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rolamite
When rotated as indicated in the top illustration, the rollers and metal strip will move to the right.

ro·la·mite

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NOUN:

A mechanism consisting of two or more hard cylindrical rollers with a flexible nonstretching band looped around them, so that the rollers move against each other with very little friction.

ETYMOLOGY:
rol(l) + -amite, of unknown origin

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