Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

kelly eyes

German translation:

Kelly-Schwenkösen

Added to glossary by Brandis (X)
Mar 8, 2006 08:57
18 yrs ago
English term

kelly eyes

English to German Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime all related to commercial ship building industry
kelly eyes - context - swivel, trawlergear, kelly eyes . There is no further context to this.
Proposed translations (German)
3 Kelly-Schwenkösen

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Kelly-Schwenkösen

Well this one was truly a learning experience!

“Kelly”, I found out, is a just a company name:
http://www.kellyklosure.com/kk/products/index.htm

Next, the “swivel eye”! A ‘swivel eye snap’ can be admired here http://www.iboats.com/products/7/47982_seachoice_swivel_eye_...
Now I knew that it must be something that is ‘schwenkbar’ , but what about the ‘eye’?

The picture reminded me of the little thingie we always use when we go climbing – Karabiner.
So I began looking for Karabiner pictures

Ahhhh- the little in the Karabiner is the “eye” - auf Deutsch die “Öse”
http://www.proclimber.co.uk/catalogue/index.php?main_page=pr...

Next, I googled for Karaninersorten and found this site:
http://abstractconcepts.de/assets/s2dmain.html?http://abstra...

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a Schwenkkarabiner, but there is a
“Schwenköse”, shown here: http://www.hebetechnik.at/produkteneu/lastaufnahme/bgtbs.htm...

In conclusion, I would propose to call the object a “Kelly-"Schwenköse”.

Langescheidt WB Technik also confirms eye= Öse

Maybe someone can confirm or give you another term. But you can't say I haven't tried;)))
Note from asker:
Danke Johanna, That is some admirable research. but we shall wait a while. I have informed the project man. and waiting for cross confirmation.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. That was a wonderful research. Brandis"
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