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gear pump

American  

noun

  1. lobular pump.


Etymology

Origin of gear pump

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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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.

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.

A large gear pump is located in the lowest point of the oil sump, and being submerged at all times with oil, does away with troublesome stuffing boxes and check valves.

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

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