link motion
Britishnoun
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When in full gear the link motion operates the valve almost precisely the same as if the eccentric rod was attached direct to the valve spindle and no link motion was used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This latter plan is also adopted for forms not easily ground out in a machine, as, for example, a die in a link of a link motion.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This latter advantage is a great one, as, with the ordinary link motion, large cylinders are exceedingly difficult to design so as to get the requisite clear exhaust.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
The valves of the high-pressure and intermediate cylinders were of the piston type, and the low-pressure cylinder had double-ported slide valves, fitted with Stephenson link motion.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
Q.--Is a similar method of setting the valve adopted when the link motion is employed.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
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