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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cam locking

French translation:

Verrouillage (loquet) à came

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Oct 30, 2013 06:41
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English term

cam locking

English to French Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) iphones accessories
cam locking industrial strength suction cup
Proposed translations (French)
4 +1 fermeture par came
4 serrure à cam
4 blocage par came
References
Car Mount Kit - Samsung Galaxy S4
Change log

Oct 30, 2013 11:13: writeaway changed "Field" from "Marketing" to "Tech/Engineering"

Discussion

Tony M Oct 30, 2013:
@ Nicolas Thanks a lot! I am familiar with the term cam locking from way back before smartphones even existed... especially in this context of suction cups.
Nicolas Roussel Oct 30, 2013:
@Tony M More research convinced me you must be right, cam must not be meaning camera here.
Tony M Oct 30, 2013:
@ Nicolas I really don't think so; the abbreviation 'cam' is much more rarely used in this way in EN than in FR (which loves to abbreviate everything if it can, cf. foot, pull, tennis, ... )!
In some contexts, yes of course, one might well say "I was chatting to my pal last night on cam" or "Put your cam somewhere safe"; but here, it is in the specific collocation 'cam(-)locking', which modifies 'suction cup' — as so often, the US trend to omit hyphens is regrettable when, as here, its presence would have guided comprehension.
Besides, the overriding consideration is when you actually go and look at these devices, this is exactly what they have: being relatively heavy, they can't use just a simple push-on-and-hope-it-sticks suction cup, they need to use the heavier-duty variety which uses a lever/cam arrangement to exert added pressure after application; this sort of device is used for lifting huge sheets of glass onto the façades of buildings — and I have a much simpler version holding up the tea-towels in my kitchen!
Tony M Oct 30, 2013:
@ W/A No, I guess it's pretty rare when that happens!


(let's delete our off-topic posts, shall we?)
Nicolas Roussel Oct 30, 2013:
caméra Since we're talking of iphone accessories, cam is most probably a camera or camera phone here.
writeaway Oct 30, 2013:
@ Tony: thanks! Had no idea-never saw it (or noticed it?) before.
Tony M Oct 30, 2013:
@ W/A None of them! That's what you get when an asker leaves it to the community to decide but fails to choose any "most helpful answer"
writeaway Oct 30, 2013:
Which answer does " " represent? It's unclear.

Proposed translations

3 hrs

serrure à cam

c'est un type de serrure
Reference:

http://www.camlock.com/French/HTML/Cam-locks.php

http://www.quadlockcase.com/products/quad-lock-iphone-5-case

Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : It's certainly 'came', but I'm not sure that in this instance of a 'ventouse' it can actually be called a 'serrure'?
19 mins
ah oui, la dernière lettre est partie. En fait je suis d'accord fermeture a sans doute plus de sens ici, Abel a vue juste
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54 mins

blocage par came

If this is a suction cup, then this is referring to the use of a kind of 'cam' to ensure better suction — you moisten, press on to smooth surface, then operate the over-centre lever so that the cam increases the distension and hence the suction.

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-30 08:31:04 GMT)
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Although the context is different, this page has a good illustration of a type of suction cup operated by a locking lever, the end of which forms the 'cam' that is used to increase the suction after application:

http://www.mondial-defence.com/2011/Products/Single EOD Suct...

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-30 08:33:35 GMT)
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From the same site, maybe this picture shows it more clearly:

http://www.mondial-defence.com/2011/Products/Single EOD Suct...

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-30 08:34:30 GMT)
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It's a suction cap that is locked by means of a cam action

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Note added at 6 hrs (2013-10-30 12:52:18 GMT)
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As I have explained in my discussion post, 'cam' is used of course in EN, but in certain specific ways, which are a bit different from the ways it is sued (often colloquially) in FR; but that is to overllok the fact that this is not something for locking you cam, but a cam-locking mechanism for a sucker.
All that is, however, immaterial — all that matters is to look at the actual device, and you can see at once how it works.
Peer comment(s):
agree FX Fraipont (X) : I concede : no camera here, but "cam locking" suction cup : http://www.topfinish.co.nz/spray-guns/Spray-Gun-Accessories?... - humble pie and miscellaneous rock groups come to mind ;-)
42 mins
Thanks F-X, most generous of you! :-)
disagree GILLES MEUNIER : caméra (voir les liens en anglais)
1 hr
Which EN links? Your own ref (now hidden) didn't prove that at all. It has to be read as 'cam-locking' (US EN omits hyphens that would sometimes be useful)
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+1
3 hrs

fermeture par came

je suis sûr

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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-10-30 18:23:03 GMT)
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a ventouse is not a cam, cette came ferme la suction cup , c'est tout

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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-10-30 18:24:25 GMT)
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La came ferme la suction cup, vous confondez je pense cher ami
Peer comment(s):
agree Jerome Carrette (X)
10 mins
neutral Tony M : Certainly the right idea — but I'm just not really sure we can really talk about 'fermeture' for a ventouse, can we?
52 mins
neutral FX Fraipont (X) : on ne "ferme" pas une ventouse
21 hrs
on la maintien en poussée
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Reference comments

6 hrs
Reference:

Car Mount Kit - Samsung Galaxy S4

With pictures and video
Reference:

http://www.quadlockcase.com/products/car-mount-kit-samsung-galaxy-s4

Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Tony M : Yes, exactly supports my suggestion!
2 hrs
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