piles de lamelles

English translation: stacks of strips

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French term or phrase:	piles de lamelles
English translation:	stacks of strips
Entered by:	Carolina Ramirez

08:02 Feb 27, 2001

French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents

French term or phrase: piles de lamelles

"...on évite principalement les iconvénients susindiqués en constituant le dispositif par une ou plusieurs piles de lamelles…"

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Carolina Ramirez KudoZ activity Questions: 353 (none open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 141 Canada
Local time: 23:52

arrays of strips

Explanation:
It's difficult to be more precise, even in the abstract language of patients, without knowing something about the "device", but I should have thought something along the lines indicated above, with possibly "stacks" instead of "arrays", depending on the context.

Welcome to the twilight world of patents!

Barnaby Capel-Dunn

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Barnaby Capel-Dunn
Local time: 05:52

Grading comment

Thank you. I will use "stacks of strips" since it is not clear if it is lamina or not.
I do not want to guess on the specific, so I will remain vague and use strips.
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Summary of answers provided

arrays of strips

Barnaby Capel-Dunn

Piles / heaps / stacks of lamina / thin sheets / flakes

Henri (X)

wire strips

Victor Foster

stacks of blades

Telesforo Fernandez (X)

Answers

14 mins

arrays of strips

Barnaby Capel-Dunn
Local time: 05:52
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 42

Grading comment

Thank you. I will use "stacks of strips" since it is not clear if it is lamina or not.
I do not want to guess on the specific, so I will remain vague and use strips.

39 mins

Piles / heaps / stacks of lamina / thin sheets / flakes

Explanation:
Lamelle (feminine noun):

1) Lamella, lamination; lamina (of slate, etc.); thin sheet or plate (of iron, etc.).
Lamelle de jalousie, blind-slat.

2) Small arms: Leaf (of sight).

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Pile (feminine noun):

1) Pile; heap; (of coins, books); stack (of wood).
Mettre en pile, to heap, to stack, to pile up.

2) Technical: Beating-trough, -engine, stamping-trough (for sugar, paper, etc.); bed (of powder-mill)

Harrap's Standard French and English Dictionary edited by Mansion, Part One French-English

Henri (X)
Local time: 05:52
PRO pts in pair: 49

44 mins

wire strips

Explanation:
not sure but there you are

Victor Foster
United States
Local time: 22:52
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 209

1 hr

stacks of blades

Explanation:
I would translate as ' stacks of blades"
See how it appears here :
... 0, 0. 7 stacks of blades $5, 10, 10, 0. 100 hogsheads
of shucks 1/, 5, 0, 0. Plantation Utensils, 5 hilling .

departments.mwc.edu/hipr/www/inventories/virginia/mitchell,r.htm

Telesforo Fernandez (X)
Local time: 09:22
PRO pts in pair: 216

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