A short toggle of oak is fitted firmly in the centre of a square piece of plank, one end of the toggle is bored to step the waif-pole in, and the other is loaded with iron sufficiently to balance but not to sink it.
When an extra man is attached to a line, a spare toggle is attached to it by a timber hitch, as shown in the illustration here given.
A simple slit in the end of each strap admits of the toggle being passed through them, when its notched form prevents it from coming out again.
By bringing the right hand back the toggle securing the loop round the grip is instantly released, when the gun drops into the right hand, releasing itself from the ring by its own weight, and is ready for instant use.
A leather thong or tie, with a toggle end, is passed through the slots at the two ends of the union, in order that the links may not come out when the chain is slack.
A loop is formed at the point at which the track rope is attached, through this the toggle of the line is passed.
J is an arrangement known as a toggle and loops, useful for a great number of purposes; the toggle, acting as a button, can be secured or released with great facility.
The ends of these arms being curved roll together, the arrangement forming in effect a rolling toggle joint.
E form in effect a toggle joint locking firmer in proportion as the strain upon them is greater.
The end of the bar D, meeting the surface of the lug shown on A, acts (in conjunction with the toothed clutch H) as a toggle fulcrum from which the disks may force the movable jaw to grip the work.
Three registers of toggle switches are available on the Console.
Three toggle switch registers are connected to the Central Processor (see Manual Controls).
In addition to the operating push buttons, there are several separate toggle switches.
Shuffles, I never paid much attention to the snapper of the toggle before, and never supposed it meant anything in particular," continued Pelham, as he placed himself in the position he had occupied before he went over the bow.
We will toggle each other on this special question if you like.
It usually forms a toggle and prevents the line from slipping through the hole.
The necessary energy for making a positive contact is small owing to the use of a toggle mechanism.
The wood rod from each relay is connected directly to a tripping shaft on the oil switch which buckles an auxiliary toggle, thereby opening the main toggle and tripping the oil switch.
Since the toggle has passed the center line the arm will be held normally in this position because of the spring action of the contacts.
Sometimes a latch is used in place of the toggle and a magnet in place of the solenoid as in figs.
Connected to the toggleis the plunger of the solenoid whose winding is energized by current from the circuit which the circuit breaker is to control.
He thought of the chain that held the logs; if this were loosed, the pile would roll into the river and be washed away, but it would be impossible to slip the fastening toggle while the links were strained.
After this, he felt the fastening of the chain, which did not seem to have been tampered with, because the toggle was securely fixed across the strap-link.
A grasp in the middle produces a "toggle and ring" action which would prevent extraction.
Remember that a long foreign body grasped near the middle becomes, mechanically speaking, a "toggle and ring.
When there are two values to the variable, each activation of the toggle causes the variable to assume the alternate value.
The values are usually changed in cyclic fashion, so that a certain number of activations of the toggle returns the variable to its initial value.
Computer programming) To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a toggle switch.
A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.
After trap, chain andtoggle are put in place and wool has been put under pan, cover all nicely with dirt from the blanket.
Find an old trail that the coyotes use, plant your trap in as narrow a part of the trail as possible, fasten trap to a good toggle, bury the toggle to one side of the trail.
A large lanyard should be clove-hitched round a large toggle and a strap passed round it below the toggle.
As large ropes are composed of so many yarns, a greater number must be knotted over thetoggle each time; a 4-in.
Secure a spar or toggle twice the circumference of the rope intended to be rove through the eye; unlay the rope which is to form the eye about three times its circumference, at which part place a strong whipping.
By means of the lazy-tongs, and the toggle joints, the bank clerk lifted the lantern over until the powerful beam from it was projected straight down into the seething waters of the lake.
Bowers used to toggle and untoggle our harnesses when we changed sledges.
Defn: Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
Defn: A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.
Toggle iron, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned.
Then Earl Stanhope in England invented a press entirely of iron, and the power consisted of the combination of a toggle joint and lever.
The rocking lever is operated through a crank by a steam engine, and as it is vibrated, the toggle joint forces the lever end of the movable jaw towards the fixed jaw with immense force, breaking the hardest stone like an eggshell.
She found three small knobs close to the speaker and a plastictoggle labeled "voice reply.
Those controls, he realized upon closer inspection, could alter their function depending on which display was being addressed, thereby reducing the clutter of separate buttons and toggle switches on the handgrips.
Directly in front of him was a steel monolith with banks of toggle switches: electrical power controls, communications controls, propulsion system controls, reaction-control systems.
After you toggle her over, just ease the throttle forward, and pray.
Lash a garland to the forward part of the mast, above the centre, and toggle the purchase to it.
Having stepped and secured the foremast, carry the forward guys aft and rake the shears over the bows; toggle the lower block of the main tackle to a garland lashed to the upper part of the bowsprit inside of the centre.
Lash the upper block of a three-fold tackle under the cross, and secure the lower block to the breast-hooks, or to a toggle in the hawse-hole.
Reeve the buntlines through the thimbles of the first reef-band forward, if they are made to go so, and toggle their ends to the foot of the sail, or carry them through the eyelet-holes and clinch them to their own parts.
Hook or clasp the sheets to the clews, reeve the clewlines and reef-tackles, toggle the bowlines, clinch or toggle the buntlines to the foot of the sail, and stop the head to the buntlines.
The toggle heads for these spears are made of ivory, and fitted with iron blades (Fig.
It has a short wooden shaft with a ferrule of ivory, holding a short ivory loose shaft, kept in place by thongs, on which is mounted a toggle head like that used on the big harpoon.
A few inches back of the toggle is a short piece of stout thong plaited in the bridle end.
It is simply a strip of sealskin sewed into a ring large enough to fit the forefinger, and is usually attached to the needle cushion by a thong with an ivory toggle on the end, to prevent the thimble from slipping off.
The lever at the right operates upon the joint or knuckle of the toggle on the left, thus raising or lowering the punch.
A stone-breaker, with chilled-iron jaw-faces and a toggle or knapping motion.
The eight-foot toggle ropes had a loop at one end and a peg at the other; they were helpful when it came time to scale cliffs.
Edson’s men tried out portable individual field stoves, toggle ropes, and other innovative items.
A wooden toggle was fastened with rawhide to its neck, so it would trail between its forelegs, to prevent running, when the wild maverick was freed and allowed to enter the herd.
After a week or ten days, if an animal showed any disposition to quiet down, it was again thrown, branded, and the toggle removed.
