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ratchet wheel
noun
- a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
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Origin of ratchet wheel1
Example Sentences
It failed, as the others had done, because they required ratchet wheels, pulleys, &c.
The L lever carries a pawl which operates a ratchet wheel, placed on the handle end of the slide rest cross feed screw.
The running board was rotten and full of holes; the brake at the north end of the car would not hold on account of having a loose ratchet wheel.
There was a stop mechanism within the alarm so that each revolution of the crank caused the ratchet wheel supporting the disk of names to advance one tooth at a time.
The first impulse sent out is a long impulse and pulls up both armatures, thereby causing the pawls above and below the small ratchet wheel, shown in Fig.
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