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2. Storz - Wikipedia

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   Storz connector. Storz is a type of hose coupling invented by Carl August Guido Storz [] in 1882 and patented in Switzerland in 1890, and patented in the U.S. in 1893 [1] that connects using interlocking hooks and flanges.

3. North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities - Wikipedia

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   NFPA 1963, which defines the vast majority of fire hose couplings in existence, and ANSI-ASME B1.20.7, which defines garden hose thread (sometimes used by wildland fire fighting crews) along with (non-tapered) iron pipe thread, and ANSI B26, FIRE-HOSE COUPLING SCREW THREAD FOR ALL CONNECTIONS HAVING NOMINAL INSIDE DIAMETERS OF 2 1 ⁄ 2, 3, 3 1 ...

4. Grinder pump - Wikipedia

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   Grinder pumps should not require preventive maintenance. However, grinder pumps that use floats to sense the level in the holding tank are prone to grease buildup that may turn the pump on unnecessarily, or not turn on the pump at all, causing the tank to fill up and sewage to possibly back up into the home or yard.

5. Quick connect fitting - Wikipedia

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   For hoses and piping, a quick connect fitting, also called a push fitting, is a coupling used to provide a fast, make-or-break connection of gas or liquid transfer lines. Operated by hand, quick connect fittings replace threaded or flanged connections , which require wrenches.

6. Eccentric reducer - Wikipedia

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   Eccentric reducers are used at the suction side of pumps to ensure air does not accumulate in the pipe. The gradual accumulation of air in a concentric reducer could result in a large bubble that could eventually cause the pump to stall or cause cavitation when drawn into the pump. Eccentric reducers exhibit a unique design with one side having ...

7. Gender of connectors and fasteners - Wikipedia

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   A short pipe fitting having an FIP thread at both ends is sometimes called a coupling. Hermaphroditic connections, which may include both male and female elements in a single unit, are used for some specialized tubing fittings, such as Storz fire hose connectors. A picture of such fittings appears in § Genderless (hermaphroditic), below ...