Sentence examples for sprocket from inspiring English sources
noun
A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
"What is the sprocket horsepower of the Chieftain tank?" he asked the British ambassador.
The first 8-mm film was made by using 16-mm film, punched with twice as many sprocket holes of the same size and shape.
A later system, revived in the 1970s and 1980s, stacked the left and right components vertically on half-frames two sprocket holes high.
Two rows of sprocket holes, each with four holes per frame, ran the length of the film and were used to advance it.
One limitation of early motion-picture filming was the tearing of sprocket holes.
They are electrically powered, driven by chain and sprocket, and held in the proper plane by two tracks.
When assembled, the pins are a free fit in the bushings and rotate slightly, relative to the bushings, when the chain goes onto and leaves a sprocket.
An improved version of 8-mm stock, called Super-8 film, was designed with the idea of reducing the sprocket-hole size and employing the space thus made available for a larger picture area.
Sprocket-driven gears grip these perforations, feeding the film into an enclosed exposure chamber.
With the invention of sprocket-driven film stock, animation was poised for a great leap forward.
Film prints to be used for projection are given a coat of wax over the sprocket-hole areas.
