articulated drop chute

articulated drop chute

[är′tik·yə‚lād·əd ′dräp ‚shüt]

(engineering)

A drop chute, for a falling stream of concrete, which consists of a vertical succession of tapered metal cylinders, so designed that the lower end of each cylinder fits into the upper end of the one below.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

articulated drop chute

A drop chute, for a falling stream of concrete, which consists of a vertical succession of tapered metal cylinders, so designed that the lower end of each cylinder fits into the upper end of the one below.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.