A gear set employing gears shaped like slices of a cone, which allows the axes of the gears to be nonparallel.
two wheels that intermesh at an angle to change the direction of rotation, also altering speed and force if necessary. These gears transmit motion through an angle, usually 90 degrees. Bevel gears can be found in egg beaters.
A gearset (pair of gears) in which the axis of the driving gear forms an angle with the axis of the driven gear; drive axle ring gear and pinion or differential side gears and pinions are common examples.
A gearset designed to transmit motion through an angle. The best known set of bevel gears are the ring and pinion gearset in the differential of front-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles. A driveshaft which runs parallel with the vehicle is connected to a pinion gear that meshes with a ring gear mounted to the axles, perpendicular to the vehicle.
A pair of gears with faces cut at an angle of 45°, allowing drive to be turned through 90°.
are gears of conical form designed to operate on intersecting axes. These gears allow transmission of power "around corners" so to speak as their shafts intersect. Most commonly the shafts will intersect at a 90° angle. Straight bevel gears (as opposed to spiral bevel gears) have teeth that are straight, radially from the gears center point.