driven in with the hammer, have been replaced by ice-pitons which screw in ... They are something like corkscrews and are of two types: (a) slender solid screws ... (b) tubular screws (i.e. hollow, but threaded externally).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Tube cranté à l’une de ses extrémités et garni d’un filetage externe permettant une bonne pénétration dans la glace [...]

OBS

La broche est actuellement le n° 1 de l’assurage sur glace [...] dans les glaces tendres ou bulbeuses on se dirigera vers les broches tubulaires [...] les modèles actuels [...] munis d’un pas de vis à l’extérieur, très large et affûté, sont d’une grande facilité de mise en place, de plus l’extraction est aisée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... hammer-in/screw-out [ice screws] which are driven in by hammer and retrieved by twisting them out of ice ...

OBS

This type [of ice screw] - developed in an attempt to make an easy to place and easy to remove screw - is available in both solid and tubular version.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Les broches à frapper adoptent une forme conique ou tubulaire et sont munies d’un pas de vis extrêmement fin. On les pose en frappant avec le marteau.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Lighting
  • Electrical Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Éclairage
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Lampe à incandescence tubulaire avec culot à vis.

Spanish

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