Handle bar
Handlebar refers to a handle that is primarily used as hand protection for handles and stapling devices, tools or weapons. Handlebars are occasionally confused with bow-type handles or with carrying and opening handles.
Areas of application and shapes
Craft tools
In the case of handicraft tools, the handle is used to protect against injuries. Wider temples can also function as a dirt repellent. With hacksaws , not the entire hanger, but only the hand guard is referred to as the handle.
Transport devices and controls
In some devices or devices, handlebars are used. Spread these on hand trucks and operating levers of machines or other engaging devices .
vehicles
For motorcycles , handlebars (also called handguards or hand protectors) are used as protection in the event of falls as protection from shrubbery. Some of them are delivered ex works or can be retrofitted. These protective elements are known as standard in the BMW F 650 GS , BMW R 1200 GS K25 , Honda MTX 200 R and many other models.
weapons
Numerous shapes and types of handlebars are known for weapons. They are mainly used as a bracket (blade weapon) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Seifert: Technical Terms of Edged Weapons ( Memento of January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2007 edition (online PDF 2.0 MB).