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Poppet [1]

A thin disk inside a valve that is pushed up into an "open" position when liquid is flowing through the valve in one direction, but which drops down into a "closed" position if flow in the opposite direction seeks to occur.

See also Double poppet [2].


Source URL (modified on 10/01/2014): https://testing.pei.org/wiki/poppet

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[1] https://testing.pei.org/wiki/poppet
[2] https://testing.pei.org/pei/node/303