ratchet wheel
Example Sentences
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The ratchet wheel and pawl shown in fig.
From Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants by Runciman, Walter C.
People say the initiative and the referendum, against which I have talked, are like a ratchet wheel.
From Ethics in Service by Taft, William H.
There’s a mining shaft right over here—windlass with a ratchet wheel and a pawl.
From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
The L lever carries a pawl which operates a ratchet wheel, placed on the handle end of the slide rest cross feed screw.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
One was used in connection with the propelling lever, which was provided with a pawl to fit into the teeth of the reversed ratchet wheel on its forward movement.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
