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Sylphon|ˈsɪlfɒn|
Also sylphon.
[Invented word.]
A proprietary name (see quots. 1906, 1916, 1933) used esp. to designate concertina-like metal bellows and devices employing them.
1906Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Apr. 1643/1 Heat-regulators for use on boilers, furnaces, and stoves... Sylphon. 1916ibid. 25 July 1432/1 Sylphon... A hollow expansible and contractible corrugated tubular metal device. 1933Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Aug. 925/2 Sylphon... Valves, hot and cold water mixers and dampers all being parts of steam boilers... The Fulton Sylphon Company.., Knoxville, Tennessee. 1937Jrnl. Psychol. IV. 281 The essential unit is a small capacity sylphon or thin-gauge metal bellows enclosed in an airtight metal housing. 1938Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLII. 1072 The valves of these tanks may be operated by a sylphon bellows. 1945H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes x. 110 The pumps used were sylphon-sealed reciprocating pumps. |