Definition of Spur gear

1. Noun. Gear wheels that mesh in the same plane.

Exact synonyms: Spur Wheel
Generic synonyms: Cogwheel, Gear, Gear Wheel, Geared Wheel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spur Gear

spunkinesses
spunking
spunks
spunlaced
spunlaid
spunyarn
spunyarns
spur
spur-of-the-moment
spur-royal
spur-royals
spur-shell
spur-winged
spur blight
spur gear (current term)
spur of the moment
spur on
spur track
spur wheel
spurdog
spurdogs
spurfowl
spurfowls
spurgall
spurgalled
spurgalling
spurgalls
spurge
spurge family

Literary usage of Spur gear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"There is less sliding friction between the teeth than in the usual outside spur-gear and pinion. 6. STAR WHEEL GEARS.—The teeth are eo formed as to permit ..."

2. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1922)
"To Cut a spur gear. 28 Teeth. 10 Pitch.—For typical set-up see Fig. 154. 1. Obtain from the tool-room or elsewhere a 10 pitch gear cutter No. ..."

3. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"The bevel and spur gear drive has been used by Renault in France and by several ... In a bevel and spur gear drive the whole of the gearing is enclosed in a ..."

4. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"LAYING OUT spur gear BLANKS DECIDE upon the size wanted, remembering that i2-pitch teeth are -f% deep and 8-pitch — as in the drawing — f deep, etc. ..."

5. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"LAYING OUT spur gear BLANKS DECIDE upon the size wanted, remembering that iz-pitch teeth ... Should there be 16 teeth, as in the small spur gear in the cut, ..."

6. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"The pins are so spaced as to mesh with the teeth of a spur- gear. ... An endless screw engages a spur-gear with spirally disposed teeth. ..."

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