tighten
verb (used with or without object)
self-tightening
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a word derived from
tighten.
Example Sentences
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In 2002, he applied for and received U. S. Patent 6,812,392 B2 for a self-tightening drumhead device.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2013
Maudslay himself told me, or led me to believe, that it was he who invented the self-tightening collar for the hydraulic press, without which it would never have been a serviceable machine.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
This was especially the case with the hydraulic press; to which Maudslay added the essential feature of the self-tightening collar, above described in the memoir of Bramah.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
As the self-tightening collar is to the hydraulic press, so is the steamblast to the locomotive.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
The result was Maudslay's self-tightening collar, the action of which a few words of description will render easily intelligible.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
