B.S. 895 : Part 2 : 1965 SPECIFICATION FOR STRETCHERS AND STRETCHER CARRIERS Part 2. Performance EAD Win sos NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW hf A TTL CRMBS. 806 : Part 2: 1965 Tins Brivis STANDARD, hay ing been approved by the Personal Saf juipmeat Standards Com nittee, was publisiicd uader the authority of the General Council on 26th Noventber, 1965. The Institution desires to call attention to the fact that this British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. In order to keep abreast ef progress in the concerned, British Standards are subject to periodical review. Suggesticns for improvements will be recorded and in due course brought to the notice of the committees charged with the revision of the standards to which they refer. ndustries A compikte h Standards, numbering over 4000, fully indeacd and with 2 note of the contents of each, will be found in the British Standards Yearbook, The B.S. Yearbook may be consulted in many public libraries and similar institutions. This standard makes reference to the following British Standard: B.S, 856. Stretchers and stretcher carrier Part 1, Dimensions British Standards are revised, when necessary, by the issue either of emendmeat slips or of revised editions. It is important that users of British Standards should ascertain that they are in possession of the latest amendments or editions, ‘The following B.S.I, references relate to the work on this standard: Committee reference PSM/3- Draft for comment D65/1462.B.S, 896 : Part 2 : 1965 CO-OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS winment Standards Committee, under British Standard was prepared, consists from the following Government department nclusteial organization al Manufacturers facturers’ Associ facturers’ Federation 1 Federation Fs" Association wal Fiygiciic Society pectives British Iron British fr Britist *Pritish, ig Makers’ Federation : Couned ton Bowed Council of Ironfourdry Associations 'y, Council, the Generating Board and the Area Boards in England ubber ard Allied Manufacturers ering Contractors, lass Mar, erstion industrial Safety Personal Fgu Institute of British Foundryme ution of Civil ution of Production Engineers Institution of Structural Engineers Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Medical Research Council Ministry of Latour (H.M. Factory Inspectorate) Na ration of Building Trades Operatives est Britain Royal Socivty for the Prevention of Accidents Shoe and Allied Trades Research Association Trades Union Congress Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ‘The organizations marked with an asterisk in the above list, together with the following, were directly represented on. the committee entrusted with the preparation of this British Standard: British Medical Association Grand Zriory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of Sc. John of Jerusalem Home Ofive Institute of Uospital Administrators Ministry of Defense, Air Force Department Ministry of Defence, Army Departinent stry of Defence, Navy Department Bailing and Works nce Officers Association of Hospital Supplies Officers ‘Association of Lift Makers National Coal Board Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. Individual firmsBRITISH STANDARD St “IFICATION FOR STRETCHERS AND STRETCHER CARRIERS Part 2. Performance FOREWORD Part 1 of this British Standard, the second revision of which was published in 1960, deals with the dimensions of stretchers and streicher carriers. It hes subsequently been found desirable to lay down certain performance require- nients as criteria for the necessary strength and rigidity of stretchers. This part of this standard covers these performance requizements and is applicable to stretchers with either metal cr wooden poles. NOE 1. Where metric equivalents are stated, the figures in British units are to be regarded ‘as the standard. The metric conversions are approximate. More accurate conversions should be based oa fi in B.S. 350, ‘Conversion factors and tables’. ‘NOTE 2. In place of the customary, but incorrect, use of the pound and kilogramme as units of force, the units called pound-force (abbreviation 1bf) and kilogramme-force (abbreviation kgf) have been used in this standard. These are the forces which, when acting on a de«ly of mars one pound or one kilogramme respectively, give it an acceleration equal to that of standard gravity. SPECIFICATION SCoPE 1. This British Standard specifies the performance requirements of stretchers constructed to B.S. 896, Part 1*, to ensure strength of construction and rigidity. RIGIDITY OF POLES 2, With the stretcher loaded in accordance with Appendix A and each pole supported at two points cach located 37-5 in (953 mm) from the centre of the pole, the downward deflection at the centre of the poles of the stretcher shall not exceed | in (25 mm). SPREAD OF FEET 3, When the stretcher is loaded in accordance with Appendix A and supported as in Clause 2, the distance between any one pair of the feet of the stretcher shal! not increase hy more than 3% in (10 mm) compared with the spread in the unloaded condition. GROUND CLEARANCE OF BARS 4, When the stretcher is loaded in accordance with Appendix A and is placed on a fiat surface, there shall be a minimum clearance of 156 in G5 mm) between the lowest part of any spreader bar and the surface. *B.S. $96, “Stretchers and stretcher carriers’, Part 1, ‘Dimensions’. 4BS. 896 : Pact 2 2 1565 RIGIDITY OF BARS 5. When the stretcher bars of an opened stretcher are designed to close by hinging inwards towards the centre the stretcher shall be designed and constructed so that when it is loaded in accordance with Appendix A the bars shall operate when a static load of not less than 30 Ibf (23 kgf) and not more than 60 lbf (27 kgf) is imposed at the approximate centres of the bars. APPENDIX A TEST LOADING OF STRI A total weight of 300 Ib is distributed over the full width of the stretcher (excluding the poles) as follows: a, 150 1b evenly spread over the centre 18 inch isngth. 6. 45 1b evenly spread over the adjacent 15 inch lengths. c. 30 ib evenly spread over the adjacent 12 inch lengths. TCHERSBRITISH STANDARDS The following are available on application:— YEARBOOK. Including subject index and numerical list of British Standards SECTIONAL LISTS. Gratis Acoustics Aircraft maicrials and components Building materials and components Chemicals, fats, oils, scientific apparatus, etc. ny and photography Codes of Practice uumer goods nentation, including Universal Decimal Classification actice Electrical engineering Farming, dairying and allied interests Furniture. bedding and furnishings Gas and solid fuel and refractories Glassware including scientific apparatus Hospital equipment Uijumination and lighting fittings industrial instruments, ete. 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