Examples of 'pawl' in a sentence

Meaning of "pawl"

A pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only move or turn in one direction
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  • A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
  • A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
  • To stop with a pawl.

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Clean the sensor pawl of any encrustations.
The pawl is fixedly joined to the aircraft.
Press the ring nut pawl downwards.
A pawl stops the turnstile from rotating.
This was achieved by a ratchet and pawl mechanism.
The pawl is biased in the handle portion.
Reversible ratcheting tool with improved pawl.
To reach the pawl that frees the lock.
Uncoil enough nails to reach the feed pawl.
The pawl is controlled by the electromagnet by means of a link.
The groove of each pawl includes two faces.
The pawl is thus set in the loosening position.
The following pawl includes a stem.
Service and adjustments sprocket and pawl service.
Advantageously the pawl is attached by a spring to the lever.

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Cut a notch on the shank of a tap so that pawl.
One end of the pawl is hinged to the pulley.
Each engagement rod forms a pawl.
The pawl may be injection moulded.
This is simply a cable and pawl centralized unlocking.
The pawl may be infection moulded.
Shows a perspective view of a locking pawl.
And the pawl is a rigid strip.
Said operating lever interacts with a pawl lever.
The second pawl includes a second push face.
The nail heads fit in slot on the feeder pawl.
The pawl goes over center as it is turned in the forward direction.
The other end of each pawl member is not toothed.
Pawl lock assembly system.
A recess contains a pawl urged to engage the teeth by a spring.
Pawl and ratchet mechanisms.
Rack and pawl jack.
The drive pawl and the retaining pawl are identical.
Also provided is a spring pushing the pawl into position.
The pawl remains open.
The lever controls a pawl.
The cam and pawl are identical to that previously described.
The ink tank is provided with a pawl and protrusion.
A pawl device is mounted in the second compartment of the body.
The engaging surface is proximate the at least one pawl.
A pawl device is mounted in the second compartment of the head.
Two positioning grooves are formed in an inner side of each pawl.
A pawl is moveably mounted to the sled to engage the bar.
Thereafter the pawl is lowered.
The pawl may be held in an inoperative position by an electromagnetic device.
P engages the parking pawl.
The pawl portion is driven by the lock release device.
Check for free movement of the pawl on the pawl stud.
The pawl preferably comprises an incision for receiving slides.
Removal of the stop from the hooking pawl of the grasscatcher.

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