Betekenis van:
suction cup

suction cup
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • zuignapje, zuignap
  • a cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface

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  1. Sticking and unsticking the projectiles imply that the suction cup is submitted to repeated stress.
  2. The Commission has been informed of several accidents with projectiles toys with a suction cup as an impact surface intended for children above the age of three years.
  3. In 1997, a Swedish child of nine years old suffocated to death after having sucked on a suction cup tip which he accidentally inhaled.
  4. If the suction cup is not properly secured on the toy it is foreseeable that it can be detached during normal and foreseeable use.
  5. More recently, in August 2005, the Spanish authorities informed the Commission of a fatal accident with a four years old child caused by a bow and arrow toy with a suction cup.
  6. If the suction cup becomes detached and enters entirely in the mouth, it can block the airway at the back of the mouth and upper throat and cause asphyxiation.
  7. According to the Spanish authorities, a child older than three years might detach a suction cup from a projectile using a force higher than a force of 60 N laid down in clause 8.4.2.3 ‘test for protective components’.