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

The screw press distributes the pressure more evenly with less injury to the fruit and is more powerful.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

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

Expression is the simplest and most usually adopted process; the cleaned kernels are well bruised, placed in cloth bags, and compressed in a powerful lever and screw press.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

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 screw press works very satisfactorily for toilet soaps.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.