No closed-tank system should be used without a safety valve.
The area of a safety valve is 8 inches, the distance from the fulcrum to the valve is 4 inches, and the weight is 40 lbs.
The manhole affords ingress into the boiler for inspecting and for scaling or cleaning it, the nozzles being for a safety valve.
Steam pressure may be guarded against by a safety valve; but as this may become set fast in a little time, it would be far better to avoid all chance of steam accumulation by such an arrangement as that shown in Fig.
The fittings of the boiler were sufficient, except that there was only one safety valve, and that was so constructed that it could only open a very little way.
There was a safety valve, a glass water gauge, a pressure gauge, and two fusible plugs upon the tube.
Fire was lighted without noticing that as there was no safety valve, and that all escape of steam was prevented by the connecting pipes being frozen.
The result would be to burst the feed pipes, except for a safety valve placed on the feed pipe between the engine and the boilers, which safety valve opens when any undue pressure comes upon the pipes, and allows the water to escape.
On this diaphragm rests a plunger or piston, which is held down like a safety valve, by a lever and weight, b.
It was at this time that he came out with the “safety valve” theory.
This is a little inconsistent with the theory that the Congress was founded out of fear of a political outbreak and only in the nature of a safety valve.
What he evidently aimed at was a sort of an innocuous association which should serve more as a “safety valve” than as a genuine Nationalist organisation for national purposes.
It is remarkable that, notwithstanding the high pressure steam necessary for the operation of Savery's engine, he does not appear to have adopted the obvious expedient of a safety valve.
Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve.
Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc.
It is usually of the plug-cock pattern connected by bell crank and this connected to some part of the engine by chain, in which case it also acts as a safety valve in case of separation between engine and tender.
A safety valve is used to limit the maximum pressure in the boiler by opening and allowing steam to escape.
Pull key out of safety valve rod, thereby allowing oil feed from tank to be shut off.
If a check valve is used for this purpose, or for any other purpose, a safety valve must be placed on the boiler piping system to relieve any excessive pressure that may be caused by having the check valve in use.
There is today, with meters of modern type, no reason to use a check valve or a safety valve.
When a check valve is placed on the piping, this means of escape is shut off and a safety valve must be employed.
A safety valve is exactly what its name implies, and there should be a heavy penalty for anyone taking that power away from it.
There is a safety valve attached to the side of the radiator which opens if the automatic device fails to close off the gas before the steam pressure inside becomes too great.
On the canner is a safety valve which is set so that the instant a certain number of pounds of pressure is reached, it is lifted up by the steam.
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