A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion...

Look up ratchet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ratchet may refer to: Ratchet (device), a mechanical device that allows movement in only one direction...

and others showed why it cannot actually do this. The device consists of a gear known as a ratchet that rotates freely in one direction but is prevented...

A ratchet or rattle, more specifically, cog rattle is a musical instrument of the percussion family and a warning/signaling device. It operates on the...

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (known as Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction in most PAL countries, or Ratchet & Clank Future) is a 2007...

Ratchet & Clank is a series of action-adventure platform and third-person shooter video games created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by...

Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando, known as Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in Australia and most PAL countries, is a 2003 third-person shooter platform...

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus in PAL regions) is a 2013 third-person shooter platform game developed by Insomniac Games...

Clank rides on Ratchet's back, acting as a jet-pack or similar device. Occasionally, however, Clank becomes a playable character when Ratchet is unable to...

The ratchet effect is a concept in sociology and economics illustrating the difficulty with reversing a course of action once a specific thing has occurred...

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a 2021 third-person shooter platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment...

pre-set thrust values e.g. climb or reverse thrust. Look up detent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ball detent Ratchet (device) "Definition of DETENT"....

the Ratchet & Clank series. One such mechanic involves the Chronosceptor: A staff that repairs broken objects. This device can be used like Ratchet's wrench...

Ratchet: Deadlocked (known as Ratchet: Gladiator in Europe and Australia) is a 2005 third-person shooter platformer, developed by Insomniac Games and...

side; this is the principle by which a capstan-type device operates. A holding capstan is a ratchet device that can turn only in one direction; once a load...

allow the use of lubricants containing extreme pressure additives. Ratchet (device) Slipper clutch "Inside a Planetary Reduction Drive". Youtube. October...

freewheel device consists of two saw-toothed, spring-loaded discs pressing against each other with the toothed sides together, somewhat like a ratchet. Rotating...

York, USA, invented the freewheel for the bicycle. His design placed a ratchet device in the hub of the front wheel (the driven wheel on the 'velocipede'...

prevalent form is the ratcheting socket wrench, often informally called a ratchet. A ratchet incorporates a reversible ratcheting mechanism which allows...

cylindrical component that the thimble causes to move toward the anvil. Ratchet stop: Device on end of handle that limits applied pressure by slipping at a calibrated...

only other Warsaw Pact variant. The burst mode is achieved through a ratcheting device on the left side of the receiver that interacts with the trigger group...

either engaged or disabled. The burst mode is achieved through a ratcheting device on the left side of the receiver that interacts with the trigger group...

A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated...

Come-alongs are not rated for overhead lifting, but a similar-looking device called a ratchet lever hoist is used this way. The original tool of this type was...

Brownian motion would also affect the ratchet and cause it to randomly fail resulting in no net gain. Thus, the device would not violate the laws of thermodynamics...

linking device is used for the fastening of goods with trucks, trailers, pallets, boxes, and containers. This is also known as ratchet lashing, ratchet straps...

are chained to the other. As the interrogation progresses, a handle and ratchet mechanism attached to the top roller are used to very gradually retract...

was also called a "chainman". Sylvester A sylvester, or nanny, was a ratchet device for pulling out pit props, used particularly when collapsing the roof...

set and maintained by a ratchet mechanism on each side of the frame. Jennings gag: they are very similar, but there is a ratchet on only one side. These...

{\displaystyle I_{c+}\neq |I_{c-}|} . Such devices were especially popular in the context of Josephson ratchets — devices used to rectify random or deterministic...