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wrist plate

American  

noun

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


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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.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua

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

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua

The first consists of the rod m, wrist plate y, and the rods c and c′, which operate the bell cranks r r, r′ r′ which are fast on the valve shafts s, s′.

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

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