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  2. Telescoping (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object (such as a telescope or the lift arm of an aerial work platform) from its rest state. [1] In modern equipment this can be achieved by a hydraulics , but pulleys are generally used for simpler designs such as extendable ladders and amateur ...

  3. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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    Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

  4. Ladder - Wikipedia

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    Extension ladder or "telescopic ladder", a fixed ladder divided into two or more lengths for more convenient storage; the lengths can be slid together for storage or slid apart to expand the length of the ladder; a pulley system may be fitted so that the ladder can be easily extended by an operator on the ground then locked in place using the ...

  5. Wing Enterprises - Wikipedia

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    Wing Enterprises is an American company headquartered in Springville, Utah company, the largest American manufacturer of ladders as of 2005. [1] The company produces the Little Giant Ladder System, a convertible aluminium ladder system. The founder of Wing Enterprises, Harold Ray "Hal" Wing, came across a prototype of the ladder in Germany in

  6. Scissors mechanism - Wikipedia

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    An example of a simple scissor lift A pantograph mirror. A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern. [1]The scissor mechanism is a mechanical linkage system used to create vertical motion or extension.

  7. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    2. tone-generating system for broadcasting one or more tone codes on a radio frequency to alert selected pagers and alarms 3. alarm-system component that transmits coded sensor and subscriber information to a monitoring center to be processed into address and alarm-type information. Extension ladder