steam chest

American  

noun

1. the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.

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steam-chest British  

noun

1. a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

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Etymology

Origin of steam chest

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

During the live steam period there is also loss from condensation in the cylinder, but this is made up for by steam from the steam chest.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The air was filled suddenly with scalding steam, and with screaming fragments of the bursting steam chest.

From The Pygmy Planet by Williamson, Jack

An alternative plan is to pass the water through pipes placed in a steam chest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The steam chest L is filled with steam at boiler pressure, which is being admitted to the narrow space back of the piston through the valve N, as indicated by the arrows.

From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous

The high pressure cylinder has a piston valve, the steam chest being shown at a.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua