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Model of a Disengaging Gear for Paddle Wheels
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Model of the disengagement of the crankshaft of a paddle wheel, on a baseboard. The pin of the crank falls into a groove of a head on the crank of the wheel axle, which, when rotated to the correct position, releases the pin and thus disengages the axle. With each stroke, the pin of the crank then moves freely through the groove. Both axles can be moved with a crank. Scale 1:10 (derived).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineModel of a Disengaging Gear for Paddle Wheels. 1841. Petrus van der Loo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
