en équerre
English translation: angle/coner valve/tap
| 06:28 Mar 27, 2007 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Sanitaryware | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Francis MARC Lithuania Local time: 18:51 | ||||||
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| 4 | right-angle |
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| 4 | right-angle/flush flush button |
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| 3 | angle/coner valve/tap |
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| 3 | elbow-shaped |
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17 mins confidence: 
angle/coner valve/tap Explanation: Termium: Domaine(s) – Taps and Plumbing Accessories – Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical) Domaine(s) – Robinetterie et accessoires – Obturateurs et buses (Mécanique) angle valve Source CORRECT corner valve Source CORRECT robinet d'équerre Source CORRECT, MASC robinet à passage d'équerre Source CORRECT, MASC robinet à soupape d'équerre Source PROPOSITION, VOIR FICHE, MASC DEF – One which is set at the angle of a pipe. It is either screwed or flanged. Source DEF – A manually operated valve with its outlet opening oriented at right angles to its inlet opening; used for regulating the flow of a fluid in a pipe. Source DEF – ... a special type of globe valve that ... is suitable for use on a 90° change of direction in the pipe. Source CONT – Les robinets peuvent être droits, à deux ou trois voies ou à passage d'équerre. [...] Les robinets d'équerre qui comportent toujours un about fileté briggs sont utilisés comme robinet de départ liquide. Source |
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20 mins confidence:
elbow-shaped Explanation: elbow-shaped stop cock There is a picture on page 2 bottom right of the link. Unfortunately, I haven't found this shape on an English page (yet!), but you can see that it goes off at a right angle - so it's the shape and function that's being referred to -rather similar to a radiator valve. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2007-03-27 07:11:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Encastré - fitted in the wall, so that it's completely hidden. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2007-03-27 07:13:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Picture here (using Francis's 'angle') http://www.overseascommitment.com/bathroom-fittings/bathroom... Reference: http://iis9.domicile.fr/etssibille/catalogue/pdf/6.92.pdf |
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1 hr confidence:
right-angle Explanation: Most things, when described as 'en equerre', are referred to as a right-angle (fitting, etc.) 'elbow' is often used as synonymous, though strictly speaking a distinction could be made in certain circumstances. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-27 07:51:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No real problem, I don't think: surface mounting, flush mounting, and right-angle (to go from toilet cistern to wall with least amount of space required). Don't forget that 'en applique' and 'encastré' don't literally refer to the type of support, so much as the position of installing; that way, it's easier to see how r/a fits into the list! |
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3 hrs confidence:
right-angle/flush flush button Explanation: Yes, that is supposed to read "flush flush"! Were we to have just "robinet de chasse équerre" I would have thought it was the stopcock upline of the cistern (it can be). But in conjunction with "encastré" it has to be something else, and the answer can be found at: http://www.anjac.fr/catalog/search.asp?q=encast The diagrams show different kinds of pushbuttons for flushing toilets, urinals, etc. Technically they ARE "robinets", I suppose, but I don't think we'd call them taps. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-03-27 10:16:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "flush valve" might be better (covers more mechanisms than pushbuttons), and "in-wall flush valve" gets round the repetition problem for "encastré". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-03-27 10:16:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In which case, "surface-mounted flush valve" might be better for "en équerre". |
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