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  2. Curtain rod - Wikipedia

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    A curtain rod, curtain rail, curtain pole, or traverse rod is a device used to suspend curtains, usually above windows or along the edges of showers or bathtubs, though also wherever curtains might be used. When found in bathrooms, curtain rods tend to be telescopic and self-fixing, while curtain rods in other areas of the home are often ...

  3. How to use a tension rod to make cute storage space ... - AOL

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    The red-striped curtain adds some playful eye candy to the room, while the curtain itself functions like a small broom closet, neatly hiding away our bulky vacuum and dusty brooms.

  4. Curtain - Wikipedia

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    Grommet curtains are hung by threading the curtain pole through a hole in the top of the fabric. This could be either a cut-out hole with the edges finished by a row of stitching or it could use a grommet to prevent fraying. Sash curtains are used to cover the lower sash of the windows. Rod pocket curtains have a channel sewn into the top of ...

  5. Slip joint - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the latter are tripods, hiking poles, or similar telescoping device. The clamping mechanism is based on a cam, a set screw, or a similar locking mechanism. Slip joints can also be non-telescoping, such as the joints on some older wooden surveyor's levelling rods. These use a joint that keeps the sections offset from each other but ...

  6. Helical band actuator - Wikipedia

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    For lifts at grade, housings for the rods are often sunk into support holes, known as caissons, that are inaccessible and often complicated by groundwater levels. If placed above ground, the space occupied by the rod housings is unusable. Gagnon's actuator eliminates caissons and reduces the volume of unusable space below the platform of the lift.

  7. Tieback (geotechnical) - Wikipedia

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    In geotechnical engineering, a tieback is a structural element installed in soil or rock to transfer applied tensile load into the ground. Typically in the form of a horizontal wire or rod, or a helical anchor, a tieback is commonly used along with other retaining systems (e.g. soldier piles , sheet piles, secant and tangent walls) to provide ...

  8. Curtain tie-back - Wikipedia

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    A pair of double-tassel tie-backs. A curtain tie-back is a decorative window treatment which accompanies a cloth curtain.Within the field of interior decoration, tie-backs made of fabric are classified as a kind of "soft furnishing" (along with other fabric-based décor such as pillows, valances, towels, blankets, mattresses, bed skirts, bedspreads, jabots, and shower and window curtains ...

  9. Boeing's Starliner capsule stuck on ground after helium leak

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