Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
wipe spring
French translation:
Spirales de protection ou ressorts télescopique
English term
wipe spring
Bend ears inward, if necessary, to bind on the wipe springs.
4 | Spirales de protection ou ressorts télescopique | HERBET Abel |
4 +1 | ressort à lames | Pierre Castegnier |
Jun 29, 2018 09:02: HERBET Abel Created KOG entry
Jun 29, 2018 09:02: HERBET Abel changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1595450">HERBET Abel's</a> old entry - "wipe spring"" to ""Spirales de protection ou ressorts télescopique""
Proposed translations
Spirales de protection ou ressorts télescopique
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-06-22 13:08:07 GMT)
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Telescopiques
ressort à lames
The weight of the locomotive rests on the leaf springs, which compress when it passes over a bump.
Comme ressorts de suspension, on utilise des ressorts à lames qui se composent d\'un nombre important de lames dont la longueur augmente de bas en haut.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/diesel-locomotive8.htm
http://www.voisin.ch/dlok/partframes_f.html?/dlok/part0068_f.html
Discussion
Attach a pivot spring cap (8) to the top of each of the wipe springs (7) by the spring tension of the two ears on spring cap.
Place one contact (6) over wipe spring and pivot spring, making certain that the spring cap is firmly seated over the top of pivot spring.