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The Dunlop valve, (also called a Woods valve or an English valve) is a type of pneumatic valve stem in use—mostly on inner tubes of bicycles—in many countries, including Japan,[1] Korea, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, most European countries, and a number of developing countries. The Dunlop valve has a wider base than a Presta valve, similar enough in size to a Schrader valve to use identically drilled valve holes in rims,[2] but it can be inflated with a Presta valve adapter.[3] The inner mechanism of the valve can be replaced easily, without the need for special tools.

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The Dunlop valve originally used a tight rubber sleeve (see illustration of "original plug") which had to be forced open by air pressure while pumping (not only were these difficult to inflate, but the rubber would perish over time, allowing leakage and eventually, complete failure), but modern Dunlop valves use a different plug (core) using either an internal ball bearing or a spring-loaded rubber plug that is unseated by pumping, making the valve as easy to pump as a Presta valve.

The inventor was C. H. Woods. It superseded Dunlop's original valve for pneumatic tyres.[4]

Dunlop valves are uncommon on bicycles in the USA, where either Presta or Schrader valves are used.

Dimensions

External thread: 0.305 in (7.747 mm) x 32 TPI (1⁄32 in or 0.7938 mm pitch)

See also

• Dunlop Rubber
• Bicycle tire
• Inner tube

References

External links

• Valve threads

На других языках

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- [en] Dunlop valve

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[ru] Клапан Dunlop

Клапан Dunlop, также клапан Вудса или Woods или английский клапан — пневматический обратный клапан; используется в ряде стран, к примеру в Японии[1], Чехии, Индии, Пакистане, Польше, Румынии, России, Нидерландах, Германии, Великобритании, Финляндии, Швеции, Дании, и т. д. Он шире клапана Преста; совпадает по размеру с клапаном Шрадера и может использовать отверстия в ободах, аналогичные отверстиям под клапан Шрадера[2]. Замена внутренней части механизма клапана проста и не требует инструмента.

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