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  2. C-stand - Wikipedia

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    An Avenger brand 2-riser C-stand with a Rocky Mountain leg, 2.5" grip head and 40" grip arm. This stand extends to 10'. In film production, a C-stand (or Century stand) [1] [2] is primarily used to position light modifiers, such as silks, nets, or flags, in front of light sources. [3]

  3. Panther (company) - Wikipedia

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    Panther GmbH was founded in 1986 by Erich Fitz. It specialized in the production, sales, and rental of film equipment. In 1990, Panther and its HTG GmbH subsidiary (founded in 1988), [2] moved to Oberhaching. In 1991, two more rental outlets opened in Prague and Hamburg. In 1999 Fitz decided, because of the expansion, to build new premises ...

  4. Bosun's chair - Wikipedia

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    A window cleaner's bosun's chair connected to a descent-only rope system A bosun's chair (or boatswain's chair ) is a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft. [ 1 ] Originally just a short plank or swath of heavy canvas, many modern bosun's chairs incorporate safety devices similar to those found in rock climbing ...

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  6. Self-steering gear - Wikipedia

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    The Braine steering gear was a fine-tuned system of quadrant on the rudder stock driven by the tension of the mainsail sheet and damped by a rubber band. A more sophisticated system called the vane gear was later devised, it relied on a small vane or airfoil driving the main rudder via an adjustable system

  7. Clear view screen - Wikipedia

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    Other common names for it include "clear sight", "spin window", "Kent Screen" and "rotating windshield wiper". Clear view screens were patented in 1917 by Samuel Augustine de Normanville and Leslie Harcourt Kent as a stand-alone pillar-mounted screen, [ 1 ] with later patents for telescope and optics covers, followed by the more familiar ships ...

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  9. Robinson's Disengaging Gear - Wikipedia

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    The British Royal Navy adopted and standardized on the Robinson's Disengaging Gear in 1881, [3] and this system was still in use in the late 20th century. The Robinson's Disengaging Gear consists of three mechanisms. There are two disengaging hooks, one at each end of the seaboat, holding the boat to the falls.