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 167
hows all of the workingparts. The air chamber G is shown partly filled with water; theimpetus valve D is that part of the ram which checks the flow ofthe running water and forces a part of it through the valve E, atthe bottom of the air chamber. When inactive the valve D stands open and as the… … Fig DeliveryPipe 141.—Cross-section of a single-acting hydraulic ram. the valve E, and the energy of flow, due to its sudden stopping,will force some of the water into the chamber G. As this actionoccurs the upward pressure against the valve D is released andit reopens but immediately closes again…
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