| 释义 |
Tobin's tube
Also Tobin tube.
A device for admitting fresh air into a room in an upward direction, invented by Martin Tobin of Leeds.
[1873M. Tobin Patent Specif. No. 1081 In some cases..I pass a tube..into the apartment, and form or turn the mouth or inlet, so as to give the air..an upward or fountain-like direction.] 1884Billings Ventilation, etc. 102 Another form of inlet consists in what are often spoken of as Tobin's Tubes. |