float valve


noun
  1. a valve admitting or discharging a liquid to or from a tank and regulated by a float on the surface of the liquid within the tank to maintain a nearly constant height of liquid.

Origin of float valve

1
First recorded in 1870–75

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How to use float valve in a sentence

  • Near each filling-up tun O is a small cistern t communicating with the tun O by a pipe, which is closed by a float-valve.

  • The water is allowed to flow into each tank by means of an automatic float valve.

  • This is usually caused by foreign matter getting under or in the float valve, so that it will not properly seat.

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