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pantograph: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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pantograph1 CONSTRUCTPantograph linkageUICKER · PARALLELOGRAM

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Kinematics of machines

A jointed parallelogram that copies a figure to scale

In the kinematics of machines, a pantograph is a jointed-parallelogram linkage whose geometry forces two points to trace geometrically similar paths, so that moving a tracing point reproduces a figure enlarged or reduced by a fixed ratio. Uicker, Pennock, and Shigley's Theory of machines and mechanisms treats this and related linkages that constrain a point to a prescribed motion. The referent is a mechanism defined by its linkage geometry and scale ratio (the original device the word named, used for copying drawings), and the railway current collector later borrowed both the name and the sprung parallelogram form.[1]

Unit
The scale ratio between the traced and reproduced paths
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Described by the linkage proportions that fix the scaling ratio and keep the traced and copying points similar

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References

  1. Uicker, J. J., Pennock, G. R., & Shigley, J. E. (2011). Theory of machines and mechanisms (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195371239

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