spur gear
a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
Origin of spur gear
1- Also called spur wheel.
Words Nearby spur gear
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How to use spur gear in a sentence
If the cam-shaft is parallel to the crank-shaft, simple spur gear or chain connection may be used to turn it.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagIt will be seen that the sixteen cams are forged integrally with the shaft and that it is spur-gear driven.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagThe makers claim that lost motion can be taken up in a bevel gear much better than in a spur gear.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonThe boiler was of cast-iron, with a one-cylinder engine, spur gear and a fly-wheel on one side.
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects | John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of CaithnessThere are two spur gear changes, either of which may be used and which give a very wide range.
Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery | Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.
British Dictionary definitions for spur gear
a gear having involuted teeth either straight or helically cut on a cylindrical surface. Two such gears are used to transmit power between parallel shafts
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