Definition of Conveyor belt

1. Noun. A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory).

Exact synonyms: Conveyer, Conveyer Belt, Conveyor, Transporter
Generic synonyms: Belt
Specialized synonyms: Carousel, Carrousel, Luggage Carousel, Luggage Carrousel
Category relationships: Factory, Manufactory, Manufacturing Plant, Mill
Group relationships: Assembly Line, Line, Production Line
Derivative terms: Convey, Transport

Definition of Conveyor belt

1. Noun. A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conveyor Belt

conveyance of title
conveyancer
conveyancers
conveyances
conveyancing
conveyancings
conveyaunce
conveyed
conveyer
conveyer belt
conveyers
conveyest
conveyeth
conveying
conveyor
conveyor belt (current term)
conveyor belts
conveyorise
conveyorised
conveyorises
conveyorising
conveyorization
conveyorize
conveyorized
conveyorizes
conveyorizing
conveyorless
conveyors
conveyour
conveys

Literary usage of Conveyor belt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Material Recovery Facilities for Municipal Solid Waste: Handbookby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Some of these forms include: Trough Type: In general, the trough type belt conveyor will use troughing idler rolls which cause the conveyor belt to form a ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"8-ply conveyor belt, 1216 ft. (370 m.) long, to the fine-crushing department. ... 8-ply conveyor belt and is distributed by a tripper over bins feeding fine ..."

3. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"1 and 2 of the first magnet about 0.125 inch below the conveyor belt, and place a piece of brass, 0.125 inch thick, covering the top of the pole piece, ..."

4. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"It consists of a plurality of independently driven auxiliary belts in contact with the conveyor belt and supported by the conveyor idlers MI that the ..."

5. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"When running dry, the material is |bt on Ьу а conveyor belt, and carried off by a belt running on drum itself at right t to conveyor belt. ..."

6. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1915)
"Any discussion offered thereafter should preferably be in the form of a new paper. Conveyor-Belt Calculating Chart BY JD MOONEY AND DL DARNELL,* AKRON, ..."

7. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"The screenings were delivered through a chute to a conveyor belt below the crusher floor which discharged them on the sand conveyor belt, thus mixing the ..."

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