bell crank

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. a lever or rocker having two arms meeting at a pivot at a right angle, used for transmitting motion between two parts meeting at an angle.

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bell crank British  

noun

1. engineering a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction

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Other Word Forms

• bell-cranked
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bell crank

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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bell crank

Q. If horizontal arm of bell crank fails?

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

This engagement is effected by means of a bell crank k, operated by a shipper rod k1 on which adjustable dogs are placed, arranged to be operated by the cutter slide f.

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

Throwing reverse lever in mid-gear will help to get bell crank in position to block.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

In this groove is a steel roller upon a pin attached to the bell crank operating the main valve stem.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua

Movement is given to each feed by the connecting links shown, to each of which motion is in turn imparted by the bell crank lever placed beside the eccentric.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various