Hood
A hood is a movable cover, usually made of a weatherproof fabric made of cotton or plastic.
Especially in automotive engineering, the term has top of the roofs of convertibles and motorcycles - sidecar naturalized. The convertible top is also a common component on sailing boats and motor yachts .
Tarpaulin
Main article: Tarpaulin
A special form of the convertible top is the tarpaulin , a cover as protection against rain on boats and yachts as well as roadsters and sidecars: A tarpaulin is (in contrast to the convertible top or roof) a cover that is mounted lower than the roof line (on the " Belt line ") and therefore does not remain in place when a vehicle is used, but must be removed and stowed aside for vehicle use. The button-in cover of an open convertible top that is occasionally found is also referred to as a tarpaulin. Its purpose is, on the one hand, to prevent the folded top from fluttering, and, on the other hand, to contaminate the inner folds of the top, e.g. B. by bird droppings to prevent.
commercial vehicles
The movable roof of trucks and trailers to protect the load is more correctly called a tarpaulin . The substructure on truck tarpaulins is called a bow . It is also a component in convertibles, but here mostly within the convertible top construction.
Convertible top
Main article: Convertible top
A convertible top refers to the assembly of the foldable roof of a convertible. Depending on the version, it consists of a frame that is covered with a fabric or solid shells that are folded and pushed together.
Tractors and construction machinery
Before they were equipped with cabs, commercial vehicles were equipped with canopies as weather protection. The first convertible top was developed in 1939 by Fritzmeier and Schlüter . Cab roofs have been replaced by cabs since the mid-1970s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Professional magazine for agricultural technology: What actually became of the Fritzmeier covers , Issue 9, 2014, p. 129