screw press

American  

noun

1. a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.

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Etymology

Origin of screw press

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

This disk is fastened down with a screw press, and when the apparatus is thus arranged the eduction cock is opened, and the air pump maneuvered.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various

The frames are then placed one on top of the other, and to make the connection between them air-tight, pressed together in a screw press.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

All family resemblance has died out, although the printing machine is certainly a development of the little screw press.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton

From this die four pieces only were struck on a screw press, the die being of such high relief that its use was impracticable.

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren

The screw press has an ordinary square-threaded screw, and it acts in the same way as press for making cider or cheese.

From Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness