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Italian term or phrase:	snodi a ginocchiera
English translation:	toggle joint
Entered by:	Paul O'Brien

12:30 Mar 21, 2010

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / synthetic grease

Italian term or phrase: snodi a ginocchiera

Anticorrosive synthetic grease product

Il grasso può essere applicato nei seguenti campi : macchine utensili, presse meccaniche, frese, riduttori, ingranaggi esposti, alberi a camme, ***snodi a ginocchiera***, cuscinetti delle calandre, su ruote orientabili continue, accoppiamenti, oscillatori, rulli dei carrelli, carrelli automatici, cesoie, compressori ed altri utilizzi in cui la riuscita del grasso ad alte temperature riduce la frequenza di lubrificazione, nastri trasportatori, frantumatrici, elevatori meccanici e cuscinetti in genere.

TIA

Paul O'Brien KudoZ activity Questions: 1443 (8 open) (5 without valid answers) (89 closed without grading) Answers: 769 Argentina
Local time: 07:59

toggle joint

Explanation:
I know this from past work and Marolli also gives it as: snodo (o movimento) a ginocchiera

Selected response from:

Being Earnest
Italy
Local time: 12:59

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Summary of answers provided

toggle joint

Being Earnest

knee joints

Tom in London

3 +1

swivel knuckle joint

Nicole Büchel

knee-brace joints

Daniel Frisano

Answers

6 mins confidence:

knee joints

Explanation:
for instance as used in this bilingual document

http://www.oti.com/oti/patent/19820713-1127424-CA-A1

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-03-21 12:38:05 GMT)
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nothing to do with the human knee, of course.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 193

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

swivel knuckle joint

Explanation:
.

Example sentence(s):

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/319138.pdf

Nicole Büchel
Germany
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of:

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Interesting, Nicole, but where's the Italian?

12 mins confidence:

knee-brace joints

Explanation:
http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?9700088
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7481785/description.html

Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 12:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

toggle joint

Explanation:
I know this from past work and Marolli also gives it as: snodo (o movimento) a ginocchiera

Being Earnest
Italy
Local time: 12:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64

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