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2. Escalator - Wikipedia

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   The balustrade is composed of handrails, balustrade panels, and skirt panels. [28] The handrail provides a handhold for passengers while they are riding the escalator. The handrail is pulled along its own track by a chain that is connected to the main drive gear by a series of pulleys, keeping it at the same speed as the steps.

3. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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   Staircase railings in the Degré du roi, part of the Petit appartement du roi, in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. Guard rails, guardrails, railings or protective guarding, [1] in general, are a boundary feature and may be a means to prevent or deter access to dangerous or off-limits areas while allowing light and visibility in a greater way than a fence.

4. Handrail - Wikipedia

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   A handrail is a rail that is designed to be grasped by the hand so as to provide safety or support. [1] In Britain , handrails are referred to as banisters . Handrails are commonly used while ascending or descending stairways and escalators in order to prevent injurious falls, and to provide bodily support in bathrooms or similar areas.

5. Kee Klamp - Wikipedia

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   The system was developed in 1934 [1] [2] by George H. Gascoigne and his colleagues in Reading, England for making cows' milking stalls. [2] It was advertised to industrial chemists in 1944, [ 3 ] marketed in the UK in the 1950s as a cattle control system, [ 4 ] and used for storage systems in factories in the 1960s. [ 5 ]

6. Rail fastening system - Wikipedia

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   A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties (North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa). The terms rail anchors , tie plates , chairs and track fasteners are used to refer to parts or all of a rail fastening system.

7. List of forts - Wikipedia

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   Kal'at Al Mina (a.k.a. Ashdod-Yam Fortress) قلعة اسدود; Masada (Metzada in Hebrew) Mirabel (a.k.a. Migdal Afek or Migdal Tsedek or majdal yaba in Arabic) Montfort Castle; Nimrod Fortress (a.k.a. Qal'at Namrud) Qaqun Fortress; Tower of David مسجد القلعه; Sepphoris صفوريه; Vadum Iacob (a.k.a. Ateret Fortress) Yehiam Fortress