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  2. Whippletree (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    The tree provides distributed mechanical support, reducing localised mechanical deflections, which in turn reduces optical distortion. [4] Unlike the applications described above, which are two-dimensional, the whippletrees in telescope mirror support cells are three-dimensional designs, [ 5 ] since the tree must support multiple points over an ...

  3. Tie (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    A hurricane tie used to fasten a rafter to a stud. A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension. [1] It is the opposite of a strut or column, which is designed to resist compression. Ties may be made of any tension resisting material.

  4. Tie rod - Wikipedia

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    A tie rod or tie bar (also known as a hanger rod if vertical) is a slender structural unit used as a tie and (in most applications) capable of carrying tensile loads only. It is any rod or bar-shaped structural member designed to prevent the separation of two parts, as in a vehicle. Tie rods and anchor plates in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral

  5. 5 Dollar Tree Items Homeowners Should Stock Up on Before ...

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    Dollar Tree sells tubes of Tool Bench all-purpose caulk for just $1.25. If you have older windows, they may cause most of your problems. In this case, a window insulation kit would be useful.

  6. Lower tie bar - Wikipedia

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    The bar may lower ground clearance by as much as 30 millimeters on some aftermarket installations. Lower tie bar (in stainless) attached to a rear subframe. The lower tie bar is mostly an aftermarket car component. Some of the few exceptions to this rule are the Honda Integra and Civic Type-R, as well as the Daihatsu Charade GTti.

  7. Crowbar - Wikipedia

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    A crowbar with a curved chisel end to provide a fulcrum for leverage and a goose neck to pull nails. A crowbar, also called a wrecking bar, pry bar or prybar, pinch-bar, or occasionally a prise bar or prisebar, colloquially gooseneck, or pig bar, or in Australia a jemmy, [1] is a lever consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, used to force two objects apart or ...

  8. Swingletree - Wikipedia

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    A typical wooden swingletree with iron fittings The red horizontal bar behind the horse is a swingletree A swingletree built into a cart. The swingletree is the triangular piece in the foreground; the traces are the leather straps leading forward from this. (Swingletrees are more commonly a simple bar, not a triangle.)

  9. Standpipe (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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    External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...