Recent Examples on the WebThe first of the buses, including the pair unveiled Tuesday, will operate on local routes out of the Grand Ave. depot, which is also home to 17 new pantograph chargers.—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024 Read full article Battiston said the pantographs — the metal arms that connect Green Line trolleys to the overhead wire — on both cars of the train were broken.—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023 The pantograph, attached to the roof of the vehicle, presses against the underside of the lowest overhead wire, the contact wire, according to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023 Sagging lines can become entangled in the pantographs that reach up from train cars.—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2021 Mounted on a four-link, pantograph-style hydraulic mechanism, the oversize center section of the swim platform can cantilever upwards, revealing a tender and toy garage.—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 6 May 2022 In one experiment, children were shown a somewhat complex device called a pantograph.—Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022 Yet these monumental sculptures come together in a markedly different method than those of Rodin and other sculptors circa 1900, who would start with a clay figure and then duplicate it at larger scale by use of a pantograph.—Jason Farago, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021 The layout and size are fine, but its pantograph keys are really mushy and unresponsive and just don’t feel good to type on.—Sam Byford, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019
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