stuffing box
NounSynonyms:
packing box
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a sealSynonyms: packing boxType of chamberParts stuffing nut, packing nut
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Stuffing box
a device for rendering a joint impervious where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical body, as the paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger of a pump, slides back and forth, or in which a shaft turns. It usually consists of a box or chamber, made by an enlargement of part of the hole, forming a space around the rod or shaft for containing packing which is compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of a sleeve, called the gland, which fits loosely around the rod, and is pressed upon the packing by bolts or other means.
From the entry Stuffing.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54