chain drive

chain drive
—chain-driven /chayn"driv'euhn/, adj.
a driving mechanism transmitting power by means of an endless chain.
[1900-05]

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Device widely used for the transmission of power where shafts are separated at distances greater than that for which gears are practical.

In such cases, sprockets (wheels with teeth shaped to mesh with a chain) take the place of gears and drive one another by means of a chain passing over the sprocket teeth. The chains used in conveyor belts are commonly block chains, and consist of solid or laminated blocks connected by side plates and pins. The blocks engage with teeth on sprocket wheels. Depending on the material being moved, buckets, hooks, or other devices are connected to the blocks.

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