sheave

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Around the sheave passed a loop of chain, one end of which was fixed, the other running over guide sheaves and terminating at the crane arm with a lifting hook.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.

The centre of the eccentric sheave or wheel is placed ahead of and level with the paddle shaft axis.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Overhead the tramp of feet was to be heard, followed by the whine of a rope running through a sheave.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell

The "eccentricity" or "throw" of an eccentric is the distance between C2, the centre of the shaft, and C1, the centre of the sheave.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

In the eccentric what corresponds to the crank-pin is called the sheave or pulley.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan