screw conveyor
a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
- Also called worm.
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Now the seed, free of all else, is carried by another elevator and endless screw conveyor to the "linter."
Move screw conveyor, reverse lever 12 back to rear or reverse position, raise handle 10 on operating rod to center position.
The Traveling Engineers' Association | AnonymousIt is amusing to stand and watch the continuous stream of nibs rushing down, like hail in a storm, into the screw conveyor.
Cocoa and Chocolate | Arthur W. Knapp
British Dictionary definitions for screw 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: Also called: worm conveyor
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