Bevel gear
a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface, usually meshing with a similar gear set at right angles.
Historical Examples
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II Joshua Rose
Aviation Engines Victor Wilfred Pag
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions Henry C. Horstmann
Aviation Engines Victor Wilfred Pag
Physics Willis Eugene Tower
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II Joshua Rose
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products F. B. Wright
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II Joshua Rose
Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 Various
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
noun
a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
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the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles. a surface that does not form a right angle with adjacent surfaces. Compare chamfer. (of a lock bolt) the oblique end that hits the strike plate. (of a lock with a beveled bolt) the side facing in the same direction […]
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