.~ Intermittent drive type of gearing for work-feed means {2}
274
.~.~ Gearing modified to lock the work-feed means
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/274
(under subclass 273) Device in which the gearing has portions which interrupt the motion of a driven portion thereof and hold it at a standstill for predetermined intervals during the rotation of the driving gear.
(1) Note. Examples are Geneva stop mechanism, and the "Drunken Worm".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
264, for means in general, to prevent random or excessive feed movement.