steam trap

noun

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

Example Sentences

For instance, two officials with ABS Consulting Group, one of the consultants that prepared the Con Ed-backed report, acknowledged under oath that they did not know that Con Edison had removed a bypass valve from the steam trap assembly device that had been cited by Con Edison as a likely culprit in the explosion.

From New York Times

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg