escape wheel
a toothed wheel for regulating a going train to which it is geared, engaging intermittently with the pallets of a pendulum or balance mechanism in such a way as to cause the mechanism to oscillate rhythmically, and in so doing free the going train for part of each oscillation.
Origin of escape wheel
1- Also called scape wheel.
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How to use escape wheel in a sentence
In the escape wheel, the left arm of the pallet rests on the inclined top of one of the wheel teeth.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousGH, represents the primitive, which in this figure is also the real diameter of the escape wheel.
An Analysis of the Lever Escapement | H. R. PlaytnerFig. 128 is a top view of two teeth of a cylinder escape wheel.
Watch and Clock Escapements | AnonymousThe arc a, Fig. 9, represents the periphery of the escape wheel.
Watch and Clock Escapements | AnonymousThis last arc defines the addendum of the escape-wheel teeth.
Watch and Clock Escapements | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for escape wheel
horology a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum, causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch: Also called: scapewheel
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