poppet valve
Noun
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Noun
poppet valve (plural poppet valves)
- (mechanics) A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug a matching port) and which is operated by springs and possibly cams interacting with the shaft.
- 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications (page 75)
- This communication between the tank and pump is controlled by a float valve in the tanks and a cock in the pipe, while a poppet valve prevents the undrawn liquor going into the waste tank.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 62:
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- 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications (page 75)
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