Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 117
th tuband wash basin are connected with the waste pipe by siphontraps. A siphon trap may lose its seal in two ways: by self-siphonage, or by aspiration caused by the discharge of the waterfrom other fixtures. In the discharge of the siphon trap, suchas B, in Fig. 100, the long leg of the siphon,… … Fig. 100.—An example of back-vented plumbing as applied to the bathroom. form a vacuum above it and in some cases the seal in B is de-stroyed by the water being drawn into the vertical pipe. Thepossibility of either of these occurrences is prevented byback-venting. In Fig. 100, a pipe from the main…
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