| 单词 | box coupling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox coupling box coupling n. a collar, typically of metal, used to connect the ends of two shafts or other pieces of machinery.Cf. coupling-box n. at coupling n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1799 in Repertory Arts, Manufactures & Agric. (1806) 2nd Ser. 9 335 The shafts gh and ik can be connected to, or disconnected from, the shaft hi, by means of a sliding box coupling at h, moved at pleasure by a lever or otherwise. 1846 Pract. Mechanic & Engineer's Mag. May 198/1 Others, again, prefer a square box-coupling on the outer shaft, the internal shaft sliding back into a long guide or coupling-box formed on the end of the shaft next the engines. 2014 V. Vullo Circular Cylinders & Pressure Vessels p. xix Special topics that will be addressed in this area include composite material vessels, elastomer tubes, sleeves, box couplings, the petrochemical industry's storage tanks [etc.]. box coupling a. A contrivance for connecting the ends of shafting together, either permanently, or so as to admit of their being disconnected at pleasure: they are of various kinds, as box coupling, clutch coupling, etc. ΚΠ 1814 R. Buchanan Pract. Ess. Mill-work iii. 11 It is..often requisite to connect two or more shafts together. These connexions are denominated couplings. < as lemmas |
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