How to understand the "dead man's brake"?

keel · 发表于 2011-3-11 14:25

There is a statement which describes the saftety devices of hydraulically-operated folding hatches: "if the control button is released(dead man's brake), the system will stop.

Can someone give me a detailed explanation?

lucy215711 · 发表于 2011-3-11 18:36

我用金山词霸发现dead man's brake是火车上的紧急急停阀

menglianglum · 发表于 2011-3-15 16:28

本帖最后由 menglianglum 于 2011-3-15 18:49 编辑

"dead man's brake" is a brake/mechanism which stops the engine/ device while in emergency for safety purpose or "man would be killed and dead". In Chinese,we shouldn't directly translate it as "死人刹车”，but "紧急刹车”。

Sometimes, in a professional description, we would find one just said "in emergency the dead man will act ...." . In this case, we should understand one was saying about "dead man's brake", not "dead man" as someone said in the street.

For example, one said:
"This Airport Trolley is supplied as standard with a "reverse brake" or "Dead man brake" the handle needs to be depressed for the trolley to move ".

I think "dead man" is just a term for scaring/reminding people that the device must be able to stop in emergency.

wingman1985 · 发表于 2011-3-17 13:32

请参考：
http://www.answers.com/topic/deadman-apos-s-brake

keel · 发表于 2011-3-18 13:32

回复 3# menglianglum

Thanks, Mr.Lum. Your professional explanation is really one of the reasons whay I like this forum!

keel · 发表于 2011-3-18 13:32

回复 4# wingman1985

Thank you, too. And you also provide me a very useful website!

dapenghao · 发表于 2011-4-26 21:36

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jasonz · 发表于 2011-4-27 09:05

回复 menglianglum

Thanks, Mr.Lum. Your professional explanation is really one of the reas ...
keel 发表于 2011/3/18 13:32

yeah, many professional people here.

wuqi0609 · 发表于 2011-5-7 12:25

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