screw conveyor

American  

noun

1. a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.

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screw conveyor British  

noun

1. Also called: worm conveyor.  engineering a duct along which material is conveyed by the rotational action of a spiral vane which lies along the length of the duct

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Example Sentences

Move screw conveyor, reverse lever 12 back to rear or reverse position, raise handle 10 on operating rod to center position.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

Now the seed, free of all else, is carried by another elevator and endless screw conveyor to the "linter."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

A. Yes, so that screw conveyor will not become clogged and inoperative.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

It is amusing to stand and watch the continuous stream of nibs rushing down, like hail in a storm, into the screw conveyor.

From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William