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sprocket wheel

NOUN
ratchet wheel
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The camera took one picture at a time, the film being wound on manually by means of a sprocket wheel that engaged with the holes on the sides of the film strip.

From The Guardian Aug. 23, 2014

In syrupy light Luce was feeding the celluloid through the sprocket wheel.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The sprocket wheel is at H and this is just as it is taken from the original bicycle shaft.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

An upright framework secured to the platform carries a large sprocket wheel, which is connected to a smaller one upon one of the axles by means of a chain.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various

The larger sprocket wheel is rotated by means of a triangular shaped lever attached at the lower corner to the crank of the sprocket wheel and having a handle at each of its upper corners.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various




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