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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Example Sentences

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

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua

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

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