return bend

American  

noun

1. a 180° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.

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Example Sentences

Return′-bend, a pipe-coupling in the shape of the letter ; Return′-car′go, a cargo brought back in place of merchandise previously sent out; Return′-check, a ticket for readmission; Return′-day, the day fixed when the defendant is to appear in court; Retur′ner; Retur′ning-off′icer, the officer who makes returns of writs, &c.: the presiding officer at an election.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Fresh-air Inlet.—A fresh-air inlet pipe must be connected with the house drain just inside of the house trap and extended to the outer air, terminating with a return bend, or a vent cap or a grating with an open end 1 foot above grade at the most available point to be determined by the building department.

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The pipes terminate in a number of different ways, some with a return bend, above the ground, some with a cowl cap, some with a strainer.

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Spring upward and upon return bend knees deeply and face partner.

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From this passage it enters one end of the unit, passing backward toward the fire-box, forward through one of the straight pipes and the front return bend, backward through the other straight pipe to the back return bend, and forward through the bent pipe and upward into the superheater steam passage of the header, from which it enters the steam pipes and is carried to the steam chest.

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