lead screw
Americannoun
noun
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Its lead screw, liberated from the child’s spinning top that inspired its designer, still works, sending the basket merrily whirring in its plastic bowl.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2022
WHY: The incline lead screw can shear off, causing the foot pedals to drop unexpectedly, resulting in a fall hazard to the user.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
The operation is as follows:—The ordinary change wheels are connected to the feed screw, or lead screw, as it is sometimes termed, at j in the usual manner.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The nut for the lead screw is secured either in or out of gear with the screw in the same manner, x′, Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The means of giving motion to the feed spindle and lead screw are as follows:—n, Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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