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  2. Poppet valve - Wikipedia

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    The word poppet shares etymology with "puppet": it is from the Middle English popet ("youth" or "doll"), from Middle French poupette, which is a diminutive of poupée.The use of the word poppet to describe a valve comes from the same word applied to marionettes, which, like the poppet valve, move bodily in response to remote motion transmitted linearly.

  3. Snifting valve - Wikipedia

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    The snifting valve is the small mushroom directly behind the chimney. The square cover beneath is another distinctive LNER feature, covering the end of the superheater header. A snifting valve (sometimes snifter valve) is an automatic anti-vacuum valve used in a steam locomotive when coasting. The word Snift imitates the sound made by the valve.

  4. Atmospheric vacuum breaker - Wikipedia

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    It is usually constructed of brass and resembles a 90-degree elbow with a hood on its top to allow air to enter the water system if a siphon attempts to form. Inside this elbow is a poppet valve that is held "up" by the water pressure found in the system, closing the air entrance to the device. If the pressure in the "upstream side" is reduced ...

  5. Thermal expansion valve - Wikipedia

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    A thermal expansion valve or thermostatic expansion valve (often abbreviated as TEV, TXV, or TX valve) is a component in vapor-compression refrigeration and air conditioning systems that controls the amount of refrigerant released into the evaporator and is intended to regulate the superheat of the refrigerant that flows out of the evaporator ...

  6. Mushroom valve - Wikipedia

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    Mushroom valve may refer to: The exhaust valve of a diving mechanism; Poppet valve, a rigid flow control valve commonly used in engines and pumps

  7. Edwin Ruud - Wikipedia

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    A Ruud Type F Size no. 3 instantaneous and automatic water heater from 1906. The Thermal Valve Model, Type F, of the Ruud Instantaneous Automatic Water Heater is a design that allows the user to instantaneously heat water for on demand applications while not heating, thus saving fuel, when not in use.

  8. Morris Cowley - Wikipedia

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    Morris Cowley (1919 model) The Continental Cowley , shown to the press in April 1915, was a larger engined (1495 cc against 1018 cc), longer, wider and better-equipped version of the first Morris Oxford with the same "Bullnose" radiator; in addition it could carry a four-passenger body.

  9. Thermostatic radiator valve - Wikipedia

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    A thermostatic radiator valve on position 2 (15–17 °C) Installed thermostatic radiator valve with the adjustment wheel removed A thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) is a self-regulating valve fitted to hot water heating system radiator, to control the temperature of a room by changing the flow of hot water to the radiator.