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A bucket brigade or human chain is a method for transporting items where items are passed from one (relatively stationary) person to the next. The method was important in firefighting before the advent of hand-pumped fire engines, whereby firefighters would pass buckets of water to each other to extinguish a blaze.
An example of a standard type chain with cables running through it. Cable carriers, also known as drag chains, energy chains, or cable chains depending on the manufacturer, are guides designed to surround and guide flexible electrical cables and hydraulic or pneumatic hoses connected to moving automated machinery.
Texas fans throw water bottles and other items onto the field after defensive back Jahdae Barron's interception was initially ruled dead during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game ...
Drag chain may refer to: Cable carrier in moving machinery; Drag conveyor, for moving bulk material; A type of chain shift in linguistics; Part of a dragline excavator;
The SEC announced Sunday that Texas would be fined $250,000 and ban anyone who threw something onto the field from attending a Texas sporting event for the rest of the school year.
Jack chain, a toothed chain used to move logs; Lead shank (or stud chain), used on horses that are misbehaving; Pull switch, an electrical switch operated by a ball chain. Lavatory chain, the chain attached to the cistern of an old-fashioned W.C. in which the flushing power is obtained by a gravity feed from above-head height. Although most ...
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Firmly pulling on all four ends emerging from the knot tightens it against the neck of the bottle. Looping the running ends through the bight and tying them together will make a sling that grips and can be used to lift the bottle. [6] This provides a convenient method of lowering a beverage bottle from a boat into the water to chill.