Term #1,721
groove
Claim Term
groove
Origin matter
hook plate
Reference Case 1
VIL-17
Date Added
6/10/22
Created
6/10/22, 6:32 PM
Modified
6/14/22, 3:49 PM
Full Desc
"Groove" refers to an indentation built into a material. In some implementations, a groove may be a long and narrow indentation. Generally a groove can serve to allow another material or part to move within or along the groove and/or to be guided by the groove. Examples of grooves include, but are not limited to: a canal cut in a hard material, usually metal. The canal can be round, oval or an arc in order to receive another component such as a boss, a tongue or a gasket. The canal can also be on the circumference of a dowel, a bolt, an axle or on the outside or inside of a tube or pipe etc. This canal may receive a circlip, an o-ring, or a gasket; a depression on the entire circumference of a cast or machined wheel, a pulley or sheave. The depression may receive a cable, a rope or a belt; A longitudinal channel formed in a hot rolled rail profile such as a grooved rail. This groove may receive a flange of a train wheel. (Search "groove" on Wikipedia.com May 5, 2022. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 10, 2022.)