Fingerplate
Encyclopedia
Fingerplate or finger-plate may refer to:
- Fingerplate (door)Fingerplate (door)A fingerplate is a plate that is fixed to a door near the handle or keyhole. It can be made of metal, plastic, ceramic or glass. It purpose is to prevent people's fingers from smudging the door....
, item of door furniture - Fingerplate, small clamping device to hold work while using a drill press.
- Finger plate, part of a rotary-dial telephoneRotary dialThe rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send electrical pulses, known as pulse dialing, corresponding to the number dialed. The early form of the rotary dial used lugs on a finger plate instead of holes. Almon Brown Strowger filed the first patent...
that rotates when dialing numbers.