Tesla valve
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tesla-valve-188-7061682
title:
Tesla valve
text:
A Tesla valve, called a valvular conduit by its inventor, is a fixed-geometry passive check valve. It allows a fluid to flow preferentially in one direction, without moving parts. The device is named after Nikola Tesla, who was awarded U.S. patent 1,329,559 in 1920 for its invention. The patent application describes the invention as follows: The interior of the conduit is provided with enlargements, recesses, projections, baffles, or buckets which, while offering virtually no resistance to the p
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Valve design
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_valve
date created:
2009-10-15T04:14:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:41:29Z
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13
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