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BELLOWS-TYPE THERMOSTAT [1 record]

Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Motors (Machinery)
  • Climate-Control Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

CRAU 75, 60. (...) thermostat [which] depends on the expansion of a gas inside a bellows. (...) The bellows is a sealed metal container with flexible sides. When the pressure in the bellows goes up, the bellows gets longer. This action can be used as a control.

OBS

bellows-type thermostat: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
  • Système de conditionnement de l'air (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

GUAU 77-I, 371. [...] type de thermostat [qui] se compose d'une capsule ou d'un soufflet métallique étanche et rempli d'un liquide volatil, ordinairement de l'éther ou de l'alcool. Lorsque le moteur est froid, la soupape commandée par le thermostat est fermée. La vaporisation du liquide volatil dans la capsule par suite de l'échauffement de l'eau produit la dilatation de la capsule et l'ouverture de la soupape.

OBS

thermostat à soufflet : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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