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A coupled pair consists of a male nipple or plug and a female coupler or socket. One side is connected to a flexible supply hose; the other may be attached to a manifold, valve, tool, or another hose. A female coupler is used on the supply side, and a male nipple is used on the receiving side.
The first types of small modular telephone connectors were created by AT&T in the mid-1960s for the plug-in handset and line cords of the Trimline telephone. [1] Driven by demand for multiple sets in residences with various lengths of cords, the Bell System introduced customer-connectable part kits and telephones, sold through PhoneCenter stores in the early 1970s. [2]
Milton M. Conger in 1881 patented and supposedly built a motor that ran on compressed air or steam using a flexible tubing which will form a wedge-shaped or inclined wall or abutment in the rear of the tangential bearing of the wheel, and propel it with greater or less speed according to the pressure of the propelling medium. [29]
It is also possible for a plug valve to have more than two ports. In a 3-way plug valve, flow from one port could be directed to either the second or third port. A 3-way plug valve could also be designed to shift flow between ports 1 and 2, 2 and 3, or 1 and 3, and possibly even connect all three ports together.
British standards have proliferated throughout large parts of the former British Empire. BS 1363, 13 A plugs socket-outlets adaptors and connection units is a British Standard which specifies the most common type of single-phase AC power plugs and sockets that are used in the United Kingdom.
Alternative terminology such as plug and socket or jack are sometimes used, particularly for electrical connectors. [ 3 ] The assignment is a direct analogy with male and female genitalia , the part bearing one or more protrusions or which fits inside the other being designated male , in contrast to the part containing the corresponding ...
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 ...
13-pin trailer connector of Jaeger type. (screw terminals - trailer PLUG). see photograph typical rear of 13 pin trailer Plug showing terminals with pin numbers. Physical design of the standard ISO 11446 [2] [3] but also called Jaeger-connector from the company that developed it.