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2. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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   Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

3. List of Wild Kingdom episodes - Wikipedia

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   Jim Fowler joins in the airlifting of the overly abundant red deer by helicopter out of an area so dense that choppers can't land. A dart-gun is used which tranquilize and at the same time attaches a tiny radio telemetry transmitter to the animal for tracking purposes. The deer is placed in a canvas bag and lifted to a large boat in a fjord ...

4. Deer struggling in cold Alaskan waters saved by wildlife ...

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   Two deer struggling in the waters of southeast Alaska’s famed Inside Passage finally made it to land, thanks to two Alaska Wildlife Troopers who gave the deer a lift in their boat. Sgt. Mark ...

5. Hoist - Wikipedia

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   Hoist (mining), another machine; Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole; Hoist, by Phish; USS Hoist (ARS-40), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II; Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies; Patient lift, for lifting people; Outliner, filter ...

6. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   The mechanical advantage is 2, requiring a force of only 50 N to lift the load. A block and tackle is characterized by the use of a single continuous rope to transmit a tension force around one or more pulleys to lift or move a load. Its mechanical advantage is the number of parts of the rope that act on the load. The mechanical advantage of a ...

7. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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   A team of riggers design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as heavy machinery, structural components, building materials, or large-scale fixtures with a crane, hoist or block and tackle. Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare.