Definition of Crankpin

1. Noun. The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crankpin

1. the handle of a crank [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankpin

crankier
crankiest
crankily
crankiness
crankinesses
cranking
cranking up
crankish
crankle
crankled
crankles
crankling
crankly
crankness
crankous
crankpin (current term)
crankpins
cranks
cranks up
crankset
cranksets
crankshaft
crankshafts
cranky
crannied
crannies
crannock
crannocks
crannog
crannoge

Literary usage of Crankpin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant Marine Manual by Eugene Edward O'Donnell (1918)
"HOT crankpin. This being the largest and most important moving part that ... The Oiler should practice feeling the crankpin brasses with both right and left ..."

2. Steam Engine Troubles, a Practical Treatise for the Engineer, Telling how to by Hugo Hamkens (1919)
"IT is generally conceded that the crankpin of an engine should be lubricated ... crankpin oiler. lated at all times. The use of a grease cup on the crank- ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"2 is used stationary, and the index crankpin is rotated in the direction of the arrow x, it will be necessary for the crankpin to pass the point a times, ..."

4. The Second Power Kink Book: A Collection of Short Articles from Power in (1918)
"A LOOSE crankpin BUSHED After several days of unsuccessful effort to locate an unusual knock in a 16 x 36-in. engine, the crankpin was found to be loose in ..."

5. The Operating Engineer's Catechism of Steam Engineering by Michael H. Gornston (1922)
"If the two measurements agree, it proves that the center line of the crankpin is parallel with the center line of the shaft in the horizontal plane. ..."

6. Mechanisms and Mechanical Movements: A Treatise on Different Types of by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"Relative Motions of crankpin and Cross-head. — In some cases, especially in connection with steam engine work, it is important to note the relative motions ..."

7. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"Gfp\2 . g ferred to the crankpin radius R . . ... 16 The resulting velocity change as measured at the crankpin is indicated by the sinuous line superimposed ..."

8. The Theory of Machines: Part I. The Principles of Mechanism. Part II by Robert William Angus (1917)
"The fact that the mass m2 does not fall exactly at the crankpin has been already explained in Sec. 241, and in the engine there discussed the resultant ..."

9. The Merchant Marine Manual by Eugene Edward O'Donnell (1918)
"HOT crankpin. This being the largest and most important moving part that ... The Oiler should practice feeling the crankpin brasses with both right and left ..."

10. Steam Engine Troubles, a Practical Treatise for the Engineer, Telling how to by Hugo Hamkens (1919)
"IT is generally conceded that the crankpin of an engine should be lubricated ... crankpin oiler. lated at all times. The use of a grease cup on the crank- ..."

11. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"2 is used stationary, and the index crankpin is rotated in the direction of the arrow x, it will be necessary for the crankpin to pass the point a times, ..."

12. The Second Power Kink Book: A Collection of Short Articles from Power in (1918)
"A LOOSE crankpin BUSHED After several days of unsuccessful effort to locate an unusual knock in a 16 x 36-in. engine, the crankpin was found to be loose in ..."

13. The Operating Engineer's Catechism of Steam Engineering by Michael H. Gornston (1922)
"If the two measurements agree, it proves that the center line of the crankpin is parallel with the center line of the shaft in the horizontal plane. ..."

14. Mechanisms and Mechanical Movements: A Treatise on Different Types of by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"Relative Motions of crankpin and Cross-head. — In some cases, especially in connection with steam engine work, it is important to note the relative motions ..."

15. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"Gfp\2 . g ferred to the crankpin radius R . . ... 16 The resulting velocity change as measured at the crankpin is indicated by the sinuous line superimposed ..."

16. The Theory of Machines: Part I. The Principles of Mechanism. Part II by Robert William Angus (1917)
"The fact that the mass m2 does not fall exactly at the crankpin has been already explained in Sec. 241, and in the engine there discussed the resultant ..."

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