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BS 2099:1989

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Specification for castors for hospital equipment
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-02-1989

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Dimensions of castors and top plates
4 Means of attachment
5 Performance
6 Antistatic castors
7 Identification and marking
Appendices
A Method of test for swivel locking of total lock and
   directional lock castors
B Method of test for wheel lock
C Method of test for tyre wear, wheel rock and swivel
   rock
D Method of test for electrical resistance
Tables
1 Dimensions of all castors, except for swivel castors
   with a centrally-operated directional or total lock
2 Dimensions of swivel castors with a
   centrally-operated directional or total lock
3 Dimensions of top plates
4 Maximum wheel rock and swivel rock
5 Test loads and running times
Figures
1 Typical swivel castor
2 Typical swivel castor with a centrally-operated
   directional or total lock
3 Test apparatus for total lock, directional lock and
   wheel lock
4 Section through hazard
5 Wheel rock
6 Swivel rock

Castors with a diameter of 63 mm to 250 mm intended for use on items of equipment used for transport of patients, equipment that is frequently mobile in use and equipment used within the operating theatre, e.g. patient trolleys, beds, cylinder trolleys and instrument trolleys.

This British Standard specifies requirements for castors having diameters from 63mm to 250mm intended for use on items of hospital equipment used for the transport of patients, equipment that is frequently mobile in use and equipment used within the operating theatre, for example patient trolleys, beds, cylinder trolleys and instrument trolleys.

Castors intended for use on hospital furniture which is used only on the ward and which is infrequently mobile, for example bedside lockers and four fold screens, together with castors intended for use on heavy mobile equipment, for example portable X-ray machines and food trolleys, are outside the scope of this standard.

NOTE The title of the publication referred to in this standard is given on the inside back cover.

Committee
CH/100
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 2099-1(1970) & 86/41346 DC. (06/2004) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2012. (09/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
14
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
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