Door stop (spring)

The door stop, acts as a spring,  

pushing the door back so that it won't hit the wall.

My room

By: Nicole Pena



Golf Ball Retriever

Weston Shosid
Taken in my dorm room
converts potential elastic energy, stored in the spring, into kinetic energy in the golf ball.

Bed Spring (Spring)

The springs used in a bed support the mattress and keep the mattress from falling through the bed frame.

Taken at Whitis LLA.

Stapler (Spring)

The staples uses a spring  and potential energy to push the staples towards the front, so they can be pushed out.

3rd Floor Jester West

by Sarah Kriegh

The spring from a pen at home contains elastic potential energy to write with.

Spring, Pneumatic Cylinder

A spring supporting the suspension on the Longhorn Racing car
ETC Lobby
By Mitchell Johnson

Stapler spring

This stapler uses elastic potential energy to press the staples flush against the wall of the machine. When the staples are flush the teeth of the stapler can press staples into the paper.

Shaver Spring (Inside Shaver Head)

 

Description: The spring within the head of this electric shaver pushes up blades against a metal screen to shave off unwanted facial hairs. The spring compresses and decompresses as it smoothly glades over different bumps and crevices on someone's face for maximum comfort.

Location: My dorm room, Jester West

Date: 9/20/2013

Time: 9:00 a.m.

shock absorbing spring

The back of my quad and its shocks. Photo by: vanessa manzano

Electric Razor Trimmer Spring

The two springs located underneath the trimmer contain potential energy to expand until the locking mechanism is unleashed and the trimmer pops up.
14th floor of Jester West
By Caleb Melancon

Stapler Spring

The spring in the stapler is used to keep the staples in place by compressing and retracting depending on the number of staples in the stapler.

Location: my dorm room

Date: 9/19/13

Time: 10:53pm

Door Stop (Spring)

This spring compresses and pushes back the door when it comes into contact with it, preventing the door from hitting the wall. 

South Austin

By Nicole Rocha

Stapler Spring - Samantha Houston

Slinky, Spring

This slinky, when fully outstretched has Elastic potential energy. When I let go, the slinky contracts, changing that potential energy into kinetic energy.

Photo was taken on 9/20/2013 at 12:45 AM in Moore-Hill Dormitory by Justin Kim

Strength Testing Machine

This machine is locates at ECJ basement.  Civil engineering students use it in compression to test concrete strength. The spring keep the flat table horizontally during the testing by absorbing the energy of  uneven surface of the concrete specimen.

Restroom Hose, Spring.

A restroom Hose. When you push the hand to let the water come out and then leave it, there is a spring attached to the hand make it go back to its original place and water stops from coming out.

A Hole Puncher (Spring)

        The springs on the hole puncher store potential energy in the form of compression when the hole puncher is depressed. This turns into actual work once the handle of the hole puncher is released and the kinetic energy of the spring moves the hole puncher back to its original position.

1211 Ritter Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613, USA at 5:31am

By: Abhishek Pratapa

Click pens

The click pen works because of the spring. 

The spring has created tension with the ballpoint of the pen, which permits it to stay exposed. When the end of the pen is clicked again, the tension is released causing the ballpoint to retract into the frame.

Pen (Spring)

When the top of a pen is clicked down, a spring is compressed (storing elastic potential energy) so that when it is clicked again it can retract the tip inti itself. 

Stall door, Spring. Harsha Rao

This spring keeps the stall door from staying open when it is opened.
Carothers Dorm. third floor.