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Definition of Planet gear
1. Noun. An outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train.
Group relationships: Epicyclic Gear Train, Epicyclic Train
Generic synonyms: Cogwheel, Gear, Gear Wheel, Geared Wheel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planet Gear
Literary usage of Planet gear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1908)
"The reversing effect is secured by holding the ring, H, which is mounted on the
arms of the planet-gear frame, in such a manner that the frame may move a ..."
2. The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1903)
"Since the planet gear frame and the disc J are normally in engagement, it is
evident that clutching the ring F to the disc J will prevent relative motion of ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"The spur-gear to the right, called the planet-gear, is tied to the centre of the
... Each revolution of the planet-gear, which is rigidly attached to the ..."
4. Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those which are by Henry T. Brown (1881)
"The spur- gear to the right, called the planet-gear, is tied to the center of the
... Each revolution of the planet-gear, which is rigidly attached to the ..."
5. Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs by Spon (1901)
"The spur-gear to the right, called the planet- gear, is tied to the centre ...
Each revolution of the planet-gear, which ia rigidly attached to the ..."
6. Motors and Motor-driving by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1906)
"A' Crypto,'' epicyclic,' or ' Sun and Planet' gear is arranged as shown in fig.
16, and consists of two gear wheels, a small or Sun wheel A, having external ..."
7. Machine Design by Forrest Robert Jones (1908)
"Internal gear and planet gear.—Fig. 71.2. In this case the planet gear B lies
inside of the pitch circle of the internal or annular gear C, ..."
8. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1908)
"The reversing effect is secured by holding the ring, H, which is mounted on the
arms of the planet-gear frame, in such a manner that the frame may move a ..."
9. The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1903)
"Since the planet gear frame and the disc J are normally in engagement, it is
evident that clutching the ring F to the disc J will prevent relative motion of ..."
10. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"The spur-gear to the right, called the planet-gear, is tied to the centre of the
... Each revolution of the planet-gear, which is rigidly attached to the ..."
11. Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those which are by Henry T. Brown (1881)
"The spur- gear to the right, called the planet-gear, is tied to the center of the
... Each revolution of the planet-gear, which is rigidly attached to the ..."
12. Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs by Spon (1901)
"The spur-gear to the right, called the planet- gear, is tied to the centre ...
Each revolution of the planet-gear, which ia rigidly attached to the ..."
13. Motors and Motor-driving by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1906)
"A' Crypto,'' epicyclic,' or ' Sun and Planet' gear is arranged as shown in fig.
16, and consists of two gear wheels, a small or Sun wheel A, having external ..."
14. Machine Design by Forrest Robert Jones (1908)
"Internal gear and planet gear.—Fig. 71.2. In this case the planet gear B lies
inside of the pitch circle of the internal or annular gear C, ..."