Sentence examples for close the valves from inspiring English sources

The different types vary in the mechanisms they use to open and close the valves.

The earliest steam engines required a person to open and close the valves, first to admit steam into the piston chamber and then to exhaust it.

The cams and the camshaft are usually formed as a unit, with the cams set at angles so as to open and close the valves in a prescribed sequence as the cams rotate.

"I've never seen a doll explode," she said, "but if you don't close the valves correctly they will probably stay inflated for a few hours, and then, after you dress them and bring them to the set, you'll have a whole stadium of deflated dolls".

The technician can similarly close the valves when the procedure is over, an approach that helps avoid infection and clotting.

These muscles have both "quick" fibers that close the valves in emergencies and "catch" fibers that are slower but can keep the valves closed for long periods.

He told me to move quickly; someone would close the valve behind us.

He forgot to close the valve of the cooker and the pot roast burned.

That eliminates the need for a separate sensor or any external mechanism to open or close the valve.

A large central muscle (adductor muscle) serves to close the valve against the pull of the ligament.

If the disk ruptured and there was no electricity, it might be impossible to close the valve, and the venting would be permanent.