Roots blower

American  

[roots] / ruts /

noun

1. a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.

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Example Sentences

Forced draught is applied by means of a Roots blower.

From Project Gutenberg

The "trick" glass-blower I referred to employed a foot bellows in connection with a small weighted gasometer, the Westinghouse Company used their ordinary air-blast, and I have generally used a large gas-holder with which I am provided, which is supplied by a Roots blower worked by an engine.

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This is forced by means of a Roots blower through the scrubber into the producer.

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E is a three-horse power Lovegrove engine and boiler, resting on a stone foundation; B, a small Roots' blower; G, an automatic regulator.

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