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Alignment Truss

A structural member of a carrier designed to maintain proper spacing of other carrier components.

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Bearing Plate

A plate attached to the uprights with provisions for bearing studs.

Bearing Studs

Studs attached to the bearing plate to hold the fixture off the wall.

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Chair Carrier

A support for an off-the-floor fixture other than water closets and women's urinals.

Combination Water Closet

An assembly for supporting off-the-floor water closets and women's urinals which includes both support and waste fitting components.

Concealed Arm

The fixture supporting member extending horizontally from the upper end of a chair carrier upright (stanchion) which is concealed in the fixture.

Coupling

The component which compressed the fixture gasket and provides the conduit means for waste between the fixture and faceplate.

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Exposed Arm

The fixture supporting member extending horizontally from the upper end of a chair carrier upright (stanchion) and fully or partially exposed to view.

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Faceplate

That part of the carrier which holds the fixture bolts and, in a combination water closet support and fitting, seals the fitting branch opening.  In the combination support and filling, the faceplate may carry the fixture bolts as well as seal the branch opening.

Fitting

The sanitary waste fitting component of a combination water closet support and fitting.

Fixture Bolts

The stud members on which the fixture is mounted.

Fixture Gasket

The sealing element between fixture and coupling.

Fixture Supports (Carriers)

A device that can be normally concealed in the building construction, designed to support off-the-floor plumbing fixtures independent of the wall partition.

Foot

A member of a carrier, designed to rest on the floor or slab in a concealed location to anchor and  support the assembly.

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Hanger Plate

That part of a carrier located between the upper end of the uprights with provisions for mounting the fixture hanger furnished by the fixture manufacturer.

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Leveling Screws

Screws located in a carrier arm which bear on the fixture to level and support it in relation to the floor.

Locking Device

A device which secures a lavatory or sink to a carrier arm.

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Sleeve

The component of a chair carrier that ties the arm or other fixture support to the upright.

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Upright

The vertical component of a chair carrier which is mounted on the foot and carries the header.

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Water Closet Carrier

A concealed support for an off-the-floor water closet.

Water Closet Gasket

See FIXTURE GASKET

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