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Stuffing box   /stˈəfɪŋ bɑks/   Listen
Stuffing box

noun
1.
A small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal.  Synonym: packing box.






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"Stuffing box" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the collar, a, 1/4 inch thick, is screwed on and soldered. The face of the collar is afterward turned true. The same thread answers for the nut which clamps the cylinder in the plate, B, and for the gland, b, of the stuffing box, which screws over the beveled end of the cylinder, and contains fibrous packing filled with asbestos or graphite. The posts, C, are shouldered at the ends and secured in their places by nuts. Their bearing surface on the plate, D, is increased by the addition of a collar screwed on. The posts ...
— Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 • Various



Words linked to "Stuffing box" :   packing box, chamber, stuffing nut, packing nut



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