- direction.
Ratchets are
widely used in
machinery and tools. The word
ratchet is also used
informally to
refer to a
ratcheting socket wrench. A
ratchet consists...
- cog
wheel attached to a
handle and two
wooden flanges that
alternately hit the
teeth of the cog when the
handle turns. Alternatively,
smaller ratchets are...
-
castle wheel, with two
rings of
teeth that
project axially from the ends. When the stem is
pushed in, the
outer teeth turn the
ratchet wheel on top of...
-
adjust the
steering wheel by
moving the
wheel through an arc in an up and down motion. Tilt
Steering Wheels rely upon a
ratchet joint located in the...
- an
improved version the
pendulum drove a
ratchet wheel via a pawl on the
pendulum rod, and the
ratchet wheel drove the rest of the
clock train to indicate...
- thermodynamics. The
simple machine,
consisting of a tiny
paddle wheel and a
ratchet,
appears to be an
example of a Maxwell's demon, able to
extract mechanical...
- two
plates with
pillars and bars, the barrel, fusée, index, pawl and
ratchet-
wheel,
along with a few ****embling ****s.
These parts were all
roughly filed...
-
prevalent form is the
ratcheting socket wrench,
often informally called a
ratchet. A
ratchet incorporates a
reversible ratcheting mechanism which allows...
- side) of the
rotor triggers the
stepping motion by
engaging the
ratchet teeth of the
wheel to the left.
Later rotors had two
turnover notches. The table...
- beam
through friction. The
cloth beam
bears a
toothed wheel which works a pinion. A
ratchet wheel is
attached with a
click level to take up the
slack in...
