Geneva wheel

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. A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.

Synonyms

• (mechanism): Geneva drive, Maltese cross

Translations

mechanism that translates a continuous rotation

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