The safety valve is a provision in the Sentencing Reform Act and the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines that authorizes a sentence below the statutory...
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The safety valve theory was an American theory of economic development that held that the availability of free land and continued expansion westwards into...
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limits. Safety valve may also refer to: Safety valve (law), a provision in the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines Safety valve theory, relating...
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A shutdown valve (also referred to as SDV or emergency shutdown valve, ESV, ESD, or ESDV; or safety shutoff valve) is an actuated valve designed to stop...
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A relief valve or pressure relief valve (PRV) is a type of safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system; excessive pressure might otherwise...
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A downhole safety valve refers to a component on an oil and gas well, which acts as a failsafe to prevent the uncontrolled release of reservoir fluids...
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Pressure regulator (redirect from Pressure reducing valve)
A pressure regulator is a valve that controls the pressure of a fluid to a desired value, using negative feedback from the controlled pressure. Regulators...
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proportioning valve is a valve that relies on the laws of fluid pressure to distribute input forces to one or more output lines. Proportioning valves are frequently...
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enormous. In common-law jurisdictions, employers have the common law duty (also called duty of care) to take reasonable care of the safety of their employees...
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Limitations and exceptions to copyright (redirect from Traditional safety valves)
Limitations and exceptions to copyright are provisions, in local copyright law or the Berne Convention, which allow for copyrighted works to be used without...
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The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 (H.R. 1695 in the House or S. 619 in the Senate) is a bill in the 113th United States Congress. The bill would allow...
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Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co., 113 U.S. 157 (1885), was a patent case to determine validity of patent No. 58,294, granted...
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Biscayne Bay (redirect from Safety Valve (Biscayne Bay))
shoals (Safety Valve) along the northern and middle part of the lagoon. It makes a brief appearance at Soldier Key, in the middle of the Safety Valve, and...
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United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines (category United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines case law)
Jersey Fair Sentencing Act History of United States Prison Systems Safety valve (law) United States v. Binion U.S.S.G. § 2X5.2 (2012) U.S.S.G. § 1B1.9...
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Rupture disc (category Safety valves)
a secondary relief device for a conventional safety valve; if the pressure increases and the safety valve fails to operate or can not relieve enough pressure...
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Anti-lock braking system (category Vehicle safety technologies)
An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...
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Pipe marking (category Chemical safety)
viewed by a person standing near the pipe at any of the following points: Valves and flanges. Approximately every 25 feet (7.6 m) to 50 feet (15 m) on straight...
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Surface-supplied diving equipment (redirect from Surface-supply bailout valve)
diver to breathe from a standard scuba demand valve with mouthpiece. Despite the improvement in diver safety provided by the more secure attachment of the...
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pressure is limited by a weight placed on the safety valve lever. If the pressure exceeds this limit, the safety valve will be forced open and steam will escape...
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Fire sprinkler system (category Safety equipment)
may be attached to monitor the settings of these valves, which are critical to overall building safety. Sprinkler systems are intended to either control...
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Sometimes called a check valve or a backflow preventer, a chemigation valve is an apparatus designed to protect water supplies from agricultural chemicals...
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SilkAir Flight 185 (section Servo valve issue)
Parker-Hannifin's conclusions, concluded that the crash was caused by a defective servo valve inside the PCU based on forensic findings from an electron microscope, which...
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cutting Gas arc cutting Rigging Brazing Soldering Mitering Tube bending Valve installation and repair Mechanical pipe cutting and grooving Supports and...
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Henry Heimlich (section Heimlich valve)
oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest cavity. Heimlich...
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Chemical accident (category Process safety)
Carbide pesticides factory. The release happened after the storage tank safety valve had failed to contain the excess pressure created by the exothermic reaction...
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Surface-supplied diving (redirect from Diving safety harness)
the Department of Minerals and Energy use half mask and demand valve hookah. Their safety record is relatively poor, as a bailout cylinder is seldom carried...
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Backflow prevention device (redirect from Backflow prevention valve)
Check valve (usually not a legally approved method of backflow prevention.) Chemigation valve (primarily used in agriculture) Double check valve assembly...
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A safety-critical system or life-critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in one (or more) of the following outcomes: death...
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VRLA battery (redirect from Valve regulated lead acid battery)
exceeds safety limits, safety valves open to allow the excess gases to escape, and in doing so regulate the pressure back to safe levels (hence "valve regulated"...
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Diving regulator (redirect from Demand valve)
lack of safety and autonomy. In 1926 Maurice Fernez and Yves Le Prieur patented a hand-controlled constant flow regulator (not a demand valve), which...
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