lever mechanism

He worked the lever mechanism to jack a cartridge into the( chamber and leaped for the door.

This is achieved by the initial operation of the switch lever mechanism storing potential energy, usually as stress in a spring.

Once again by using the lever mechanism, such a spring balance could be applied to the considerable force of a boiler safety valve.

However, the toast was still manually lowered and raised from the toaster via a lever mechanism.

The pump's signifying feature is the hardwood block that acts as a bearing and its lever mechanism.

I locked the safety bar in place in front of me, and swung the crude lever mechanism to close the outer doors.

Small lever mechanisms called findings serve as fastenings to enable the chain to be undone and redone.

A vacuum operated release mechanism replaced the hand lever mechanism used in the Scarab.

In addition, this safety lever mechanism locked the slide about a half inch back from the front of the pistol to enable easy dis-assembly.

Carolyn Meyer was a school teacher and known for her fabulous cardboard shadow puppets with levering mechanisms for more movement.

This rifle featured a tubular magazine beneath the barrel and a lever mechanism to raise cartridges into the chamber.

The latter, apparently unconscious of peril, was staring at the lever mechanism that controlled the inflow of gas.

However, in the United Kingdom, and most other countries, mortise locks on dwellings do not use cylinders, but have lever mechanisms.

The pistol's integral pump lever mechanism is located underneath the barrel, integral to the forearm.

Other cars, particularly older US-manufactured vans, have hinged windows with a folded lever mechanism to push and hold the window out from its closed position.

An improved design based on Browning's prototype lever mechanism was offered to Colt by Browning in 1892.

FN also added this safety lever mechanism to its pistol, but did not add the magazine safety mechanism that Colt introduced in 1916.

The barrel breech is locked with a vertically tilting, downward locking lever mechanism that is connected to the bolt carrier through an articulated joint.

Unable to finance the building of the rifle, Hunt sold the rights to George Arrowsmith who in turn had an employee, Lewis Jennings, improve the lever mechanism.

Trigger Safety: An external integrated trigger safety lever mechanism contained within the trigger guard that prevents the trigger from moving unless the lever is depressed.

The high arch of the bow allows full, sustained chords to be played and there is a lever mechanism that affects the tension and release of the bow hairs.

The idea is that the energy from the recoil is used, in lieu of a locked bolt or a lever mechanism, to eject each spent cartridge and insert the next one.

The Navy also purchased a version of the Marlin gun with a gas piston in lieu of the lever mechanism, although very few if any guns saw service aboard ship.

So-called "noiseless" typewriters have a complex lever mechanism that decelerates the typebar mechanically and then presses it against the ribbon and paper in an attempt to render the process less noisy.