float-feed

[ floht-feed ]

adjective

, Machinery.

1. equipped with a float to control the feed.

float-feed

adjective

1. (of a fuel system) controlled by a float operating a needle valve

Word History and Origins

Origin of float-feed¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

With a float-feed construction, which maintains a constant level of gasoline at the right height in the standpipe, liquid fuel will only be supplied when drawn out of the jet by the suction effect of the entering air stream.

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The general principles of operation of this pioneer float-feed carburetor are shown at Fig.

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Most of these vaporizers use the heat and the exhaust gases to vaporize the fuel, but they differ greatly in construction; some are of the retort type, and others are of the float-feed carburetter type.

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The high-tension magneto and the float-feed carburetter, whose invention was to transform the motor-bicycle from an everlasting harassment into a means of loco-motion, were yet years away in the future.

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It has a float-feed carburetor, mechanical oiler, and the ignition system is the jump-spark—the best for this style of motor.

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