wrist plate

noun

, Machinery.

1. a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.

Example Sentences

But, if we turn to valve v′, which has closed its port and covers it to the amount of the lap, we find that bell crank r′ and its operating rod c′ are in such positions with relation to the wrist plate, that the motion of the latter will have but little effect in moving the bell crank r′.

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In the lock he unsnapped the hand propulsor from its bulkhead niche and clamped it to his wrist plate while the outer hatch swung open and the lock's air exploded into a void encrusted with a crisscross of vivid, vari-colored lines.

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Figures 325 and 326 show the cam wrist plate and the cut-off mechanism.

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The cam wrist plate, which is of course vibrated by the eccentric rod, has an inclined groove, whose walls are protected from wear by steel shoes.

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Second, the use of poppet valves, which are operated in a very simple manner from a wrist plate on the side of the cylinder, the connections from the valves to the wrist plate and the connections from the wrist plate to the eccentric being similar to the parts usually employed for the operation of Corliss valves.

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