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Clack valve

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  1. 1
    A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

    "The connecting pipe between a locomotive injector and the boiler, through which the water is forced into the boiler against the steam pressure within, is provided with a "clack-valve," which allows the water to pass in the inward direction only and not the outward; this is housed in a "clack-box". No question of "advantages or disadvantages" attaches to the use of a clack-box; it is a necessary part of locomotive equipment."

  2. 2
    a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction wordnet

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