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float chamber

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noun

  1. a chamber in a carburettor in which a floating valve controls the entry and level of petrol

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The water and air in the float chamber are skin temperature, the darkness is identical with eyes open or closed, and there is no sound—thus there is no external input.

From Slate May 15, 2013

Special carburetter, jet in centre of float chamber.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

When using this system there should be a drop of not less than two feet from the lowest portion of the gasoline tank to the upper part of the carburetor float chamber.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

The carburetor has an eccentric float chamber, from which the gasoline is led to the jet piece from which the jets stand up in a row.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

The construction embodies a main body or mixing chamber and a conventional float chamber bowl with fuel strainer attached at point of entrance of fuel to bowl.

From Marvel Carbureter and Heat Control As Used on Series 691 Nash Sixes Booklet S by Anonymous

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