gear pump
Americannoun
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
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 Leonard S. Hobbs
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 Victor Wilfred Pag?
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 Octave Chanute
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 Leonard S. Hobbs
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