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  2. Faucet aerator - Wikipedia

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    Aerator assembly diagram. Aeration occurs in two basic steps: [2] [5] Air is drawn into the water stream, breaking the stream into a flow of tiny droplets mixed with air. The mixture of air and water passes through a screen, further mixing the air and water and evenly spreading out the resulting stream.

  3. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Valves of this type using a cylinder rather than a cone are sometimes encountered, but using a cone allows a tight fit to be made even with moderate manufacturing tolerances. The ball in ball valves rotates within plastic (usually PTFE) seats. Hands free infrared proximity sensors are replacing the standard valve. Thermostatically controlled ...

  4. File:Globe valve diagram-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Internal parts of a globe valve. This is an English version of File:Globe_valve_diagram.svg in Commons. Source I (Petteri Aimonen ) created this work entirely by myself. Date 12:01, 9 September 2009 (UTC) Author Petteri Aimonen Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Other versions Globe_valve_diagram.svg

  5. Sink - Wikipedia

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    A vessel sink is a free-standing sink, generally finished and decorated on all sides, that sits directly on the surface of the furniture on which it is mounted. These sinks have become increasingly popular with bathroom designers because of the large range of materials, styles, and finishes that can be shown to good advantage. [9

  6. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    Air admittance valves (AAVs, or commonly referred to in the UK as Durgo valves and in the US as Studor vents and Sure-Vent®) are negative-pressure-activated, one-way mechanical valves, used in a plumbing or drainage venting system to eliminate the need for conventional pipe venting and roof penetrations.

  7. Kitchen Sink Press - Wikipedia

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    Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970. Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics , and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in hardcover and softcover volumes .

  8. Fire sprinkler system - Wikipedia

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    The operation of single interlock systems are similar to wet systems except that these systems require that a "preceding" fire detection event, typically the activation of a heat or smoke detector takes place prior to the "action" of water introduction into the system's piping by opening the pre-action valve which is a mechanically latched ...

  9. Countersink - Wikipedia

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    Good chatter-free results can usually be had by countersinking by hand (as opposed to running the tool in a powered spindle). The slow speed and sensitive feed tend to prevent chatter. With a quarter-inch-hex shank, the countersink cutter can be held with a screwdriver handle of the indexable-bit type.