| 单词 | stuffing-box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstuffing-box stuffing-box n. Machinery a chamber packed with fluid-tight elastic material, through which a piston-rod or shaft is made to pass in order to prevent leakage at the orifice through which it leaves or enters a vessel; similarly stuffing-gland, stuffing ring. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > piston > [noun] > chamber for stuffing-box1797 1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 59 Pistons..should be 1/ 2 or 3/ 16 less than the cylinder, the stuffing ring stands 4 inches from the side. 1798 Repertory of Arts (1799) X. 290 C, shews the stuffing-box, through which the spindle must come, to work the chains. 1881 F. Campin Pract. Treat. Mech. Engin. 115 The joint is made steam-tight by enclosing the extremity of the steam-pipe in a stuffing-box. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 102/1 The plunger is of stone-ware, accurately ground to fit the stuffing-gland. < as lemmas |
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