steam trap

British  

noun

1. a device in a steam pipe that collects and discharges condensed water

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Example Sentences

His Plumbers and Pipefitters require two pipefitters and a welder to hook up the piping on a steam trap about the size of a breadbox.

From Time Magazine Archive

On March 11, 1925, I fell through a steam trap used in Siegfried and fell 25 feet onto a concrete floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the return steam trap does not discharge regularly, it is important that it be opened and thoroughly cleaned and the valve seat re-ground.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)

When you begin to fix up the mill for cold weather, don't forget to put a steam trap in each and every steam pipe which can be opened into the atmosphere for heating purposes.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

The steam pipe is simply passed through the tar pipe, and a steam trap attached to its end.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various