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A jockey wheel is a wheel-based mechanical system used for steering or guidance, either: a guide wheel — usually operating as a pair — which is used to move, retain, locate and (usually) add tension to a chain , rope or cable which is then fed into the groove of another wheel, toothed wheel, cog or sprocket ;
In 1964, Suntour invented the slant-parallelogram rear derailleur, which let the jockey pulley maintain a more constant distance from the different sized sprockets, resulting in easier shifting. Once the patents expired, other manufacturers adopted this design, at least for their better models, [ 10 ] and the "slant parallelogram" remains the ...
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A Mecanum wheel is an omnidirectional wheel design for a land-based vehicle to move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Swedish wheel or Ilon wheel after its inventor, Bengt Erland Ilon (1923–2008), [ 1 ] who conceived of the concept while working as an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB, and patented it in the United ...
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Its hubless wheels are made from former truck tires, and a chain-driven friction drum provides power and brake force. [ 6 ] Designed "for casual cruising and slow ride-bys at shows", it consists of a 996 cc (60.8 cu in) fuel-injected Suzuki 4-stroke engine [ 7 ] in a steel frame covered by a fiberglass body with electroluminescent wire lighting.
This week, one "Wheel of Fortune" player missed out on the first puzzle of the episode and a $1,000 prize after incorrectly pronouncing her puzzle guess. The two-word puzzle read: "A F _ I _ _ N ...
Kesse was born on May 20, 1981, in New Jersey. Her parents, Drew and Joyce, raised her in Tampa, Fla. where she attended Gaither High School in the late ’90s.