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Diagram illustrating the principles used by William Wallace's eidograph. The ancient Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria described pantographs in his work Mechanics. [1]In 1603, [2] Christoph Scheiner used a pantograph to copy and scale diagrams, and wrote about the invention over 27 years later, in "Pantographice seu Ars delineandi res quaslibet per parallelogrammum lineare seu cavum" (Rome 1631).
An example of a simple scissor lift A pantograph mirror. A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern. [1]The scissor mechanism is a mechanical linkage system used to create vertical motion or extension.
The diamond-shaped, electric-rod pantograph of the Swiss cogwheel locomotive of the Schynige Platte railway in Schynige Platte, built in 1911 Cross-arm pantograph of a Toshiba EMU. A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or trolley buses [1] to collect power through contact with an ...
Pantograph wipers feature two arms for each blade, with the blade assembly itself supported on a horizontal bar connecting the two arms. One of the arms is attached to the motor, while the other is on an idle pivot. [citation needed] The pantograph mechanism, while being more complex, allows the blade to cover more of the windscreen on each ...
For the physics and theory behind balanced-arm lamps, see Classical mechanics, linkage and torque. There are different methods to balance the arms and the lamp-cap: coil springs In some cases a set of two coil springs working in parallel on both sides of the pivoting arm is used. (They function in the same way as a single spring.) counterweight(s)
In physics, action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory. Action is significant because it is an input to the principle of stationary action, an approach to classical mechanics that is simpler for multiple objects. [1]
Pantograph (four-bar, two DOF) Five bar linkages often have meshing gears for two of the links, creating a one DOF linkage. They can provide greater power transmission with more design flexibility than four-bar linkages. Jansen's linkage is an eight-bar leg mechanism that was invented by kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen.
This configuration is also called a pantograph, [2] [3] however, it is not to be confused with the parallelogram-copying linkage pantograph. The linkage can be a one-degree-of-freedom mechanism if two gears are attached to two links and are meshed together, forming a geared five-bar mechanism.