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2. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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   Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

3. Jack (device) - Wikipedia

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   A jack which can lift a mobile home. A jack is a mechanical lifting device used to apply great forces or lift heavy loads. A mechanical jack employs a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. [1] The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage jack, which lifts vehicles so that maintenance can be ...

4. Car lift - Wikipedia

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   Car lift may refer to: Car elevator, a device which transports cars between different floors of a building. Car lift, car hydraulic lift, 2 post lift or 2 column lift, a device which mechanically lifts a car up, so that the mechanic can work underneath. Car ramp, a device which raises a car from the ground for access to its undercarriage.

5. JLG Industries - Wikipedia

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   JLG 1200SJP Boom Lift. JLG introduced its first scissor lift in 1973, and in 1979, scissor lift production began in JLG's Bedford, Pennsylvania location. The firm's current product line includes the following types of items: Mast booms and boom lifts (aerial work platforms) Towable & trailer mounted boom lift trucks and telehandlers; Vertical ...

6. Car elevator - Wikipedia

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   American politician and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney included a car elevator in his 2008 proposal for rebuilding his beach house in La Jolla, San Diego.The elevator is intended to transport cars between floors in a planned split-level, four-vehicle garage. [3]

7. Scissors mechanism - Wikipedia

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   This mechanism is used in devices such as lift tables and scissor lifts.Modern low-profile computer keyboards make an extensive use of it as well, installing each key on a scissor support to ensure their smooth vertical movement, allowing the use of a cheap and reliable rubber dome contact set, instead of expensive and complex array of mechanical switches.