单词 | mitre-valve |
释义 | > as lemmasmitre-valve mitre-valve n. Engineering a poppet valve having its face and seat inclined at 45 degrees to its axis. ΚΠ 1873 R. Wilson Treat. Steam Boilers vii. 122 In favour of the mitre valve is the greater facility in keeping the joint steam tight when the bearing surface is not made too wide. 1906 W. E. Dalby Valves & Valve Gear Mech. ii. 9 In both types of Hornblower's valve steam passed through the lower seat only, so that the capacity to transmit steam was only the same as that of a mitre valve of equal diameter. 1968 F. Minden tr. G. Oehler Hydraulic Presses vii. 58 Whereas the spring load on ball valve k is fixed, that on mitre valve p is adjustable by handwheel s. < as lemmas |
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