Mechanisms – Linkages – Pantograph Mechanism – 51012

A pantograph is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen. If a line drawing is traced by the first point, an identical, enlarged, or miniaturized copy will be drawn by a pen fixed to the other.

Because of their effectiveness at translating motion in a controlled fashion, pantographs have come to be used as a type of motion guide for objects large and small. A common example of the use of a pantograph assembly as mechanical guide frame is the extension arm of an adjustable wall-mounted mirror.

What is a Pantograph ?

Pantograph is a geometrical instrument used in drawing offices for reproducing given geometrical figures or plane areas of any shape, on an enlarged or reduced scale. It is  also used for guiding cutting tools. Its mechanism is utilised as an indicator rig for reproducing the displacement of cross-head of a reciprocating engine which, in effect,  gives the position of displacement.

Pantograph Simulator

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Links

Pantograph – Copying a path of point on a coupler of Four Bar Linkage – (http://youtu.be/TAj0hFhFSGc)