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does anyone know what this does or how it works, cuz i have no idea, and i have searched, i just can't find anything, i'm assuming it's related to a ball valve but i don't know for sure

it's here

Look like it's used for flow control, like any tap really.

but it's got the little springy bolty thingy on the bottom and that's gotta mean something, help!! your good with that springy bolty stuff

Why does it matter? Doesn't look very useful to the average spudder at all.

The springy thing is just a flow control as JSR said, just pull it up to let it flow, and the spring returns it.

curiosity, and don't say curiosity killed the cat...i am no cat

Looks like a gas cock as could be found on a lab bench. Just a ball valve.

Unless someone wanted to really overcomplicate a ball valve by adding flow control on top of the fact you can partially open a ball valve anyway I'd expect the bolt and spring to just be retaining parts for the handle.

Ace considers it a air/water regulater. Thats the catagory they listed it in.

I consider it to not be dissimilar to this in the category Gas Cocks.

Other gas cocks also have the retaining spring and screw at the bottom.

those can be used as drain valves for air compressor tanks, bleeder/drain valves for radiators.

It's just a simple valve, like a ball valve. Instead of a ball inside, it is a cylinder. There are no rubber or plastic seals inside. The spring at the bottom is to keep things together at a tension that still seals well but doesn't jam everything too tight. They are usually used for lower pressures, I'd say 100 psi or less because they have a tendency to leak. The specific valve in question is made to bleed off and/or drain fluids and liquids.

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