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Definition of Rocker arm
1. Noun. A lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocker Arm
Literary usage of Rocker arm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"A direct rocker-arm is one in which the points of attachment of the valve stem
and eccentric rod lie on the same side of the fulcrum of the rocker-arm, ..."
2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"To make it act as before, the rocker arm stresses must be replaced by pairs of
equal and opposite (unknown) forces applied to the cut ends. ..."
3. Locomotive Engine Running and Management: A Treatise on Locomotive Engines by Angus Sinclair (1890)
"To find the center line of motion and the amount of offset in the lower rocker-arm.
— Let C be the centre of axle : through C draw the straight lines AD and ..."
4. The Locomotive Up to Date by Charles McShane (1899)
"TO F1M) THE BACK SET OF A STANDARD rocker arm. We will assume that the rocker
box is already ... HOW TO FIND THE BACKSET OF A DIRECT MOTION rocker arm. ..."
5. Valves and Valve Gears by Franklin De Ronde Furman (1915)
"EFFECT OF rocker arm Equalizing Cut-Off with a Valve Having Equal Steam Laps 67.
It was pointed out in the directions for drafting-table Prob. 1 (p. ..."
6. Audels Gas Engine Manual: A Practical Treatise Relating to the Theory and (1908)
"A rocker arm, F, Fig. 65, is placed below the main shaft and driven by a cam on
a geared secondary shaft which makes one revolution for every two ..."
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