单词 | Lentz |
释义 | Lentz|lɛnts| The name of Hugo Lentz, 20th-c. German engineer, used attrib. to denote a type of poppet valve invented by him for use in steam engines, and a locomotive valve gear employing such valves operated by a camshaft.
1925Marine Engineer XLVIII. 19/2 In developing the Lentz poppet valve for marine engines, those first fitted were applied to engines of the triple and..quadruple-expansion types. 1930Engineer 31 Jan. 132/1 L.N.E.R. locomotive with Lentz valve gear. 1949C. J. Allen Locomotive Pract. & Performance 20th Cent. iv. 40 The most extensive application of poppet-valves to locomotives in Great Britain has been that of Lentz valves to the ‘Hunt’ class 4-4-0s of the late L.N.E.R. 1966O. S. Nock Brit. Steam Railway Locomotive 1925–65 viii. 99 (caption) L.M.S.R. Horwich 2-6-0 with Lentz R.C. poppet valve gear. |

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