A handbook on the teeth of gears, their curves, properties and practical construction (1885)
Grant, George B. (George Barnard), 1849-1917 · [Boston] · leaf 6
t, thus forming the theo-retically perfect but incomplete gears of fig. 5. Practical requirements still furthermodify the apparent shape of thetooth, for it is desirable that thewheels shall work in either direction,and that they shall be interchangea-ble, so that any one of a set of severalshall… … FIQ. 5. INCOMPLETE EPICYCLOIDAL TEETH. THE INTERCHANGEABLE SET. If all the curves of a set of several gears, both the faces and the flanksof each gear, are described by the same rolling circle, the set will beinterchangeable, and any one vrill work perfectly with any other. This is a property of…
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