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A piston valve is a device used to control the motion of a fluid or gas along a tube or pipe by means of the linear motion of a piston within a chamber or cylinder.[1]
Examples of piston valves are:
- The valves used in many brass instruments
- The valves used in pneumatic cannons
- The valves used in many stationary steam engines and steam locomotives
- ^ Ashlin (2020-04-25). "What is a piston valve and how does it work". Instrumentation and Control Engineering. Retrieved 2022-08-05.