Bolt jammed tether's reel.Investigators have attacked the nuts
and bolts nuts and bolts The basic working components or
practical aspects: "[proposing] of the problems encountered
during deployment of the Tethered Attached to a data or power
source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. Satellite
System (SN: 8/15/92, p. 101) and found a bolt at fault. Last-
minute modifications to the satellite's tether-reel assembly
included the addition of a quarter-inchdiameter securing bolt,
which apparently jammed the mechanism inflight, a board of
international investigators reported last week. The board's
preliminary analysis indicates that this bolt prevented the free
movement of a device called the level wind mechanism, which
feeds out tether tether to tie an animal up by the head or neck
so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether.
much as a fishing reel A fishing reel is a device used for the
deployment and retrieval of fishing line using a spool mounted
on an axle. Fishing reels are traditio