sprocket wheel
Example Sentences
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The camera took one picture at a time, the film being wound on manually by means of a sprocket wheel that engaged with the holes on the sides of the film strip.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014
In syrupy light Luce was feeding the celluloid through the sprocket wheel.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The larger sprocket wheel is rotated by means of a triangular shaped lever attached at the lower corner to the crank of the sprocket wheel and having a handle at each of its upper corners.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
The chain is operated by the spur or sprocket wheel w, and is therefore pulled and not pushed, which tends to keep it under tension, and therefore rigid upon the top side.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The sprocket wheel and chain were taken from a discarded bicycle, which was also drawn upon for the cork handle used on the steering lever.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
