float chamber

noun

1. a chamber in a carburettor in which a floating valve controls the entry and level of petrol

Example Sentences

The water and air in the float chamber are skin temperature, the darkness is identical with eyes open or closed, and there is no sound—thus there is no external input.

From Slate

There is neither float chamber nor jet.

From Project Gutenberg

There may be dirt or water in the float chamber, which will constrict the passage between the float chamber and the spray nozzle, or a particle of foreign matter may have entered the nozzle and stopped up the fine holes therein.

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When the level of gasoline in the float chamber was lowered the float would fall and the needle valve uncover the opening.

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In this the float chamber and mixing chamber are concentric.

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