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cone pulley

American  

noun

  1. (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.


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Referring now to the feed motions, the machine is provided with a quick return for the cutter, the mechanism of which is as follows: The cone pulley a4, Fig.

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

At p is the pinion receiving motion from the cone pulley or driving pulley of the machine and imparting motion to the gear-wheel g, whose bearing is denoted by the dotted circle b.

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

The cone pulley should be perfectly balanced, otherwise at high speeds the lathe will shake or tremble from the unbalanced centrifugal motion, and the tremors will be produced to some extent on the work.

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

By this means the lathe can be started and stopped more quickly than would be the case with a cone pulley, whose extra weight and inertia would take time to overcome.

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

Motion to the drill spindle is conveyed by belt from a pulley on this same live spindle, hence the same cone pulley and back gear are utilized for either drilling or turning.

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

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