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METIER MECANIQUE [7 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

powerloom: an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

métier mécanique : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Métier à tisser dont les mouvements sont commandés par des moteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
CONT

[En] un telar mecánico [...] las operaciones se efectúan mecánicamente merced a los siguientes dispositivos: 1ro los pedales son reemplazados por excéntricas que confieren movimiento de vaivén vertical a las viaderas; 2do la lanzadera es proyectada alternativamente de una orilla a otra por percusión de dos vástagos; 3ro el peine tiene también movimiento de vaivén y aprieta automáticamente la trama a cada pasada; etc.

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Record 4 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A loom having a jacquard.

OBS

jacquard: a loom apparatus or head for weaving figured fabrics that has a mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper sequence for producing figure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

Métier à tisser inventé par Joseph-Marie Jacquard au XVIIIe siècle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
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Record 5 1989-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Weaving Arts
DEF

Any loom with shedding motion operated by treadles. This type of loom is, and always has been, the most widely used one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Artisanat)

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)

Spanish

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