gravity feed

noun

First recorded in 1910–15

The Bergmann gun is a belt loader, but the belt passes down a “gravity feed” an arrangement which saves a number of working parts.

He can cut down some of the drudgery of stoking by installing a gravity feed type of boiler.

An important step was the substitution of what is called the "force feed" for the gravity feed.

When using gravity feed without air pressure be sure to vent the tank to allow circulation of air.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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