| Posted by IIVQ |
8/22/2005 11:03 AM | remove |
for patient's trays?
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| Posted by atomx |
8/22/2005 11:31 AM | remove |
Seems odd to have a lock to keep it open, why not a locking system to keep it shut?
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| Posted by lost |
8/22/2005 7:48 PM | remove |
This I don't know, the original caption was "hatches" and it gave no clue to as to where it was in the asylum... maybe I'll find out for myself when I get inside, which is looking more likely now they seem to be winding down the active security and replacing it with "a fence".
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/22/2005 11:07 PM | remove |
Hahahahha.
Don't know what these are???
COME ON!!
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| Posted by lost |
8/23/2005 2:04 AM | remove |
Tell all. :(
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/23/2005 5:18 PM | remove |
These shutters are installed in front of the projectors in the main hall / cinema. They act as a firewall - if the projectors burst into flames a bi-metallic strip in the handle makes them close over.
You can see the conduit for the stage lighting to the left and what's probably sound hookup in the middle.
I've seen similar at Gartloch and Identical at HartWood!
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| Posted by lost |
8/23/2005 9:49 PM | remove |
Thanks! Without seeing them for myself though I'd never have known.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/24/2005 1:22 AM | remove |
Nah, you would have arrived at the same result eventually Lost.
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| Posted by lost |
8/24/2005 12:27 PM | remove |
Doubt it. :(
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/24/2005 3:21 PM | remove |
I'm good at identifying obscure shit on here.
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| Posted by atomx |
8/25/2005 12:57 PM | remove |
Ok, so if it's fire protection, why is there a "lock open" and no "lock close" position?
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/25/2005 1:12 PM | remove |
There is; springs in the rails keep the doors closed when the handle is pulled.
You lock it open to run the projectors.
You close it afterwards, or in event of a fire. Some of these even had a bi-metal strip in the handle that would close it automatically... I don't see the space on this one for the strip though - so maybe these didn't?
It all formed part of NHS fire regulations for hospitals equipped with projection or stage illumination equipment.
Fire regs are VERY strict with respect to Cinema projectors in the UK - as they like nothing more than to burst into flames.
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| Posted by atomx |
8/25/2005 2:35 PM | remove |
Ah, ok, I understand now, spring operated. Very well hidden springs I'd say.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/25/2005 3:01 PM | remove |
Wow... Had I know there would be so much interest I might have studied these in depth when I found them at HartWood.
Instead I just pulled the handle a few times and watched them shoot upwards.
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| Posted by Slickis |
8/25/2005 5:19 PM | remove |
You have Spontanious Projector Combustion and think our electric is dangerous?
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| Posted by atomx |
8/25/2005 5:41 PM | remove |
I like 'em, I want one.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/25/2005 6:23 PM | remove |
Back in the days when film came on Celluloid, EVERYONE had spontaneous projector combustion once in a while.
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| Posted by IIVQ |
8/26/2005 12:54 PM | remove |
Celluloid? Is that the same as nitrate?
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/26/2005 4:07 PM | remove |
Aye! The Explody one!!! :-))
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| Posted by IIVQ |
8/26/2005 4:30 PM | remove |
Aye, cool. Just heard a programme about it, the Dutch Film Institute moved to a new building but they aren't allowed to store their nitrate film there due to fire regulations. So until they find EUR 1.4 M by november, when the lease on the old building runs out (and it is demoed), a lot of old film will be wasted.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
8/26/2005 5:56 PM | remove |
Crap, what a waste :-(
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| Posted by IIVQ |
8/27/2005 6:44 PM | remove |
Yep. They had 1.4M under the old subsidy regulations but then our secretary of state cut them off. They're now begging for a *one-time* subsidy but she's denying it on the cause that she isn't going to grant a subsidy she just cut...
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