集しゅう電でん装そう置ち

noun

current collector; power collector

Technical term for the device on an electric vehicle (train, tram, trolleybus) that collects current from overhead wires or a third rail. Common examples include pantographs and trolley poles.

• 電でん車しゃの屋や根ねに付ついている集しゅう電でん装そう置ちをパンタグラフという。

  The current collector on the roof of a train is called a pantograph.

• 集しゅう電でん装そう置ちが架か線せんから外はずれると、電でん車しゃは動うごけなくなる。

  If the current collector disconnects from the overhead wire, the train cannot move.