ratchet and pawl
Mechanism with a toothed wheel and catching pawl that allows movement in one direction while blocking the reverse.
All languages
- English
- ratchet and pawl
- Norwegian
- skrallemekanisme
- Japanese
- ラチェット機構 — らちぇっときこう — rachetto kikō
- Korean
- 래칫과 멈춤쇠 — raechitgwa meomchumsoe
- Spanish
- trinquete y uña
- French
- roue à rochet et cliquet
- German
- Sperrrad und Sperrklinke
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