-
steeper slope on
the other edge. When
the teeth are
moving in
the unrestricted (i.e. forward) direction,
the pawl easily slides up and over
the gently sloped...
-
yacht photo above), are
called capstans.
Despite this,
sailboat capstans are most
often referred to as winches.
Winches are
the basis of such
machines as tow...
-
Technically speaking,
the term "windl****"
refers only
to horizontal winches.
Vertical designs are
correctly called capstans.
Horizontal windl****es make...
-
engaging the clutch. At
the end of one revolution, if
the trip
lever has been reset, it
catches the end of
the spring (or a
pawl attached to it), and
the angular...
- collapsed. The
Capstan engine which malfunctioned was
powered by a two-cylinder engine;
attached to each drum
however on
the Capstan engine were
pawls or ratchets...
-
which led
to the widespread use of
the revolver.
According to Colt, he came up with
the idea for
the revolver while at sea,
inspired by
the capstan, which...
- by the
capstan, or windl****,
which had a ratchet-and-
pawl mechanism that he
would later say gave him
the idea for his
revolver designs. On
the Corvo,...
- of a beam, and a
pawl and
ratchet to obtain rotary motion), but it was
the improvement in
steam engines by
James Watt that made
the concept feasible....
-
Apollo back
to port in
Great Yarmouth and left her with a
depleted crew. A
capstan pawl, or crossbar,[clarification needed] had
broken while the crew were...
- In
early capstans,
the pawls had
to be
manually moved in and out of
the notches in
which they worked.
Later capstans had
automatic pawls that dropped...
