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1. lock and the heavy, ratchet grumble of sliding tumblers
2. “Brian, go ask Sue for a hex ratchet with a 14 millimetre head
3. he has it secured! We'll ratchet the cargo back into place one piece at a time while Ben pushes
4. So what was needed was a "sheep ratchet"
5. Graphic 4 connecting the reversibly moving gear by the arm of a ratchet clutch to the
6. It would be best to connect the reversibly moving gear by means of the arm of a ratchet clutch to the ratchet gear of an ordinary clock
7. Besides, every drum with spring has a built-in finger, which holds the ratchet gear in the reverse direction
8. The rack 12 is engaged with the gear 13 at the axle of which an eccentric 14 is installed and connected to the arm of a ratchet clutch 11 which in turn is engaged with the ratchet gear 10 of the spring drum 9 having a friction spiral spring 8 of an ordinary clock mechanism in it
9. It moves the rack 12 and via 3 – the gear 13 and the eccentric 14 – the ratchet 11, which winds by means of the ratchet gear 10 the clock spring 8
10. The end of an arm coming out of a spherical hinge is connected with an arm in a ratchet clutch
11. The end of the ratchet arm performs with the swinging of the spherical weight smaller or larger rectilinear for movements pressed towards the ratchet gear by an arm with a spring on the body (frame) of the device
12. Mounted on the sphere 5 by means of a spherical bearing 5 is the bar 7 of a ratchet clutch with a ratchet gear 8 connected to the axle of the spring drum 9 with a spiral friction spring installed in it
13. The rod 7 is freely moving in axial direction and attached at the ratchet gear 8 in the spherical bearing 6
14. The bottom end of the rod 16 is hinged to bar(s) 2 via which it is connected to the drum of the spring of the clock 1 using the connection shown on Figure 4 (by means of a gear rack, eccentric and ratchet clutch)
15. and the ratchet clutch 12
16. Norah felt his tension ratchet up to match hers
17. Smitty eased a ratchet from his pouch and slouched to the floor behind the driver’s seat
18. Smitty sprang up from behind and pressed the ratchet handle against the back of the man’s stork-like neck
19. Even as I regarded those two men, I became aware of the flying beams of the spotlights, to the north-east, painting ephemeral infinity symbols across the pregnant clouds that increasingly commanded the sky, of the distant roller-coaster chain clacking through the ratchet angles of the guideway as cars full of riders climbed an incline toward the next long drop, of the dusty smell of the campground, and of the scent of rain pending
20. This is the ratchet that makes us money
21. “And there’s another guy on the way too, Ratchet
22. She was standing over Ratchet, who was sprawled across one of the double beds
23. “There’s a game on,” Ratchet said
24. “And that’s… Ratchet
25. ” Ratchet had gotten up off the floor, but his hands were buried in the pockets of his hoodie
26. They’d just met, but Ratchet already had Holden in a headlock
27. “Ratchet’s got, like, insane senses,” Fang said, and Ratchet nodded to them from across the room
28. “Never have I ever… accidentally chopped off my finger and watched it grow back,” Holden said, and mimed hacking his finger off, resulting in a few chuckles and a cry of “Yeah, Starfish!” from Ratchet
29. “Never have I ever… been thrown out of my house for being a freak,” Ratchet said quietly and raised his hand
30. Ratchet opened his eyes
31. He wondered how many other kids like Ratchet had been experimented on
32. Ratchet turned to her, then Fang nudged Star in the ribs and glared at Ratchet
33. Ratchet was listening in on people’s conversations from ten yards away, then offering to “read their minds” when they came to check out the hubbub
34. Meanwhile, Ratchet seemed to sense every attacker coming his way, and, on top of that, seemed to be kicking it at some old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat
35. Right then, Ratchet signaled to us, and Dylan spied something I couldn’t quite see off to the side of the stage
36. He wanted to decrease the tension on the bridge, not ratchet it up
37. The first safety elevator – that is, one built with a ratchet fail-safe mechanism to prevent the cabin falling if the cable breaks – was designed by Elisha Graves Otis (USA) and demonstrated in the New York Crystal Palace building, USA, in 1854
38. There is another analogy that I often use in relation to stop trailing stop orders; the analogy of a ratchet
39. A ratchet is a type of wrench that can freely turn in one direction but which stops (pun intended) turning when the direction is reversed
40. The trailing stop ratchet turns freely while the price rises, but stops – thereby selling you out – when the price starts to decline
41. There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the ratchet
42. It can cause traders to ratchet up their nerve and stay in the trade long after signs of danger have presented themselves
1. “Put everything you’ve got into it!” His voice had ratcheted up a notch as he saw a cloud of steamy-looking air rushing after the first huge gust
2. She tried to hold on as the spasm ratcheted up the pain and was surprised as she felt her mouth form the plea “Mamaaa!” It was more a softly sustained moan than words that escaped her tightly pursed lips this time
3. Alex silently ratcheted his head from his friend to Marie and then
4. Her heart rate ratcheted up another notch
5. Her pulse ratcheted up another notch
6. Familiar heat, familiar power that ratcheted her panic
7. That ratcheted Annie’s panic
8. He then pulled her down to his pelvis, her legs now spread widely apart and before she knew it, he attempted to slide inside of her when the pain ratcheted through her and her eyes flew open
9. There was plenty of evidence: attacks had ratcheted up ever since Fallujah had been pacified
10. There was plenty of evidence: attacks had ratcheted up ever since Fallujah had been pacified
11. Ulbrickson’s concern ratcheted up another level when he started taking a good look at the British crew
12. Each day, the stop is moved closer to that extreme point by an amount called the acceleration factor; this factor also increases every day so the stop is ratcheted in at an ever-increasing rate
13. I told her about the message Cindy had received that morning, and how it ratcheted up the case
1. Tighten up the ratcheting centre fasteners, and it was done
2. wrong but soon he was ratcheting off the left wing while Bill was on
3. She eyes me warily, the fear in her expression ratcheting up
4. Ratcheting up its production could have many beneficial effects, including ridding the planet of harmful plastic and creating jobs
5. “I’m sorry,” Tom said with genuine sincerity, knowing the pain and agony that must be ratcheting his boss’s emotions
6. Every jolt increased Emory’s ratcheting fury
7. My heartbeat ratcheting up
8. They were in full-sprint mode, ratcheting the stroke rate up toward forty, when they hit a wall of sound
9. My fear is just ratcheting up again and it will last until the moment I’m back in my own home and can melt
10. I SAT THERE, ratcheting the possible connections through my mind
1. My chest tightened; it was as if someone had straps on my chest, the kind with ratchets for tightening, and it felt like an invisible hand was cranking down the ratchets so tight that I could not breathe
2. The intensity of John Hinckley’s quest for the love of Jodie Foster ratchets up