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VENTOUSE [13 records]

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Record 1 2015-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A valve that releases air trapped at a high point in a pressurized pipeline filled with liquid.

CONT

An air release valve can open against internal pressure because the internal lever mechanism multiplies the float force to be greater than the internal pressure. This greater force opens the orifice whenever air pockets collect in the valve. Air release valves are essential for pipeline efficiency and water hammer protection.

OBS

There are three basic types of air valves which are standardized in American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard C512: Air Valves for Waterworks Service. They are air release valves, air/vacuum valves and combination air valves.

OBS

Air valve: the term "air valve" is a general term and should be avoided in favour of a more specific term.

OBS

automatic air vent: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Appareil de robinetterie qui évacue automatiquement l'air qui se trouve aux points hauts d'une canalisation [...]

CONT

La ventouse est actionnée par la simple présence d’air. Elle fonctionne un peu comme un tuba d’enfant. Une bille placée en dessous de la purge vient boucher l’orifice quand elle est poussée par l’eau (poussée d’Archimède). Si de l’air s’accumule à cet endroit, le niveau d’eau descend et la bille également : l’orifice est alors libre d’évacuer les gaz prisonniers.

OBS

purgeur d'air automatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grifos y accesorios de fontanería
  • Obturadores y boquillas (Componentes mecánicos)
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Record 2 2011-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
DEF

A rubber suction cup attached to a wooden handle and used to free plumbing traps and waste outlets of minor obstructions.

OBS

plunger; force cup: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
CONT

Débouchoir : Instrument qui sert à déboucher. Débouchoir à ventouse.

OBS

débouchoir à ventouse; ventouse : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A cup, often of flexible material such as rubber, in which a partial vacuum is created when it is inverted on a surface; the vacuum tends to hold the cup in place.

CONT

The suction cup is a simple tool which makes short work of shallow dents if they are not locked in by a crease in the metal. Simply attach the suction cup to the center of the dent and pull.

OBS

suction cup: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Calotte de caoutchouc qui peut être maintenue par la pression d'air sur une surface plane et utilisée à divers usages.

OBS

ventouse : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

On the last tarsal joint are two claws, between which is the adhesive organ that enables the bee to cling to smooth surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Les extrémités des six pattes en crochets se terminent par des ventouses qui permettent aux abeilles de s'attacher les unes aux autres pour former un essaim ou pour sécréter de la cire, et de marcher dans tous les sens sur des surfaces polies comme le verre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
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Record 5 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Ampoule de verre qu'on applique sur la peau après y avoir raréfié l'air afin de déterminer une révulsion locale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 6 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Sites
  • Hoisting and Lifting
OBS

Vacuum lifting devices may affect various forms and may be used as a single element or in combination in a series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers de construction
  • Levage
CONT

En manutention, les ventouses de levage sont des «accessoires de levage», au même titre que les élingues, chaînes, sangles, pinces, etc... et non des appareils de levage [...] La ventouse proprement dite est habituellement constituée d'un crops creux qui lui donne sa forme, et d'un joint d'étanchéité [...] Il existe deux grandes catégories de ventouses : Les ventouses autonomes [...] Les ventouses à vide entretenu [...]

OBS

Les ventouses peuvent prendre diverses formes et peuvent s'utiliser isolément ou en batterie.

Key term(s)
  • ventouse

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
CONT

This heavy duty vacuum lifting beam was designed for handling a stainless steel plate having a size of over 16m x 4.5m x 15,000kgs in weight. The vacuum beam can also handle 20m x 2.5m plates x 12,000kgs maximum weight. The vacuum beam is equipped with high temperature vacuum pad assemblies designed to lift pads having a temperature of 250 degrees C. The vacuum beam was designed for two point suspension and was attached to an overhead crane via a slewing ring, in order that the vacuum beam could be rotated to pass through a small aperture the vacuum beam was made telescopic.

OBS

Vacuum lifting devices may affect various forms and may be used as a single element or in combination in a series.

Key term(s)
  • vacuum lifting unit
  • vacuum lifting device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
CONT

En manutention, les ventouses de levage sont des «accessoires de levage», au même titre que les élingues, chaînes, sangles, pinces, etc... et non des appareils de levage [...] La ventouse proprement dite est habituellement constituée d'un corps creux qui lui donne sa forme, et d'un joint d'étanchéité [...] Il existe deux grandes catégories de ventouses : Les ventouses autonomes [...] Les ventouses à vide entretenu [...]

OBS

Les ventouses peuvent prendre diverses formes et peuvent s'utiliser isolément ou en batterie.

Key term(s)
  • ventouse

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

A second small opening in a drum or barrel to allow the escape or entry of air during the filling or pouring operations.

OBS

See fig. 1 in UNP-1, 1973, p. 29.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'emballage

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

An organ in various animals for adhering or holding ...

CONT

Tapewor ms have neither mouth nor digestive tract and absorb food through the external body surface. ... The scolex, or head, ... attaches by suckers or hooks to the inside of a human intestine ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

Organe servant à la fixation chez certains animaux [...]

CONT

On trouve des ventouses chez les vers parasites trématodes et cestodes [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
CONT

... a mechanical device called a sucker foot telescopes to the separated sheet and forwards it into the registration unit....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

[...] la séparation de la première feuille étant ainsi achevée, un jeu de ventouses la prend [...] et la livre aux organes transporteurs qui l'emmèneront à la position de marge.

OBS

L'Offset page 284.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

A type of pneumatic pickup device which attaches to parts being transferred via a suction or vacuum pressure created by a venturi transducer or a vacuum pump. They are typically used on parts with a smooth surface finish, but can be used on some parts with non-smooth surface finishes by adding a ring of closed-cell foam rubber to the cup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 12 1982-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aluminum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aluminium
OBS

d'un four.

OBS

«trou de regard» : mécanique.

Spanish

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Record 13 1979-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

tree frog: any of various Old World arboreal frogs ... related to those of the family Ranidae but distinguished by adhesive suckers on the toes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

rainette : [...] Petite grenouille arboricole, aux doigts munis de ventouses.

Spanish

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