clutch : Idioms & Phrases

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Bayonet clutch

  • . See Clutch.
  • (Mach.), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.
Webster 1913

clutch bag

  • noun a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
    clutch.
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clutch pedal

  • noun a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
    clutch.
    • he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other
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cone clutch

  • noun a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped
    cone clutch.
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cone friction clutch

  • noun a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped
    cone clutch.
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disk clutch

  • noun a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks
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friction clutch

  • noun a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them
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Friction clutch, Friction coupling

  • an engaging and disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc., acting by friction ; esp.: (a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that the two will revolve together; as, in the illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives. (b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in starting.
Webster 1913

slip clutch

  • noun a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great
    slip clutch.
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slip friction clutch

  • noun a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great
    slip clutch.
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