"FAQ's". Jerome Fire Equipment Co., Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-08-06. "Suction gaskets have a flap on the outer rim, facing the outside. The coupling torque to assemble mating suction couplings is higher so that these flaps on mating couplings are pressed together initially, sealing out the outside air, so that the draft can be started."
"FAQ's". Jerome Fire Equipment Co., Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-08-06. "Suction gaskets have a flap on the outer rim, facing the outside. The coupling torque to assemble mating suction couplings is higher so that these flaps on mating couplings are pressed together initially, sealing out the outside air, so that the draft can be started."