VISUAL DICTIONARY XII Flashcards
what is a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level of a bldg to another?
ELEVATOR
What is the British term for elevator?
LIFT
what is an elevator exclusively for the use of passengers?
PASSENGER ELEVATOR
what is an elevator for carrying heavy cargo, on which the operator and the persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to ride?
FREIGHT ELEVATOR
what is a small elevator for conveying food, dishes, or other materials between the floors of a bldg?
DUMBWAITER
What do you call a row of elevators in a high-rise bldg, controlled by a common operating system and responding to a single call button?
BANK
what is a structure housing elevator machinery on the roof of a building?
PENTHOUSE
what is a boxlike structure on a roof providing access to a stairwell or an elevator shaft?
BULKHEAD
what is a panel containing switches, buttons, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices?
CONTROL PANEL
What is the machinery for raising and lowering an elevator car, consisting of a motor-generator set, traction machine, speed governor, brake, drive shaft, driving sheave, and gears, if used?
HOISTING MACHINERY
What is a wheel or disk with a grooved rim, used as a pulley for hoisting?
DRIVING SHEAVE
What is a pulley for tightening and guiding the hoisting cables of an elevator system?
IDLE SHEAVE
DEFLECTOR SHEAVE
What is one of the heavy steel beams supporting the hoisting machinery for an elevator?
MACHINE BEAM
What is one of the wire cables or ropes used for raising and lowering an elevator car?
HOISTING CABLE
What is one of the vertical steel tracks controlling the travel of an elevator car or counterweight?
GUIDE RAIL
What is one of the electric cables connecting an elevator car to a fixed electrical outlet in the hoistway?
TRAVELLING CABLE
What is a weight balancing another weight, such as the rectangular cast-iron blocks mounted in a steel frame to counterbalance the load placed on the hoisting machine by an elevator car?
COUNTERWEIGHT
What is a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, such as an elevator car, has passed a given point?
LIMIT SWITCH
What is a piston or spring device for absorbing the impact of a descending elevator car or counterweight at the extreme lower limit of travel?
BUFFER
What is the vertical distance from the top of an elevator ear to the nearest overhead obstruction when the car platform is level with the top landing?
TOP CAR CLEARANCE
What is the vertical enclosed space for the travel of one or more elevators?
HOISTWAY
ELEVATOR SHAFT
what is the portion of a floor adjacent to an elevator hoistway, used for the receiving and discharge of passengers or freight?
LANDING
What is a mechanical device for slowing down and stopping an elevator car in the event of excessive speed or free fall, actuated by a governor and clamping the guide rails by a wedging action?
ELEVATOR CAR SAFETY
What do you call the door between a hoistway and an elevator landing, normally closed except when an elevator car is stopped at the landing?
HOISTWAY DOOR
What is the vertical distance traversed by an elevator car from the lowest to the highest landings of the hoistway?
RISE/TRAVEL
What is the portion of a hoistway extending from the level of the lowest landing to the floor of the hoistway?
ELEVATOR PIT
What is the vertical clearance from the floor of an elevator pit to the lowest part of an elevator car platform when the car rests on fully compressed buffers?
BOTTOM CAR CLEARANCE
What is an elevator system consisting of a car that is mounted on guide rails, supported by hoisting cables, and driven by electric hoisting machinery?
ELECTRIC ELEVATOR
TRACTION ELEVATOR
What is an elevator system consisting of a car supported by a piston that is moved by or moves against a fluid under pressure
HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR
What is a relatively compact hydraulic elevator having limited capacity and travel for use in new and renovated low-rise, low-occupancy bldgs?
LIMITED USE/LIMITED APPLICATION ELEVATOR (LU/LA ELEVATOR)
What is a room housing the hoisting machinery, control equipment, and sheaves for raising and lowering an elevator car?
MACHINE ROOM
What is the load-carrying unit of an elevator, consisting of a car frame, platform, light metal enclosure, and door or gate?
ELEVATOR CAR
What is the load-carrying unit of an elevator, consisting of a car frame, platform, light metal enclosure, and door or gate?
ELEVATOR CAR
What is the structural steel frame of an elevator car to which are attached to the platform, guide shoes, elevator car safety, hoisting cables, and control equipment?
CAR FRAME
What is a light, usually over the entrance to an elevator on each floor of a multistory bldg, that signals the approach of the elevator?
LANTERN
What is a signaling apparatus in an elevator car or at a landing that displays a visual indication of floor landings?
ANNUNCIATOR
What is a push button for requesting an elevator?
CALL BUTTON
What is a safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless the hoistway door is locked in the closed position?
DOOR INTERLOCK
What is a safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless its door or gate is fully closed?
DOOR CONTACT
GATE CONTACT
What is a chair or platform mounted on a steel guide rail and driven by an electric motor, used for raising or lowering a person or goods along a stairway?
INCLINED LIFT
STAIR LIFT
What is a power driven stairway consisting of steps attached to a continuously circulating belt, used for moving passengers up and down between floors?
ESCALATOR
MOVING STAIRCASE / MOVING STAIRWAY
What do you call the horizontal section of railing at the upper or lower end of an escalator?
NEWEL
What is the toothed portion of the threshold plate at both ends of an escalator or moving walk, designed to mesh with the grooved surface of the moving steps or treadway?
COMBPLATE
What is a power-driven, continuously moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, used for carrying pedestrians horizontally or along low inclines?
MOVING SIDEWALK
What is any of various forms of mass transit, such as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for shuttling people around airports or in congested urban areas?
PEOPLE MOVER
What is a straight, slender piece of metal having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened for hammering into wood or other bldg materials as a fastener?
NAIL
What do you call the designated length of a nail, from twopenny to sixtypenny denoted by a symbol d?
PENNY
What is the straight, narrow part of a nail or bolt, between the head and the point?
SHANK
what is a nail having a tapering rectangular shank with a blunt point, made by cutting from a rolled sheet of iron or steel?
CUT NAIL
What is a nail made by cutting and shaping a piece of round or elliptical wire?
WIRE NAIL
What is a nail having a slender shank, a flat head, and a diamond point?
COMMON NAIL
What is a nail having a flat head and a shank more slender than a common nail of the same length?
BOX NAIL
What is a nail having a small conical head and a shank more slender than a common nail of the same length, used in finish work in which the head may remain visible?
CASING NAIL
What is a nail having a slender shank and a small, barrel-shaped head that is driven slightly below the surface and covered with putty or the hike?
FINISHING NAIL
What is a small finishing nail?
BRAD
What is a nail used in bldg temporary structures, such as scaffolding and form work, having a flange on its shank to prevent it from being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling?
DOUBLE-HEADED NAIL
FORM NAIL/SCAFFOLD NAIL
What is a hardened-steel nail having a fluted or threaded shank and a diamond point for hammering into concrete or masonry?
CONCRETE NAIL/MASONRY NAIL
What is a nail for fastening floor boards, having a small conical head, a mechanically deformed shank, and a blunt diamond point?
FLOORING NAIL
What is a nail having a series of concentric grooves on its shank for increased holding power?
RING-SHANK NAIL
What is a nail having a barbed, threaded, or cement-coated shank and a broad, flat head for fastening shingles or the like?
ROOFING NAIL
What is a metal fastener having a helically threaded shank that can be driven with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver?
DRIVE SCREW
SCREW NAIL
What is a heavy nail for fastening together heavy timbers, 4 to 14 n. (102-356mm) long and proportionally thicker than a common nail?
SPIKE
What is a spike having a round shank, driven into predrilled holes to fasten heavy timbers together?
DRIFTBOLT/DRIFTPIN
What is a U-shaped piece of metal or heavy wire with pointed ends, driven into a surface to secure sheet material or to hold a hasp, pin, or bolt?
STAPLE
What is a fastener consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet steel with one wavy edge sharpened, used for uniting two pieces of wood, as in a miter joint?
CORRUGATED FASTENER
WIGGLE NAIL
What do you call an acute, conical point on a nail or spike?
ROUND POINT
What do you call an acute, pyramidal point on a nail or spike?
DIAMOND POINT
What do you call a point on a nail or spike formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle?
CHISEL POINT
Refers to fasten by nailing perpendicular to the face of the work
FACE-NAIL
Refers to secure by nailing obliquely to the surfaces being joined. Alternate nails may be driven at opposite angles to provide increased holding power
TOENAIL
Refers to fasten by nailing into the end of a board parallel to the grain of the wood. It provides poor resistance to withdrawal
END-NAIL
Refers to secure by nailing in such a way that nailheads are not visible on the face of the work.
BLIND-NAIL
Refers to sink a nailhead slightly below the surface with a nail set
SET
Refers to secure a nail or screw in position by hammering down the protruding point.
CLINCH
What do you call the helical or spiral ridge of a screw, nut, or bolt?
THREAD
What do you call the distance between two corresponding points on adjacent threads of a screw, nut, or bolt?
PITCH
Refers to enlarge the upper part of a drilled hole so that the head of screw or bolt will lie flush with or below the surface
COUNTERSINK
What is a guiding hole for a nail or screw, or for drilling a larger-size hole?
PILOT HOLE
Refers to act screw threads into an opening
TAP
Refers to tear or damage the threads on a bolt or screw by applying too much force
STRIP
What is a screw head having a flat upper surface and a conical bearing surface?
FLAT HEAD
What is a screw head having a shallow, spherical shape with a conical bearing surface?
OVAL HEAD
What is a screw or bolt head having a spherical shape with a flat bearing surface?
ROUND HEAD
BUTTONHEAD
What is a screw or bolt head having a shallow, spherical shape with a flat bearing surface?
TRUSS HEAD
What is a screw or rivet head having a cylindrical shape with a rounded shoulder?
PANHEAD
What is a cylindrical screw head having a slightly domed upper surface and a flat bearing surface?
FILLISTER HEAD
What is a screw head having a flat upper surface and an underside shaped like the bell of a bugle?
BUGLE HEAD
What is a mechanical fastening system that consists of a tool, fasteners, and either a powder actuated cartridge or compressed air serving as a power source?
POWER-DRIVEN FASTENER
What is a pneumatic fastener for driving strip-mounted nails, from brads to larger framing nails?
NAIL GUN
What is a small, lightweight, handheld pneumatic nailer that uses a repeated hammer action to drive nails in tight spaces?
PALM NAILER
What is a metal fastener having a tapered, helically threaded shank and a slotted head, designed to be driven into wood or the like by turning, as with a screwdriver?
SCREW
What is a screw having a slotted head and a threaded point that permits it to form its own mating threads when driven into wood with a screwdriver?
WOOD SCREW
What is a coarse-threaded screw designed to tap its corresponding female thread as it is driven?
SELF-TAPPING SCREW/TAPPING SCREW
What is a heavy, coarse-threaded screw having a square or hexagonal head driven by a wrench, used in areas inaccessible to the placement of a nut or where an exceptionally long bolt would be needed to penetrate a joint fully?
LAG SCREW
COACH SCREW
LAG BOLT
what is a metal fastener used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, having a straight threaded shank and a slotted or Phillips head for turning with a screwdriver?
MACHINE SCREW
what is a metal fastener for machine parts, having a straight, threaded shank held by threads tapped in the hole into which it is screwed?
CAP SCREW
What is a coarse-threaded screw for fastening sheet metal and other thin material?
SHEET-METAL SCREW
What is a screw, often without a head, threaded through a hole in one part tightly upon or into another part to prevent relative movement?
SETSCREW
What is a screw having a flattened, knurled head designed to be turned by the thumb and forefinger?
THUMBSCREW
What is a screw having a ring-shaped head?
SCREW EYE
What is a screw head having a single slot, driven by a flat-tipped screwdriver?
SLOTTED HEAD
What is a screw head having two partial slots crossing at right angles, driven by a Phillips screwdriver?
PHILLIPS HEAD
What is a screw head having an axial hexagonal recess, driven by an Allen wrench?
ALLEN HEAD
What is a screw head having a square recess, driven by a square drive or Robertson screwdriver?
SQUARE HEAD
ROBERTSON HEAD
What is a screw head designed to resist removal with a flat-tipped or Phillips screwdriver?
SECURITY HEAD
What is a threaded metal pin or rod, usually having a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mating nut?
BOLT
What is a bolt having a rounded head, a flat bearing surface, and a square shoulder for preventing rotation, used where the head may be inaccessible during tightening?
CARRIAGE BOLT
What is a bolt having a flat bearing surface and a square or hexagonal head for turning with a wrench?
MACHINE BOLT
What is a bolt or screw head having a square shape designed to be turned with a wrench?
SQUARE HEAD
What do you call the part on a shank of a bolt next to the head, esp. when it has a special form?
NECK
What is a bolt or screw head having a hexagonal shape designed to be turned with a wrench?
HEX HEAD
what is a square or hexagonal metal block perforated with a threaded note to fit around and secure a bolt or screw?
NUT
What is a nut specially constructed to provide extra friction between itself and a screw or bolt?
LOCK NUT
What is a nut having radial slits on its outer face to allow a locking pin or wire to be inserted in both the nut and a hole in its bolt?
CASTELLATED NUT
CASTLE NUT
What is a nut having a hexagonal base and a domed top to cover the threaded end of a screw?
CAP NUT
ACORN NUT
What is a nut having two flat projecting pieces that provide a grip for tightening with the thumb and forefinger?
WING NUT
THUMBNUT
What is a perforated disk of metal, rubber, or plastic, used under the head of a nut or bolt or at a joint to distribute pressure, prevent leakage, or relieve friction?
WASHER
What is a washer specially constructed to prevent a nut from shaking loose?
LOCK WASHER
What is a washer having small projections that are progressively flattened as a bolt is tightened, the gap between the head or nut and the washer indicating the tension in the bolt?
LOAD-INDICATING WASHER
What is a small, coarse-threaded machine screw?
STOVE BOLT
What is a J-shaped metal rod threaded at one end to receive a nut?
J-bolt
What is a metal rod bent in the shape of a U and threaded at each end?
U-bolt
What is a bolt having a ring-shaped head to receive a hook or rope?
EYEBOLT
What is a U-shaped fastener secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms?
CLEVIS
What is a metal link or sleeve internally threaded at each end, used for coupling and tightening two parts, such as the threaded ends of two rods or stays?
TURNBUCKLE
A term referring to increase the diameter of a portion of the length of a drilled hole to receive the head or nut of a bolt or screw?
COUNTERBORE
What is an anchor bolt having a split casing that expands mechanically to engage the sides of a hole drilled in masonry or concrete?
EXPANSION BOLT
What do you call a trademark for a brand of expansion bolt having a split, sleeve like sheath threaded so that turning the bolt draws the ends of the sheath together and spreads the sides to engage a hole drilled in masonry or the inner surface of a hollow wall?
MOLLY
What do you call the lead or plastic sleeve inserted into a predrilled hole and expanded by driving a bolt or screw into it?
EXPANSION SHIELD
EXPANSION SLEEVE
What do you call an anchor bolt having two hinged wings that close against a spring when passing through a predrilled hole and open as they emerge to engage the inner surface of a hollow wall?
TOGGLE BOLT
What is an anchor bolt having a wedge-shaped end around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it?
LEWIS BOLT
What is an anchor bolt having a split end to receive a foxtail wedge as it is screwed into a blind hole?
FOX BOLT
What do you call the various U-shaped metal brackets for supporting the end of a beam, joist, purlin, or truss at a girder or wall?
HANGER
What do you call a sheet-metal connector for joining light wood framing members, using special nails that are loaded laterally rather than in withdrawal?
FRAMING ANCHOR
What is a U-shaped metal bracket for anchoring a timber beam to a concrete support?
BEAM SEAT
What is a U-shaped metal bracket for securing a timber beam to a supporting post?
POST CAP
COLUMN CAP
What is a U-shaped metal bracket for supporting and anchoring a timber post to its base or foundation?
POST BASE
COLUMN BASE
What is a framing anchor for tying a rafter or truss to a wall plate and securing it against lateral and uplifting wind and seismic forces?
HURRICANE ANCHOR
HURRICANE TIE
What is a metal tie strap for securing the joists of a floor or roof diaphragm to a concrete or masonry wall in order to transmit lateral wind or seismic loads?
JOIST ANCHOR
What is a metal tie strap for restraining a floor of a light wood frame structure against uplifting wind or seismic forces?
FLOOR ANCHOR
What is a framing anchor for searing a sill plate to a concrete slab or foundation wall?
SILL ANCHOR
What is a metal device for restraining a wood frame structure against uplifting wind or seismic forces, consisting of a stiffened steel angle bolted to a wall stud and secured by a threaded rod to a concrete foundation?
HOLDDOWN
What is a cylindrical pin fitting snugly into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them?
DOWEL
DOWEL PIN
What is a sheet-metal plate punched to produce a closely spaced grid of protruding teeth, used as a splice plate in the manufacture of light wood trusses?
TOOTHED PLATE
What is a flat or singly curved grid of spikes for joining heavy timbers, held in place by a single bolt in which the resulting joint is resistant to loosening due to vibration, impact, and reversible lateral loads?
SPIKE GRID
What do you call a metal ring, plate, or grid for transferring shear between the faces of two timber members, used with a single bolt that serves to restrain and clamp the assembly together; these are more efficient than bolts or lag screws used alone since they enlarge the area of wood over which a load is distributed?
TIMBER CONNECTOR
What is a timber connector consisting of a round plate of malleable iron inserted into a corresponding groove, flush with the face of a timber, and held in place by a single bolt?
SHEAR PLATE
What is a timber connector consisting of a metal ring inserted into corresponding grooves cut into the faces of the joining members and held in place by a single bolt?
SPLIT-RING
A term referring to unite two pieces of metal by applying any of various nonferrous solders, usually a tin-lead alloy, at a temperature below 800°F (427°C)
SOLDER
A term referring to unite two pieces of metal by applying any of various nonferrous solders, usually a copper-zinc alloy, at a temperature above 800°F (427°C)
BRAZE
A term referring to fuse two pieces of metal by heating and allowing the metals to flow together, sometimes with pressure and the addition of an intermediate or filler material
WELD
What do you call the metal that is added during a welding, brazing, or soldering process, having a melting point either approximately the same as or below that of the metals being welded?
FILLER METAL
What do you call the continuous deposit of fused metal?
BEAD
WELD BEAD
What is a welding process utilizing the heat produced by the combustion of oxygen and fuel gas, such as acytelyne?
GAS WELDING
What is a welding process utilizing the heat of an arc between an electrode and the base metal?
ARC WELDING
What do you call the sustained luminous discharge of electricity across a gap in a ciruit or between two electrodes?
ARC
What is a method of arc welding using a consumable metal electrode that releases an inert gas to form a shield around the arc?
SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING
What is a method of arc welding in which the weld area is shielded by the continuous flow of an inert gas from an external source, the filler metal being supplied by a consumable metal electrode or by a separate welding rod?
INERT-GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING
What is a method of arc welding using a tubular steel electrode containing a core of vaporizing flux that forms a gaseous sheild around the weld area?
FLUX-CORED ARC WELDING
What is a method of arc welding in which the weld area is shielded by a blanket of fusible, granular metal that melts to form a layer of protective slag?
SUBMERGED ARC WELDING
What is a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle?
FILLET WELD
What is a weld made along the seams of two overlapping pieces of metal?
LAP WELD
What is a weld between two pieces of metal butted together?
BUTT WELD
What do you call the junction between the base metal and the face of a weld?
TOE
What do you call the point at which the back or bottom of a weld meets the base metal?
ROOT
What do you call the distance from the root of a weld to the face of the base metal?
THROAT
What is a wire or rod of filler metal used in gas-welding and brazing processes, and in those arc-welding processes in which the electrode does not furnish the filler metal?
WELDING ROD
What do you call a substance, such as rosin, applied to remove oxides from and prevent further oxidation of metal surfaces to be joined by welding, brazing, or soldering?
FLUX
What is a butt weld having a depth less than the thickness of the smaller of the two members being joined?
PARTIAL-PENETRATION WELD
What is a butt weld having a depth equal to the thickness of the smaller of the two members being joined?
FULL-PENETRATION WELD
What is a weld made by burning a hole in a piece of sheet metal and filling it with a small pool of molten metal?
PUDDLE WELD
What is a welding process utilizing the heat generated by resistance to the passage of an electric current?
RESISTANCE WELDING
What is a weld made in a performed indentation between two abutting pieces of metal?
GROOVE WELD
What is a groove weld in which the edge of one abutting member is beveled from one side?
SINGLE - BEVEL WELD
What is a groove weld in which the edge of one abutting member is beveled from both sides?
DOUBLE-BEVEL WELD
What is a groove weld in which the edge of each abutting member is beveled from the same side?
SINGLE-VEE WELD
What is a groove weld in which the edge of each abutting member is beveled from both sides?
DOUBLE-VEE WELD
What is a metal pin having a head at one end, used for uniting two or more plates by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and hammering down the plain end to form a second head?
RIVET
What is a round, tapering piece of metal for enlarging or aligning holes to receive rivets or bolts?
DRIFT/DRIFTPIN
what is a drift for bringing holes in line to receive a rivet or bolt?
ALIGNING PUNCH
What is a tool for receiving and holding the head of a rivet while the other end is being headed?
DOLLY
What is a pneumatic hammer used with a rivet set to form the second head of a rivet?
PNEUMATIC RIVETER
What do you call the tool for shaping the second head of a rivet?
RIVET SET
What is a rivet for a joint accessible from one side only, having an explosive-filled shank that is detonated by striking the head with a hammer to expand the shank on the far side of the hole?
EXPLOSIVE RIVET
