Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cable ties were first manufactured by Thomas & Betts under the brand name Ty-Rap. The common cable tie, normally made of nylon, has a flexible tape section with teeth that engage with a pawl in the head to form a ratchet so that as the free end of the tape section is pulled the cable tie tightens and does not come undone. When the mouthpiece is ...
March 1864: Service from San Francisco reaches north to Portland, Oregon. [112] 25 October 1864: Service reaches north to Seattle, Washington. [112] [113] 1865: International Telecommunication Union is formed; 18 July 1866: A new transatlantic telegraph cable between North America and Europe is successfully completed.
Skinny ties have widths of around 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (6.4 cm) at their widest, compared to usually 3–4 inches (7.6–10.2 cm) for regular ties. [14] Skinny ties were first popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by British bands such as the Beatles and the Kinks, alongside the subculture that embraced such bands, the mods.
The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary History 1984, essays by historians and selected related primary sources. Cheney, Jr., ed., John L. North Carolina Government, 1585–1979: A Narrative and Statistical History (Raleigh: Department of the Secretary of State, 1981)
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.
HBO was the first true premium cable (or "pay-cable") network as well as the first television network intended for cable distribution on a regional or national basis; however, there were notable precursors to premium cable in the pay-television industry that operated during the 1950s and 1960s (with a few systems lingering until 1980), as well ...
A twist tie with a broad paper covering may also be used for labeling. The wire is often made of stainless steel or galvanized steel with a diameter between 19 and 31 AWG (0.2 and 0.9 mm). [5] They were invented by Charles E. Burford in 1961. [7]
A traditional form of plastic handcuffs are cable ties, consisting of two interlocking straps or a single cable tie around both wrists.More recently, plastics-manufacturing companies have started to produce special devices comprising two interconnected straps as one item.