detent in English

noun
1
a catch in a machine that prevents motion until released.
Within the gearbox, the mechanical plunger and spring detent arrangement have given way to a pneumatic setup.

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1. Button actuated detent system

2. Full crowd detent device for a wheel loader bucket

3. Detent means (80, 82) and indexing indicia may also be provided in alternate embodiments.

4. The biasing member can bias the detent member into engagement with a cam member.

5. Position locking is achieved by notches in the shaft allowing for a detent mechanism.

6. End of stroke sensors sense the actuating rod movement and apply pressure differential signals to the detent.

7. The guide section is blocked by a detent mechanism, thereby preventing removal of the actuating protector (21).

8. Detent mechanisms (40, 44) may be provided to accurately locate different measurement positions of the sleeve (14).

9. Beans utilize a ball detent system to hold the blade in the open and closed positions while remaining non-locking, and blade deployment is via the flipper.

10. A handle (30, 40) applying method and means employs heating and deforming an aglet (32) to form or fusing an end stop on a bag cord after fitting the cord through a handle locating aperture (31, 32, 41, 42) in a bag wall (15) or fitting an aglet (32) having a resiliently movable barb (64) or detent on the end of a bag cord before passing the aglet through a handle locating aperture which causes the barb (64) or detent to move toward the aglet as it passes through the aperture and which barb (64) or detent returns to its rest position to restrain the cord from removal through the aperture in a reverse direction to that of fitment of the cord end.

11. The lock arrangement (400) includes a lock-wheel (410) coupled to the drive shaft (310) for rotation therewith, the lock-wheel (410) having a peripheral zone with a detent (411) and an abutment area (414) adjacent thereto.