pantograph in English

noun
1
an instrument for copying a drawing or plan on a different scale by a system of hinged and jointed rods.
Shortly before dusk, he arrived at the Maryland State House clutching two homemade drawing instruments, a simplified camera obscura and a modified pantograph .
2
a jointed framework conveying a current to a train, streetcar, or other electric vehicle from overhead wires.
The electric part is that it uses a pantograph or roof mounted current collector to pick up electricity from the overhead catenary or wires.

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1. Adjustment of pantograph contact force

2. — Adjustment of pantograph contact force

3. additional vertical force applied to the pantograph as a result of air flow around the pantograph assembly

4. Minimum spacing between adjacent pantograph (if applicable)

5. Pantograph contact force (including dynamic behaviour and aerodynamic effects)

6. Pantograph contact force (including static contact force, dynamic behaviour and aerodynamic effects)

7. The pantograph gauge differs in some aspects from the obstacle gauge:

8. — adjustment of the pantograph contact defined in Section 4.2.2.12 of the energy TSI,

9. Contact force at the pantograph/catenary interface consists of a static and aerodynamic component.

10. Fm is formed by the static, dynamic and aerodynamic components of the pantograph contact force.

11. Active pantograph: the Faiveley CX used on the Duplex has a pneumatically actuated active control system.

12. And you also see a bit these properties of these three segments of the leg as pantograph.

13. Topographic relations between the exploring electrode and a movable direct recording galvanometer are established by a pantograph linkage.

14. All the cars adopted this livery, and early in 1976 car 5 was fitted with a pantograph.

15. : difference between the lateral inclination based on calculation and the actual inclination of the pantograph upper verification point

16. The pantograph shall meet the specified performance as far as maximum running speed and current carrying capacity are concerned

17. Comparison of material of pantograph contact strip, for each energy supply system, between the vehicle and the intended route.

18. The pantograph shall meet the specified performance as far as maximum running speed and current carrying capacity are concerned.

19. The values shall be adjusted taking into account the movement of the pantograph and track tolerances according to Annex E.

20. The permissible lateral position of the contact wire has to be adjusted to the working range of the pantograph head and collector strips.

21. Billowy - Pantograph By Hermione Agee Available in Paper, Self Print and Digital (CQP, DXF, HQF, IQP, MQR, PAT, QLI, SSD, TXT, WMF and 4QB or PLT

22. In our world, a Catenary is a system of overhead wires used to supply electricity to a locomotive, streetcar, or light rail vehicle which is equipped with a pantograph

23. A pneumatic device for applying the upper end of a pantograph against the catenary wire with a suitable pressure in which the air-cushion (4) comprises a small rod (32) inside the airtight chamber (28) formed by the two flanges (21, 22) and the rubber bellows (23) compelling the movable flange (22) to a translation reproducible depending on the air pressure in the chamber (28).