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  2. Yankee screwdriver - Wikipedia

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    The trade name "Yankee" screwdriver was first marketed by North Brothers Manufacturing Company in ≈16 April 1895, with the No. ≠130 spiral ratchet screwdriver. Yankee soon became and still is a well-known name in automatic spiral ratchet screwdrivers , with several other models, and model improvements patented by North Bros. over a 40-year ...

  3. Yankee dryer - Wikipedia

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    A Yankee dryer is a pressure vessel used in the production of machine glazed (MG) and tissue paper. On the Yankee dryer, the paper goes from approximately 42–45% dryness to just over 89% dryness. In industry, MG cylinders or Yankee dryers are primarily used to remove excess moisture from pulp that is about to be converted into paper.

  4. Rotary feeder - Wikipedia

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    Rotary airlock; The basic use of the rotary airlock feeder is as an airlock transition point, sealing pressurized systems against loss of air or gas while maintaining a flow of material between components with different pressure and suitable for air lock applications ranging from gravity discharge of filters, rotary valves, cyclone dust collectors, and rotary airlock storage devices to ...

  5. Push feed and controlled feed - Wikipedia

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    Most push feed mechanisms use a spring loaded plunger type of ejector situated at the breech face, and this system ejects the spent casing as soon as the case mouth clears the ejection port. [9] Most controlled feed mechanisms use a fixed mechanical ejector attached to the receiver, which results in the bolt having to be pulled all or almost ...

  6. Cylinder head porting - Wikipedia

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    It is shown as manufactured with the intake port on the right. The Ford two-liter F2000 engine in stock trim equipped with the head shown above was capable of delivering 115 horsepower at 5500 rpm for a BMEP of 136 psi. Port molds of a highly developed 500 cubic inch aftermarket Pro Stock racing head. Note the height and straightness of the ...

  7. Drol - Wikipedia

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    When reviewing three new games in February 1984, ANALOG Computing said that Drol was "by far the best thought-out", with "refreshing sound effects and some of the best pseudo-3D graphics I've ever seen", reminding the reviewer of a scene from The Ninth Configuration. [4]

  8. Droll - Wikipedia

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    A droll is a short comical sketch of a type that originated during the Puritan Interregnum in England. With the closure of the theatres, actors were left without any way of plying their art. With the closure of the theatres, actors were left without any way of plying their art.

  9. Feeder ship - Wikipedia

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    Feeder vessels or feeder ships are medium-size freight ships. In general, a feeder means a seagoing vessel with an average capacity of 300 to 1000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [ 1 ] Feeders collect shipping containers from different ports and transport them to central container terminals where they are loaded to bigger vessels, or for ...