Storm pole

This article covers storm poles as a safety measure against wind loads. For the medieval weapon storm pole see storm spike .

A storm pole is generally a rod that gives a structure stability against wind loads , for example:

• for holding a window open, see storm hook or locking rod
• For tensioning a hood on vehicles such as carriages, prams and cars. In the case of the Faux Cabriolet body design, dummy storm poles are sometimes used to simulate a folding top, for example in the SS1 automobile .
• for supporting a mast, for example on old telegraph stations
• as additional supports for the roof tarpaulin in circus tents between main masts and circular poles
• an iron rod walled into a medieval church window opening to which the glass window could be securely fastened against wind loads.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hand locks. In: Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences. Vol. 4 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1906, p. 772.
2. ^ Carl Schäfer: The stained glass of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In: From German Art. Wilhelm Ernst u. Sohn, Berlin 1910, pp. 159–191.