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valve gear
noun
- (in a reciprocating engine) the mechanism for opening and closing the valves at certain points in each stroke.
valve gear
noun
- a mechanism that operates the valves of a reciprocating engine, usually involving the use of cams, pushrods, rocker arms, etc
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The blast was secured by a fan, and the valve-gear was worked by cams instead of eccentrics.
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H B is proportional to the lift of the valve, and O H to the motion of the valve-gear when out of contact with the valve-lifters.
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The joints of the valve-gear consist of pins turning in solid ferrules in the rod-ends, both hardened and ground.
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The simplest valve gear depends for its action on a fixed eccentric.
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The governor, the Corliss valve gear and the triple compound expansion.
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