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English translation: mirror finish

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German term or phrase:	Spiegel
English translation:	mirror finish
Entered by:	xxxCookie Monst

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09:28 Jan 15, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Raspel

German term or phrase: Spiegel

Aus einem Patent für eine Hufraspel:

An dem der Angel abgewandten Ende ist der Raspel-Körper mit einem sogenannten **Spiegel** versehen, d.h. einem Flächenbereich, der nicht mit einer Verzahnung versehen ist, so dass der Benutzer bei der Benutzung die Hand auflegen kann.

Vielen Dank schon mal im Voraus!

xxxCookie Monst

mirror finish

Explanation:
This too is only a guess, but perhaps Spiegel is being used here to refer to a smooth surface in the sense of a mirror finish or mirror polish finish. A smooth surface of some kind certainly seems to be the idea.

I've found another patent relating to a rasp, which refers to rounding or smoothing one end of the rasp to accommodate the hand.

[0018] The palm rest can be made integrally with the rasp surface by folding back the metal to form a nicely rounded edge without protrusions. The end can be otherwise rounded, for example, a separate palm rest can be welded thereto or the edges can be smoothed by filling and/or grinding. However, in a preferred embodiment, the palm rest is formed integrally with the plastic handle cover, thus minimizing the weight of the rasp and providing a smooth and comfortable surface for hand contact.
http://www.freshpatents.com/Convex-rasp-dt20080103ptan200800...