sprocket wheel
Example Sentences
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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 chain is operated by the spur or sprocket wheel w, and is therefore pulled and not pushed, which tends to keep it under tension, and therefore rigid upon the top side.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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 weight is lifted by a chain, one end of which passes over a sprocket wheel in the hoisting mechanism.
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.
