Category
page 1Springs (mechanical)
spring
elastic mechanical device in any shape
Hooke's law
empirical physical law of mechanics that the force on a spring is proportional to its displacement
washer
thin plate with a hole, normally used to distribute the load of a threaded fastener
leaf spring
simple form of spring, mostly used for the suspension of cars

Slinky
The Slinky is a helical spring toy invented and developed by American naval engineer Richard T. James in 1943 and successfully demonstrated at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia on November 27, 1945.

springboard
thumb|right|Diving from a springboard
A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type.
torsion spring
type of spring
spring steel
elastically deformable steel under tension
coil spring
spring type formed into a helix shape
balance spring
Sping attached to the balance wheel in timepieces

mainspring
thumb|An uncoiled modern watch mainspring.
thumb|Clock mainspring
thumb|A pendulum clock|pendulum wall clock movement showing the two mainsprings which power it. This is a [[striking clock which sounds the hours on a chime; one of the springs powers the timekeeping gear train while the other powers the striking train]]
spring-loaded camming device
rock climbing protection device
Belleville washer
type of spring
gas spring
type of spring
curb feeler
device installed on a motor vehicle alerting the driver to the proximity of a curb
Slap bracelet
Bracelets worn by slapping them on the wrist.
volute spring
type of cone-shaped compression spring
wave spring
spring made up of pre-hardened flat wire in a process called on-edge coiling
Mattress coil
component of a mattress.