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Detachable chairlift grip. (Chair is on a sidetrack).
A cable grip is a device for propelling a vehicle by attaching to a wire rope (called a haul rope) running at a (relatively) constant speed. The vehicle may be suspended from the cable, as in the case of aerial lifts such as a gondola lift (télécabine), may be guided by rails, as in a cable traction railway, or may be self-guiding, as in a button lift. Typically, multiple vehicles will use the same cable; where just one or two vehicles are in use they will tend to be attached to the cable permanently such as in funiculars.
While the cable grips used in the original cable railways were manually operated, requiring considerable skill and strength, modern cable grips tend to be automatic. Given that the cable runs at a relatively constant speed, accelerating the vehicle to match the speed of the cable presents a technical difficulty; possible methods are to apply the grip gradually, to accelerate the vehicle (e.g. by guiding wheels) prior to applying the grip, or to use a sprung linkage between the grip and the vehicle. The cable must also be able to handle friction from the grip and increased load while the vehicle is accelerating.
Cable grips have additional uses, such as supporting electric or structural cables for pulling or laying of the electric or structural cable itself. In such use they may also be called cable pulling grips, cable socks, or cable stockings.
A cablegrip is a device for propelling a vehicle by attaching to a wire rope (called a haul rope) running at a (relatively) constant speed. The vehicle...
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use of grip cars, which carried the grip that engaged with the cable, towing trailer cars; the design was the first to use grips. The term "grip" became...
or wire rope puller or wire pulling grip is a device that connects to the end of a cable, such as a power cable, in order to pull it through a tube or...
safely disembark and load, each chair is connected to the cable by a powerful spring-loaded cablegrip which detaches at terminals, allowing the chair to slow...
passengers. Each is connected to the cable with a steel cablegrip that is either clamped onto or woven into the cable. Clamping systems use either a bolt...
cable moves faster than most passengers could safely disembark and load, each chair is connected to the cable by a powerful spring-loaded cablegrip which...
the supervisor of a gang of working men. A "grip" was a worker whose job it was to grip the electric cable above the tram and transfer it to the new line...
fully extended position, holding a weight with a supinated (palms facing up) grip. A full repetition consists of bending or "curling" the elbow until it is...
effect is used in specialized textile manufacturing, the Vivien Kellems cablegrip, Indonesian woven fruit presses, and by fly-fishers. Chinese finger traps...
practical cable car line was tested in San Francisco, in 1873. Part of its success is attributed to the development of an effective and reliable cablegrip mechanism...
is stored in a complete state along with its grip. The Elgin Road Extension also left the Mornington cable car house, going up Mailer Street and then following...
A cable gland (more often known in the U.S. as a cord grip, cable strain relief, cable connector or cable fitting) is a device designed to attach and...
Kellems CableGrips, Inc. in Connecticut to produce a patented cablegrip invented with her brother, Edgar Eugene Kellems. The endless-weave grip was an...
differ dramatically depending on the combination of cables used for support and haulage and the type of grip (detachable or fixed). Because of the proliferation...
practical cable car line was tested in San Francisco, in 1873. Part of its success is attributed to the development of an effective and reliable cablegrip mechanism...
on-board drive engines, gearboxes or brakes. A fixed grip assembly connects the train to the cable. The cable propels, accelerates, and decelerates the train...
(formerly C2) (steam trailer), Cablegrip car (North Sydney), Cablegrip car (King Street), Cable trailer car (North Sydney), Cable trailer car (King Street)...
several preserved cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a gift shop. The cable cars displayed include: Sutter Street Railway - grip car 46 and trailer...
the cable, allowing the grip car to operate in either direction. NCSR and WCSR grip cars could operate in one direction only. None of the grips could...
The side grip is a technique for shooting a handgun in which the weapon is rotated about ninety degrees and held horizontally instead of vertically (as...
iron rails. The first cable-hauled street railway was the London and Blackwall Railway, built in 1840, which used fibre to grip the haulage rope. This...
parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports. Gymnasts typically wear suede leather grips while performing on the bar. Current...
passenger cabins are connected to the overhead cable sections with four spring-loaded grips — two for each cable section. As with other detachable-carrier...
on rails or an air cushion and have either a detachable grip (to the cable) or a fixed grip. Leitner has a test track for the vehicles in Vipiteno, Italy...
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