wrist plate


nounMachinery.
  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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How to use wrist plate in a sentence

  • The exhaust valves are both opened and closed by the action of the wrist-plate and connecting rods.

    Steam Engines | Anonymous
  • When in operation, the bell-crank is rotated in the direction of the arrow by the action of the wrist-plate and connecting-rod.

    Steam Engines | Anonymous
  • The valve gear is of the regular Corliss type, driven by a single eccentric and wrist-plate.

    Steam Engines | Anonymous
  • M is a wrist plate pin by which the valve rod C can be released from the wrist plate.

    Motors | James Slough Zerbe
  • The wrist plate or spider has a rocking motion, being driven by an eccentric rod from the engine-shaft.

    Motors | James Slough Zerbe