gear cutter (gerkuter)

One who or that which makes toothed or geared wheels for transmitting motion in machinery; specifical ly, a machine for cutting the teeth of a geared wheel. Gear-cutters are frequently grinding-machines, an emery-wheel being used to cut away the superfluous rack, and is used to obtain a more uniform and continuous bearing between the teeth.-Worm gearing. Same as spiral gearing. gearing-chain (ger'ing-chan), n. In mach., an endle chain transmitting motion from one toothed wheel to another, the teeth of the wheels fitting into the links of the chain. gearing-wheel (ger'ing-hwēl), n. Sameas gear wheel. - Frictional gearing-wheels. See frictional. gearksutite (je-ärk'sūtīt), n. [ gearnt, v. i. An obsolete form of girn. gear-wheel (ger'hwel), n. Any wheel having teeth or cogs which act upon the teeth of another wheel to impart or transmit motion.Annular gear-wheel. See annular. - Double gearwheel, a wheel having two sets of cogs, differing in diameter, to drive two pinions. Such a wheel sometimes is driven by one pinion and drives the other.