Reducing valve

a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.

Reducing Valve

a device that automatically transmits a liquid or gas from a high-pressure cavity to a cavity with lower pressure while maintaining a constant pressure in one of these cavities. A reducing valve maintaining a constant high pressure serves as a safety valve and is used, for example, in lubricating systems and devices. Reducing valves serve as the basic element of such intricate devices as liquid and gas reducers.

pressure-reducing valve, reducing valve

1. A pressure regulating valve. 2. A valve that maintains a predetermined pressure by means of an automatic valve controller.

reducing valve

re·duc·ing valve

a valve designed to lower the pressure of a gas coming from a cylinder containing compressed gas under high pressure.

reducing valve

A device to reduce the pressure of gas that has been compressed in a cylinder.See also: valve

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