Definition of Fan belt

1. Noun. A belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator.

Generic synonyms: Belt
Group relationships: Cooling System, Engine Cooling System

Definition of Fan belt

1. Noun. A loop of material, typically reinforced rubber with a trapezoidal cross-section, by which a motor or engine turns a fan so that it can cool itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fan Belt

famulate
famulated
famulates
famulating
famuli
famulist
famulists
famulus
famuluses
fan
fan-belt
fan-in-fin
fan-tailed
fan base
fan bases
fan belt (current term)
fan belts
fan blade
fan camera photography
fan cameras
fan club
fan clubs
fan coil
fan dance
fan death
fan fern
fan fiction
fan fictions
fan letter
fan mail

Literary usage of Fan belt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Automotive Repair: Instruction Manual of Repair Jobs by John Calvin Wright (1921)
"If the fan belt is broken or badly worn it is impractical to try to repair ... What would you do in ease the fan belt is broken on the road and a new belt ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1910)
"A simple trouble, but one likely to be mistaken by the novice for radiator or circulation trouble, is the slipping of the fan belt. ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Drive the fan belt pulley forward. Remove the cap screws, which hold the ... Then the fan belt pulley and the starting crank pin, and finally the fan belt. ..."

4. The Model T Ford Car, Its Construction, Operation and Repair: A Complete by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1916)
"The fan belt tension may be easily adjusted by loosening a lock nut on a cap screw which bears against the lever carrying the fan hub and tightening down on ..."

5. Ford Methods and the Ford Shops by Horace Lucian Arnold, Fay Leone Faurote (1915)
"... myself to three rather unusual ones. namely, the forming of OK; steering-gear quadrant, the steering-gear column flange, and » h '• fan-belt pulley. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"Fan, Belt Driven—A cooling fan, which is driven by means of a belt which ... fan belt—The belt which drives a cooling fan. This may be a flat leather or ..."

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