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(Mech.) A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.

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One way to prevent this clogging is to regularly remove the foot valve (the small device at the end of the suction hose) and drop it into a bucket of clear water for two or three minutes.

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Shumate Industries employs approximately 45 people between its 25,000 square foot manufacturing plant and 60,000 square foot valve plant, both located in Conroe, Texas, north of Houston.

Shumate Industries to Present at Friedland Investment Events' ... by Business Wire

Shumate Industries employs approximately 45 people between its 25,000 square foot manufacturing plant and 60,000 square foot valve plant, both located in Conroe, Texas, north of Houston.

Shumate Industries to Present at Friedland Investment Events' ... by Business Wire

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