bevel gear

bevel gear

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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bevel gear

[′bev·əl ‚gir]

(mechanical engineering)

One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.

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bevel gear

A pair of toothed wheels with teeth cut on a surface at an angle other than 90° to the axis of the shaft on which the wheels are mounted. Bevel gear permits one shaft to drive another shaft that is not parallel to it.

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