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sprocket wheel

noun as in ratchet wheel

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I tell Polly that Four Oaks is a sprocket-wheel for maids, with two links of an endless chain always on top.

The weight is lifted by a chain, one end of which passes over a sprocket wheel in the hoisting mechanism.

The sprocket-wheel drum shaft is geared to an auxiliary shaft which carries a grooved pulley.

In this camera the film is carried forward intermittently, no sprocket wheel being used.

The name is taken from the fact that the chief sprocket wheel is shaped somewhat like a Maltese Cross.

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