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Definition of Pressure feed
1. Noun. Mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings.
Group relationships: Ice, Internal-combustion Engine
Generic synonyms: Mechanical System
Terms within: Oil Filter, Oil Pump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure Feed
Literary usage of Pressure feed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"The pressure feed System.—When the gasoline tank is placed at the rear of the
... pressure feed system. system is that gasoline feeds to the carburetor ..."
2. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"pressure feed One of the simplest forms of forced lubrication involves the use
of a single reservoir ..."
3. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"pressure feed One of the simplest forms of forced lubrication involves the use
of a single reservoir with a number of leads, much the same as in the ..."
4. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1912)
"THE DOUBLE pressure feed VALVE. Fig. 21 shows two sectional views of the Double
pressure feed Valve used with the Automatic Control Equipment, ..."
5. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank Ward Sterling (1920)
"... Second effect I 75 Ibs. First effect j Boiler pressure Feed-water heater heads,
when on discharge side of pumps. . j 2.0 boiler pressure Feed-water ..."
6. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1907)
"Mountain-work is troublesome without the pressure feed. ... With the pressure
feed, however, an apparatus to get up pressure is required for starting, ..."
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