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gear pump

American  

noun

  1. lobular pump.


Etymology

Origin of gear pump

First recorded in 1920–25

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A D.C.-powered brass gear pump processes up to 180 gallons of fuel per hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

It then is pumped by a separate high pressure gear pump through the entire motor.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

There still was no carburetor, a gear pump metering the fuel in the same manner as on the 1904-1905 engine.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

The distributing valve forms a part of the crankcase as does the water intake, and the gear pump.

From Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by Chanute, Octave

Lubrication was by means of the usual gear pump, and the piston and rod bearings continued to be splash-fed.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

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