Rip cord
The pull cord is the actuator of the pull cord switch or other mechanism.
Security technology
The rip cords with the rip cord switches are used on machines and systems in order to bring the machines into the emergency stop state from a distance of up to 50 meters . According to an EU regulation , a rip cord must be red.
Parachute
The (non-existent) line attached to the parachute's deployment handle is colloquially referred to as the rip cord .
balloon
In the case of gas balloons , the corresponding device is also called a tear device . This consists of a tear strip with which, after landing, a segment of the track glued through a slot in the cover , the tear strip , is torn off. This allows the balloon to be emptied quickly, e.g. B. to prevent drifting off the landed balloon.
Phrase
As a saying , “pulling the rip cord” means trying to slow down or stop a threatening or harmful development.
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Lueger : Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . 2nd Edition. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart and Leipzig 1920 ( zeno.org [accessed on December 4, 2019] lexicon entry "Tearing device").