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    A pantograph (from Greek παντ- 'all, every', and γραφ- 'to write', from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a...
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    A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with...
    21 KB (2,345 words) - 15:03, 16 March 2024
  • pen. Pantograph may also refer to: Pantograph (lighting suspension), an overhead lighting system used in television and photography Pantograph punch...
    1,014 bytes (167 words) - 03:25, 25 May 2020
  • A pantographic knife or paratrooper knife is a folding knife whose blade is opened by a unique scissors method. The blade has a slightly longer tang than...
    2 KB (333 words) - 21:27, 23 December 2023
  • In security printing, void pantograph refers to a method of making copy-evident and tamper-resistant patterns in the background of a document. Normally...
    3 KB (335 words) - 18:39, 6 October 2023
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    for the railway industry founded in 1919. It introduced the single-arm pantograph in 1955. The company has subsidiaries in more than 24 countries. The majority...
    19 KB (1,701 words) - 15:46, 7 May 2024
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    A pantograph is a commonly used overhead suspension system for lamps and audio and video monitors in television studios. It is also used on a smaller scale...
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    that collect their current from overhead lines use a device such as a pantograph, bow collector or trolley pole. It presses against the underside of the...
    44 KB (5,522 words) - 01:21, 20 May 2024
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    Somerset, and brand-name of electrification equipment for railways, mostly pantographs and contact shoes. Henry Brecknell and Sons began operating in 1854....
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  • accurately. Ryusui recreates a scale model of a ship, allowing Senku to use a pantograph to accurately copy the ship pieces to the accurate size and shapes. Ship...
    46 KB (908 words) - 01:41, 8 May 2024
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    Spadina switched to pantographs.) Large portions of San Francisco's surface network are also set up to handle both trolley pole and pantograph operation in order...
    18 KB (2,216 words) - 13:25, 22 April 2024
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    current from an overhead line system use different forms of one- or two-arm pantograph collectors, bow collectors or trolley poles. The current collection device...
    8 KB (869 words) - 01:18, 24 March 2024
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    the Jesuits had "contributed to the development of pendulum clocks, pantographs, barometers, reflecting telescopes and microscopes – to scientific fields...
    203 KB (22,824 words) - 06:19, 7 June 2024
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    as a battery, or to collect current from a sliding contact such as a pantograph. Electrically powered vehicles are used in public transportation, such...
    84 KB (9,331 words) - 07:32, 9 June 2024
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    consuming around 480 kW of power collected from an overhead line with a pantograph. These locomotives were significantly less efficient than electric ones;...
    145 KB (17,775 words) - 15:12, 20 May 2024
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    being drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley [pole] or a pantograph; driven by an operator onboard the vehicle; and may have either high platform...
    69 KB (7,581 words) - 10:53, 15 April 2024
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    continental Europe, it was replaced by the pantograph or the trolley pole, itself often later replaced by the pantograph. When the bow collector was first conceived...
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    single-arm pantographs and fairings to reduce noise and air resistance. Following testing, JR Central subsequently fitted new pantographs to all of its...
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    physiognotrace by Chrétien, the inventor. By adjusting the needles of a pantograph he achieved a reduction ratio. This device was connected to an engraving...
    270 KB (29,162 words) - 01:06, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for CRRC Qingdao Sifang CR151
    Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC Overhead conductor rail Current collector(s) Pantograph Safety system(s) Siemens Trainguard Sirius moving block CBTC ATC under...
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