Mechanisms: Parallel Motion Linkages
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Linkages are also used to make objects move parallel to each other. These are called PARALLEL MOTION LINKAGES and are used in the manufacture of pantographs for drawing instruments, lazy tongs, parallel hinges on a tool box and are used by electric trains to pick up power from overhead cables.

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