Pin joining a piston to a connecting rod.
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Examples for "pintle "
Examples for "pintle "
1 The day watch had his harpoon loaded and tracking, swinging the gun on its pintle .
2 What would become of a ship if the pintle that the rudder works on were away?
3 At the top of the pintle , a cast-iron plate should support the base of the column above.
4 On the trail transom, pintle plates rimmed the hole that went over the pintle on the limber.
5 Before I could thank my stars, the pintle , or hook on which the rudder hangs, broke off.
1 The material used for the Liberty engine piston pin was S. A. E. No.
2 The piston pin on an aviation engine must possess maximum resistance to wear and to fatigue.
3 The finish heat treatment of the piston pin consisted in quenching in oil from a temperature of from 1,525 to 1,575°F.
4 Hollow connecting-rods are used, and the lubricating oil for the piston pins passes from the crankshaft through the centres of the rods.
5 After this quenching, all piston pins are tempered in oil at a temperature of from 375 to 400°F.
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