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Jan 18, 2005 17:52
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cage goggles
English
Tech/Engineering
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
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What are they like ?
Eye protection:
Tightly fitting safety goggles (cage goggles) (EN 166) and face shield
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.basf.de/basf/img/pr...
Eye protection:
Tightly fitting safety goggles (cage goggles) (EN 166) and face shield
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.basf.de/basf/img/pr...
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safety goggles
Cage-like eye protection. Hockey players or lacross players wear it mostly, but can be just for protection at some work.
Other version is full-face protection.
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Note added at 17 hrs 7 mins (2005-01-19 10:59:56 GMT)
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You are right to question it.
It looks like that the person writing the text you are working on didn\'t know what real \"cage goggles\" are, basically cages in front of the eye or face, as most of us was talking about, and used mainly for sport. He may have heard the expression, and got mixed up.
The protective eye wear used for safety and should be described in your test is just that.
Probably what the writer wanted to say, that they are not just a bit more protective glasses looking things, but tight fitting ones. These look a bit like a cage, because they have flat fronts and substantial sides, and the eyes \"trapped\" inside, so the writer may have thought, that they are called cage goggles.
So really, they are tight fitting safety goggles, but not cage goggles.
Other version is full-face protection.
Story and websites to see it:
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Note added at 17 hrs 7 mins (2005-01-19 10:59:56 GMT)
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You are right to question it.
It looks like that the person writing the text you are working on didn\'t know what real \"cage goggles\" are, basically cages in front of the eye or face, as most of us was talking about, and used mainly for sport. He may have heard the expression, and got mixed up.
The protective eye wear used for safety and should be described in your test is just that.
Probably what the writer wanted to say, that they are not just a bit more protective glasses looking things, but tight fitting ones. These look a bit like a cage, because they have flat fronts and substantial sides, and the eyes \"trapped\" inside, so the writer may have thought, that they are called cage goggles.
So really, they are tight fitting safety goggles, but not cage goggles.
Reference:
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cage/safety goggles
:) They are special glasses protecting the eyes and near area. See there:
Magid also offers other eye protection products such as safety goggles, lens cleaners, ... More about safety goggles. Magid safety goggles - photo ...
www.magidglove.com/eyeprotection.asp - 21k - Em cache - Páginas Semel
Magid also offers other eye protection products such as safety goggles, lens cleaners, ... More about safety goggles. Magid safety goggles - photo ...
www.magidglove.com/eyeprotection.asp - 21k - Em cache - Páginas Semel
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goggles with protective metal cross bars
These are designed for sports applications. However, I think the source probably intended to mean safety goggles with SIDE SHIELDS,
which are common industrial safety equipment.
which are common industrial safety equipment.
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Victor Potapov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Financial, Legal, Oil&Gas and Technical
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goggles with transparent sides that go all the way to the temples
Idea is to provide protection against specks of hot metal / drops of acids / other corrosive chemicals etc. You have no doubt seen those on TV or at manufacturing facilities. These glasses (plain - no diopters) resemble a snorkeling mask - they are transparent in the front and on the sides and sometimes have perforation on the sides (for ventilation and to avoid condensation and dew).
Face shield is just a glass / polyacrylic plate (often bent to fit the diameter of the head - so it looks like a part of the wall of a glass cylinder) that offers protection to the face and sometimes neck area. Again, worn by rolling mill/machine tool operators etc. No perforation this time.
Hope this helps!
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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-01-18 20:09:13 GMT)
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So bigedsenior is basically right - cage goggles are made of a wire mesh. How this would protect a person agains small high-temperature or high-velocity objects - I do not know... Maybe the author indeed mixed up two types of goggles - protective ones with side shields and cage goggles (used, for example, in team sports for protection of players\' eyes).
In any case, the definition of cage goggles and a link are below.
...The other style features wire frame cages. They are heavily padded around the eye with a cage fastened in front of and away from the eyes. The choices among the wire cage goggles revolve around what pattern the wires are arranged in...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/109-05022004-293149.h...
Face shield is just a glass / polyacrylic plate (often bent to fit the diameter of the head - so it looks like a part of the wall of a glass cylinder) that offers protection to the face and sometimes neck area. Again, worn by rolling mill/machine tool operators etc. No perforation this time.
Hope this helps!
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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-01-18 20:09:13 GMT)
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So bigedsenior is basically right - cage goggles are made of a wire mesh. How this would protect a person agains small high-temperature or high-velocity objects - I do not know... Maybe the author indeed mixed up two types of goggles - protective ones with side shields and cage goggles (used, for example, in team sports for protection of players\' eyes).
In any case, the definition of cage goggles and a link are below.
...The other style features wire frame cages. They are heavily padded around the eye with a cage fastened in front of and away from the eyes. The choices among the wire cage goggles revolve around what pattern the wires are arranged in...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/109-05022004-293149.h...
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bigedsenior
: you are referring to goggles with side shields, not cage goggles
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Well... Win a couple, loose a couple... :-) Guess I got carried away on the protective aspect of those glasses - a bit strange to see cage goggles in a chemistry lab or in a foundry, for instance. But I agree with your comment.
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