Pushbar

Quick meaning: Pushbar is a noun meaning A rigid bar or configurable attachment mounted on machinery (such as cranes, loaders, or lift tables) used to push, align, or position loads—especially during material handling or implement installation.

Meaning

A rigid bar or configurable attachment mounted on machinery (such as cranes, loaders, or lift tables) used to push, align, or position loads—especially during material handling or implement installation.

More Meanings

1. (architecture, commercial building) A horizontal bar installed across the inside face of a swing door—often spring-loaded—that unlatches the door when pushed, enabling quick exit in emergencies.
2. (automotive, rail transport) A tubular or bar-shaped accessory mounted on the front bumper or chassis of a vehicle—especially trucks, SUVs, emergency service vehicles or locomotives—designed to push light loads (such as stalled vehicles) or guard against minor impacts without damaging the main bumper assembly.

Example Sentences

The pushbar switch controls the lamp, so that the light can be switched on or off while the iron is in use.

Shw saw the door with the pushbar and charged it, hands out, smashing the door open so hard that it hit off something outside and rebounded.

On our tow vehicle, which was a Buick Riviera, Jack had welded a horizontal pushbar that would meet the vertical bar in a criss-corss fashion.

In a shingle-machine, the combination of the cam, pushbar, and lever with the hinged reciprocating feeder and cutter-head and the weighted cord for drawing the feeder toward the blank, as shown and described.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for pushbar

Depending on context, synonyms include cow catcher, crash bar, panic bar.

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