pitch cone


noun Machinery.

See under pitch surface.

Definition for pitch cone (2 of 2)

pitch surface

noun

(in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane), a cylinder (pitch cylinder), or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.

Origin of pitch surface

First recorded in 1885–90