| 单词 | quill drive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquill drive quill drive n. (the apparatus for) the transmission of power from a motor by means of a quill (sense 9b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > quill quill shaft1887 quill1904 quill drive1911 1911 S. Sheldon & E. Hausmann Electr. Traction Index 306/1 Quill drive. 1927 R. E. Dickinson Electr. Trains vi. 111 There are several other forms of suspension; e.g. the quill drive in which the motor-armature is on a hollow ‘quill’ inside which is the axle of the wheel. 1977 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 67 vii. 13/1 The novel feature of the B. and O. locomotives was a method of transmitting the armature torque to the axle without gears by means of what later came to be called a quill drive. < as lemmas |
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