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English term or phrase:
dolly
English answer:
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Jan 31, 2004 23:37
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English term
dolly
English
Tech/Engineering
electrical switch, (electrical) switch plate, rocker dolly, rotating dolly, push dolly. In some cases, "dolly" appears to be some kind of lever, in other cases it seems to be a (rotating) knob, or a push-botton. It is not a wheeled artifact
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Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
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5 +6 | type of switch |
Marijke Singer
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3 +5 | dolly: electrical |
DGK T-I
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) :
dolly
n 1: conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera
can be mounted
2: conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy
objects
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary :
Dolly \Dol"ly\, n.; pl. Dollies.
1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a
handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore
to be washed; a stirrer.
2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head
of a rivet. --Knight.
3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of
the pile and the ram of the driver.
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A low mobile platform that rolls on casters, used for transporting heavy loads. b. Such a platform as used by one working underneath a motor vehicle. c. A hand truck. 3. A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie or television camera about a set. 4. A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site. 5. A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub. 6. A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head. 7. A small piece of wood or metal placed on the head of a pile to prevent damage to the pile while it is being driven.
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http://www.bartleby.com/61/96/D0329600.html
From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) :
dolly
n 1: conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera
can be mounted
2: conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy
objects
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary :
Dolly \Dol"ly\, n.; pl. Dollies.
1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a
handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore
to be washed; a stirrer.
2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head
of a rivet. --Knight.
3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of
the pile and the ram of the driver.
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A low mobile platform that rolls on casters, used for transporting heavy loads. b. Such a platform as used by one working underneath a motor vehicle. c. A hand truck. 3. A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie or television camera about a set. 4. A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site. 5. A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub. 6. A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head. 7. A small piece of wood or metal placed on the head of a pile to prevent damage to the pile while it is being driven.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+6
20 mins
type of switch
See website:
http://cgi.byrons.force9.co.uk/acatalog/traditional_trading_...
where they show you all types of dolly type switches (usually with a little knobly bit).
More can be seen at:
http://www.forbesandlomax.co.uk/public_html/htm_files/sw_dol...
"The Forbes & Lomax Dolly switches are available in all plate finishes.
The switches are available in 2 way and intermediate. 1 way, 2 way and off (three position), and double pole switches are available on request.
Dolly switches can be mixed with Button Dimmer Controllers on the same plate.
Vertical switches can be made to order."
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Rotary switch, rocker switch, rotation switch and push switch are pretty standard \'switches\':
http://www.e-switch.com/thumbs.php
http://www.shinden.com/english/
http://cgi.byrons.force9.co.uk/acatalog/traditional_trading_...
where they show you all types of dolly type switches (usually with a little knobly bit).
More can be seen at:
http://www.forbesandlomax.co.uk/public_html/htm_files/sw_dol...
"The Forbes & Lomax Dolly switches are available in all plate finishes.
The switches are available in 2 way and intermediate. 1 way, 2 way and off (three position), and double pole switches are available on request.
Dolly switches can be mixed with Button Dimmer Controllers on the same plate.
Vertical switches can be made to order."
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Rotary switch, rocker switch, rotation switch and push switch are pretty standard \'switches\':
http://www.e-switch.com/thumbs.php
http://www.shinden.com/english/
Peer comment(s):
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DGK T-I
: good refences ~
7 hrs
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Thank you! Juan specifically said it wasn't a "wheeled artifact"!
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Mario Marcolin
11 hrs
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Thank you Mario!
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agree |
Laurel Porter (X)
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Thank you Laurel!
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Matthew Fagan
1 day 2 hrs
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Thank you MatthewS!
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nyamuk
: I always thought it meant 'toggle' but rotating and rocker adds some doubt. Certainly a type of switch though.
1 day 2 hrs
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Thanks nyamuk!
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Empty Whiskey Glass
2 days 13 hrs
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Thank you Svetozar!
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8 hrs
dolly: electrical
"Electrical Engineering.
Dolly, the operating member of a tumbler switch; it consists of a small pivoted lever projecting through the outer cover. "
(1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 257/2)
So dolly switches defined like this make sense as switches operated by toggles(the levers with knobs on the end), and the dolly is the lever/toggle. It seems logical that the 'rocker dolly' would be meant to be a toggle that clicked in 2 directions - Marjike's refs and the ones I found just call this a dolly switch. It seems less likely that a lever/toggle like this would push - so perhaps 'push dolly' is being used loosely to mean a 'push button/knob'. A lever/toggle might swivel in different directions to control something, but when we already have a 'push dolly' which seems to be a button not a lever/toggle, it seems quite likely that this might be a knob as well and dolly is again being used loosely. If both these are being used loosely for knobs/buttons not levers/toggles, it seems possible that the 'rocker dolly' might be being used loosely too, as the common rocker switch which we see so much nowadays (picture: http://www.ashley-norton.com/electrical/series1/a4/victorian... ).
It sounds from the asker's comment in the question, "In some cases....It's not a wheeled artifact[!:-)]", as if the asker was already thinking along these lines after looking it up in the dictionary and not finding the def.there - many dictionaries don't contain the explanation of dolly switches.
Naturally I will defer to the wisdom of any wise electrical engineering colleagues who visit the question :-)
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(it\'s probably obvious, but just in case: the rocker dolly, rotating dolly, & push dolly all seem to form part of an electrical kit or component list for a switch assembly(-ies), together with the electrical switch & (electrical) switch plate.)
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If there is more than one control on each plate, it could also be an abbrieviated way of writing the mixture: dolly(toggle/lever) + rocker, rotating knob + dolly, push button + dolly - it seems less attractive to me at this moment, but still plausible.
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(I vote for Marjike\'s answer.)
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Note added at 15 hrs 1 min (2004-02-01 14:38:43 GMT)
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(Marjike answered first :-)
Dolly, the operating member of a tumbler switch; it consists of a small pivoted lever projecting through the outer cover. "
(1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 257/2)
So dolly switches defined like this make sense as switches operated by toggles(the levers with knobs on the end), and the dolly is the lever/toggle. It seems logical that the 'rocker dolly' would be meant to be a toggle that clicked in 2 directions - Marjike's refs and the ones I found just call this a dolly switch. It seems less likely that a lever/toggle like this would push - so perhaps 'push dolly' is being used loosely to mean a 'push button/knob'. A lever/toggle might swivel in different directions to control something, but when we already have a 'push dolly' which seems to be a button not a lever/toggle, it seems quite likely that this might be a knob as well and dolly is again being used loosely. If both these are being used loosely for knobs/buttons not levers/toggles, it seems possible that the 'rocker dolly' might be being used loosely too, as the common rocker switch which we see so much nowadays (picture: http://www.ashley-norton.com/electrical/series1/a4/victorian... ).
It sounds from the asker's comment in the question, "In some cases....It's not a wheeled artifact[!:-)]", as if the asker was already thinking along these lines after looking it up in the dictionary and not finding the def.there - many dictionaries don't contain the explanation of dolly switches.
Naturally I will defer to the wisdom of any wise electrical engineering colleagues who visit the question :-)
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Note added at 9 hrs 11 mins (2004-02-01 08:49:07 GMT)
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(it\'s probably obvious, but just in case: the rocker dolly, rotating dolly, & push dolly all seem to form part of an electrical kit or component list for a switch assembly(-ies), together with the electrical switch & (electrical) switch plate.)
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Note added at 9 hrs 24 mins (2004-02-01 09:01:22 GMT)
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If there is more than one control on each plate, it could also be an abbrieviated way of writing the mixture: dolly(toggle/lever) + rocker, rotating knob + dolly, push button + dolly - it seems less attractive to me at this moment, but still plausible.
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Note added at 9 hrs 26 mins (2004-02-01 09:03:26 GMT)
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(I vote for Marjike\'s answer.)
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(Marjike answered first :-)
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Peer comment(s):
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Marijke Singer
: Your research is not bad either!
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agree |
Rajan Chopra
2 hrs
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agree |
Laurel Porter (X)
: even more comprehensive - too bad Marijke got there 1st ;-)
5 hrs
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agree |
Matthew Fagan
17 hrs
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agree |
Empty Whiskey Glass
2 days 4 hrs
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