plunger
柱塞,活塞,柱塞式,柱塞的作用
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- : Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- : Automotive. a pistonlike part in the valve of a pneumatic tire.
- : Also called force cup, plumber's friend, plumber's helper. a device consisting of a handle with a rubber suction cup at one end, used as a force pump to free clogged drains and toilet traps.
- : a person or thing that plunges.
- : a reckless bettor or speculator.
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As you depress the plunger, it presses a plate and whisks through the milk to aerate it.
A sturdy build lets you put muscle power behind the plunger without damaging it.
The casing and plunger materials may break or bend if they’re not used carefully.
Functionality aside, the lacquered bamboo shaft is also infinitely more aesthetic than the generically lathed handle on your typical plunger.
Admittedly, it isn’t hard to improve upon the basic plunger, which ranks as the most boringly uniform of all the household tools.
You can draw the plunger up and down and it looks as if the blood is mixing with the liquid.
Trying to pull the plunger back would snap the ring and effectively break the syringe.
It is a cast-iron plunger-pole, over the shaft, of 33 inches diameter, 10-feet stroke.
The unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.
I have made the plunger-case and steam-vessel of wrought iron ¾ of an inch thick.
The valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.
The function of this plunger is to provide a resistance in addition to that of the air valve spring to assist in acceleration.