taper pin

British  

noun

1. a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge

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Example Sentences

A taper pin, which is raised by the extra handle allows a very fine stream of compound to be poured.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

But if a taper pin be made too nearly parallel, it will drive through too easily, and has less capability to take up the play due to wear.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

When a bolt has no thread but is secured by a taper pin, set screw, cotter, or device other than a nut, it is termed a pin.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The cutter passes through a rectangular slot in the bar and this particular style is centrally located by shoulders s, and is held by a taper pin p.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.

If, however, it is considered desirable to give the taper pin in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua