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2. Plug (sanitation) - Wikipedia

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   A plug in sanitation is an object that is used to close a drainage outlet firmly. The insertion of a plug into a drainage outlet allows the container to be filled with water or other fluids. In contrast to screw on caps, plugs are pushed into the hole and are not put over the hole.

3. Wall plug - Wikipedia

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   In 1957, Oswald Thorsman from Sweden received a patent for a plastic wall plug; around the same time, German inventor Artur Fischer created the plastic Fischer wall plug. [4] [5] The Fischer wall plug, due to its innovative shape, was the first to be suitable for all wall types, and has since been the most produced and sold wall plug worldwide ...

4. Plug and feather - Wikipedia

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   A number of holes are then cut or drilled into the stone face along the scored line approximately 10 to 20 centimetres (3.9 to 7.9 in) apart. Plug and feather sets are inserted in the holes, with the "ears" of the feathers facing the direction of the desired split. The plugs are then struck with a hammer in sequence.

5. Stopper (plug) - Wikipedia

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   A bung can be defined as "a plug or closure used to close an opening in a drum or barrel. It is called a plug when referring to a steel drum closure." [1] A glass stopper is often called a "ground glass joint" (or "joint taper"), and a cork stopper is called simply a "cork".

6. Wetsuit - Wikipedia

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   A wetsuit is normally specified in terms of its thickness and style. For instance, a wetsuit with a torso thickness of 5 mm and a limb thickness of 3 mm will be described as a "5/3". With new technologies the neoprene is getting more flexible. Modern 4/3 wetsuits, for instance, may feel as flexible as a 3/2 of only a few years ago.

7. University Park officials express shock as state, county file ...

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   State officials filed a consent order Thursday to end the Aqua Illinois lawsuit, which alleged the company failed to provide safe drinking water to certain residents in University Park, saying the ...

8. Fusible plug - Wikipedia

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   A fusible plug operates as a safety valve when dangerous temperatures, rather than dangerous pressures, are reached in a closed vessel. In steam boilers the fusible plug is screwed into the crown sheet (the top plate) of the firebox, typically extending about 1 in (25 mm) into the water space above it. Its purpose is to act as a last-resort ...

9. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   Plug (sheet V) and socket (sheet VI) to French standard NF C 61-315 (400 V, 32 A) The plugs and sockets used to power electric stoves from a single-phase line have to be rated for greater current values than those used with three-phase supply because all the power has to be transferred through two contacts, not three. If not hardwired to the ...