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  2. Ratchet (device) - Wikipedia

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    A ratchet consists of a round gear or a linear rack with teeth, and a pivoting, spring-loaded finger called a pawl (or click, in clocks and watches [1] [2]) that engages the teeth. The teeth are uniform but are usually asymmetrical, with each tooth having a moderate slope on one edge and a much steeper slope on the other edge.

  3. Universal Numbering System - Wikipedia

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    Universal numbering system. This is a dental practitioner view, so tooth number 1, the rear upper tooth on the patient's right, appears on the left of the chart. The Universal Numbering System, sometimes called the "American System", is a dental notation system commonly used in the United States. [1] [2]

  4. Wheel train - Wikipedia

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    The core of the keyless mechanism is a gear on the watch's winding stem, the clutch (or castle wheel in Britain), with two sets of axial gear teeth on it, which slides in and out. When the stem is pushed in, a lever slides the clutch out, and the outer set of teeth engages a small wheel train which turns the mainspring arbor, winding the ...

  5. New Britain Machine Company - Wikipedia

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    This ratchet was a very successful design, lasting from its introduction in 1961 to the eventual closure of New Britain in the 1980s. The ratchet was a compression engagement, using 12 teeth with a 60 tooth ratchet count. Later ratchets, from 1971 and onward, used a 9 tooth pawl making the ratchet a 45 tooth count.

  6. Enigma rotor details - Wikipedia

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    The single turnover notch positioned on the left side (plate connector side) of the rotor triggers the stepping motion by engaging the ratchet teeth of the wheel to the left. Later rotors had two turnover notches. The table below lists the turnover notch point of each rotor.

  7. List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    The lamellae are tied to a board or cut out from a board like the teeth of a comb. 122.1 With laced on lamellae. Array mbira; Agidigbo; Ikembe (Eleke, Kisanji) Kalimba (thumb piano) Kasayi; Marímbula; Mbira (Sansa, Sanza, Kaffir piano, Likembe) Malimbe; Mechanical music box; Oopoochawa; Space Harp (electric thumb piano, Frankiphone) Tom ...

  8. The Best Fast-Food Chicken Nuggets, Ranked - AOL

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    3. Bojangles. Bojangles is a game of highs and lows. I hate some things (read: fries) and adore others (read: sweet potato pie) and the new nuggets, or, “Bo Bites” as they are called, really ...

  9. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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    Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint. A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench [1] in North American English) that uses a closed socket format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt.