Geneva wheel

English

Etymology

See Geneva mechanism.

Noun

A Geneva wheel. Continuous rotation of the green drive wheel produces intermittent rotary motion of the red driven wheel.

Geneva wheel (plural Geneva wheels)

1. (mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.

   Synonyms: Geneva drive, Maltese cross

Translations

mechanism that translates a continuous rotation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槽轮 (cáolún), 槽轮机构 (cáolún jīgòu)

• Finnish: maltan risti
• Georgian: მალტური მექანიზმი (malṭuri mekanizmi), მალტური ჯვარი (malṭuri ǯvari)
• Russian: мальти́йский механи́зм m (malʹtíjskij mexanízm)
• Swedish: malteserkors (sv) n

Further reading

• Geneva wheel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia