A block and tackle or only tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads. The...
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Pulley (redirect from Line and pulley)
to form a block and tackle in order to provide mechanical advantage to apply large forces. Pulleys are also assembled as part of belt and chain drives...
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them; see block and tackle Tackle (Transformers), a fictional character This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tackle. If an internal...
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Mechanical advantage (section Block and tackle)
mechanical advantage of a block and tackle system consider the simple case of a gun tackle, which has a single mounted, or fixed, pulley and a single movable pulley...
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position on the offensive line. They power their blocks with quick steps and maneuverability. The tackles are mostly in charge of the outside protection...
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A traveling block is the freely moving section of a block and tackle that contains a set of pulleys or sheaves through which the drill line (wire rope)...
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Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling are to dispossess an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from...
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through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at some far end, to make up a tackle. The purchase of a tackle refers to its mechanical...
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building materials, or large-scale fixtures with a crane, hoist or block and tackle. Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment...
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tackle's job is to shed the blocker and pursue down the line of scrimmage, taking an angle of pursuit. The primary responsibility of the nose tackle in...
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A crown block is the stationary section of a block and tackle that contains a set of pulleys or sheaves through which the drill line (wire rope) is threaded...
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Glossary of American football terms (redirect from Tackle for loss)
DEs, or one DE and one defensive tackle, DT), four linebackers (two interior linebackers, ILBs, and two outer linebackers, OLBs), and five defensive backs...
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Scuttlebutt (category Military slang and jargon)
using a block and tackle and a tripod. The tripod is constructed from three spars, which are tied together by "head-lashing." The block and tackle is suspended...
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assistance of manual mechanical advantage device comprising pulley, block and tackle or motorised such as a crane or derrick or chain hoists (chain fall)...
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Sodder children disappearance (category Building and structure collapses in the United States)
the suspect exists, and why he would have wanted to cut any utility lines to the Sodder house while stealing the block and tackle has never been explained...
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Deadeye (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
called a lanyard is run back and forth between them, through the holes, so that they function again much as a block and tackle would. This provides a mechanical...
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that uses a pulley or block and tackle mounted on its upper end to lift loads. The lower end is braced or set in a shallow hole and positioned so the upper...
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rotational force of the wheel multiplied by the mechanical advantage. A block and tackle of multiple pulleys creates mechanical advantage, by having the flexible...
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of the drill string without twisting the block. Traveling block (#11) is the moving end of the block and tackle. Together, they give a significant mechanical...
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arrangement, using loops and turns in the rope itself to form a crude block and tackle, has long been used to tension lines and is known by multiple names...
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Backstay (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
the mainsail and the headsail. Backstays are generally adjusted by block and tackle, hydraulic adjusters, or lines leading to winches. Backstays may be...
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Trochlear nerve (category Human head and neck)
The words trochlea and trochlear (/ˈtrɒkliə/, /ˈtrɒkliər/) come from Ancient Greek τροχιλέα trokhiléa, “pulley; block-and-tackle equipment”. The trochlear...
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small bundles of hay (1–4 cubic feet), then hoist them up using a block and tackle—in this case a hay elevator to the room. This allows for more efficiency...
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A Z-Drag or Z-Rig is an arrangement of lines and pulleys, effectively forming a block and tackle, that is commonly used in rescue situations. The basic...
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off-tackle run in American football is a play in which the running back carries the ball through a running lane off of the tackle's block. The lead block...
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treadmill, and with ropes, pulleys, and block and tackle arrangements; this power was transmitted usually with the forces multiplied and the speed reduced...
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Wright Flyer II (section Design and development)
pounds (730 kg), suspended from a 16 ft (4.9 m) high derrick, with a block and tackle to multiply the distance that the aircraft was pulled. Launched by...
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attached. A hook may have one or more built-in pulley sheaves as a block and tackle to multiply the lifting force. Hoist (device) – Device used for lifting...
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player must understand when to block and when to tackle. (Not the block and tackle system of cables and pulleys for lifting heavy loads.) call an audible...
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Germany) Fall (nautical term), the part of a rope that is hauled on in a block-and-tackle arrangement Fall (unit), a Scottish measurement of length Fall; or...
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