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Re: Identify this pneumatic piece
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Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:20:38 GMT
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   > I acquired a bunch of LEGO recently, mostly Technic, and one piece
   > I haven't seen before. It's basically a black 2x4 brick with three
   > ports for attaching air hoses. What's it for and what sets did it
   > come in? It seems like it might have valves in it but I haven't
   > really experimented with it. Can anyone explain it in a bit more
   > detail?

Hmm, I can't tell you all the sets it came in, but I know that I got
one of those pieces with the very first pneumatic set that ever came
out - back in the mid '80s.

Here's a set that used them:
http://lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=8851-1


The piece has no valves or anything in it - it's just a hollow brick
with 3 nozzles on it.  You can use it to split the air current from
one pnumatic tube to two tubes.  The concept is the same as a
splitter for your phone jack or cable tv.



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(...) It is? I always thought there were some kind of valves inside it which split the air into different nozzles depending on the air flow direction. But then again, I only had one as a kid, and never did any experiments with it. Fredrik (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)

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  Identify this pneumatic piece
 
I acquired a bunch of LEGO recently, mostly Technic, and one piece I haven't seen before. It's basically a black 2x4 brick with three ports for attaching air hoses. What's it for and what sets did it come in? It seems like it might have valves in it (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)

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