valve stem

noun

1. stem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of valve stem¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The idea was born out of frustration, Johnson recalled, when he blew a valve stem in the midst of a large horsemanship event at his ranch.

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“For a farmer, if he’s trying to get a hay crop in and rain’s coming and he blows a valve stem, it could cost him thousands of dollars. Twelve bucks for a tire stem? Give me 10,” Johnson said.

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He remembered thinking to himself: “If I could push something in there and cause it to expand in a way that was rugged and sturdy, it would be every bit as rugged as a valve stem inserted from the inside.”

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Johnson, who owns The JBiT Ranch with his wife Barbara in Berryville, created his own valve stem.

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The rest, from the top of the rubber grommet upward, is “standard public domain,” Johnson said - a standard valve stem with a standard core “like in billions and billions of tires.”

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