hand lever in a sentence
Examples
- The adjustable cam, or " dog ", inside the rope lock constricts and releases the operating line as the flyman lowers and raises a hand lever.
- The front brake was controlled by a hand lever on the left handlebar with a parking brake lock; the rear brake was controlled by a pedal.
- A few hundred yards from where Salim stood with his children, Rama, 26, pushed the hand levers that propelled the battered three-wheeled cart he rides in.
- Goods and mineral vehicles were provided with hand brakes by which the brakes could be applied by a hand lever operated by staff on the ground.
- The brakes acted on the rear wheels using a hand lever with the foot brake operating a transmission brake on the drive shaft behind the gearbox.
- Even though the Sachs 505 / 1A motor is designed for rear coaster-brakes, Columbia chose to use a Magura hand lever and cable for the rear brake.
- Back brakes, expanding shoes in enclosed drums, are applied by rods from the hand lever outside the body on the off-side ( to the driver's right ).
- The Mills was a classic design; a grooved cast iron " pineapple " with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin.
- To start the car from rest a driver presses out his clutch, moves his hand lever forward, and lets in the clutch in the ordinary way with slight acceleration.
- On the western section between Hollenbek and Ratzeburg, " Erlebnisbahn Ratzeburg " has operated a seasonal operation with rides on a hand lever trolley ( draisine ) since 1998.