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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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The three spindles are driven by a cone pulley having four changes of speed to suit different diameters of taps.

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

This shaft is driven by a pulley as shown, changes of speed being effected by having a cone pulley on the counter-shaft and one on the line of shafting.

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

In this machine the motion for both drilling and turning is received by belt on the cone pulley shown on the right, which is provided with back gear similar to that of a lathe.

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

The numbers given in table are the differences between the diameters of the adjacent steps on either cone pulley, and can be employed when there are either six or four steps on a cone.

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

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