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Mach.a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation. Also called spiral gear.[1930-35]
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Spiral bevel gear — A spiral bevel gear is a bevel gear with helical teeth. The main application of this is in a motor vehicle differential, where the direction of the drive carried by the propeller shaft (drive shaft) has to be turned through 90 degrees in order to … Wikipedia
spiral bevel gear — noun : a bevel gear in which the tooth elements are curved lines (as helical lines) * * * Mach. a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation. Also called spiral gear. [1930 35] … Useful english dictionary
spiral bevel gear — A ring and pinion setup widely used in automobile differentials. The teeth of both the ring and the pinion are tapered and are cut on a spiral so that they are at an angle to the center line of the pinion shaft. See bevel gear … Dictionary of automotive terms
bevel gear — A gear shaped like the wide end (frustum) of a cone, used to transmit motion through an angle. They are found in differentials. Also see spiral bevel gear … Dictionary of automotive terms
Bevel gear — Bevel gears are gears where the axes of the two shafts intersect and the tooth bearing faces of the gears themselves are conically shaped.Bevel gears are most often mounted on shafts that are 90 degrees apart, but can be designed to work at other … Wikipedia
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Gear (disambiguation) — Gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component.Gear and similar may also refer to:Mechanisms: See template at foot of this page * Gearbox * Gear ratio * Gear shift, in automotive terms, one of a series of … Wikipedia
Gear — For the gear like device used to drive a roller chain, see Sprocket. This article is about mechanical gears. For other uses, see Gear (disambiguation). Two meshing gears transmitting rotational motion. Note that the smaller gear is rotating… … Wikipedia
gear — Wheel like part with teeth cut into the rim. When one gear meshes with another gear, it causes the second gear to drive the other and in this way transmits power. When the gears are different sizes (different number of teeth on each gear) the… … Dictionary of automotive terms
spiral gear — noun or spiral gearing : a helical gear used to transmit power between nonparallel shafts * * * 1. a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other. 2. See spiral bevel gear. * * * spiral gear … Useful english dictionary
