From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
conveyor
n 1: a person who conveys (carries or transmits); "the conveyer
of good tidings" [syn: conveyer]
2: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
[syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer,
transporter]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Conveyor \Con*vey"or\, n. (Mach.)
A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp.,
one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw
turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or
a truck running along a rope.
[1913 Webster]