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Rob
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Another set of photos has been posted to the site:
Rob
Rob
What is it? Set 266
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1507 It looks too awkward to be a conductor's fare collection box, and the
most probable way to open it is to just lift the lid on the right. I'll
guess that this is a vote collection box. People voting put a token
(yea/nay) in the slot, and the vote collection official pushes the button.
At the end of the vote, open and count. There was a very nice vote
collection box here a couple of years ago.
1508 Wine bottle cork remover. Ram the needle through the cork, and pump to build up pressure to extract the cork.
1508 Wine bottle cork remover. Ram the needle through the cork, and pump to build up pressure to extract the cork.
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1509. Pry bar for moving heavy containers.
1511. Speedloader for a revolver.
1511. Speedloader for a revolver.
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1509 Railroad Car Mover
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I can attest to the fact that these should not be used
on some bottles - I specifically remember a flattened
bottle of something expensive in the after-dinner
category, a messy cleanup job and a glass shard that
found its way into my foot a few days later.. /mark
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How does it work? You jam it under the wheel and lift?
And how did you ever find THAT!? I'm impressed!
--riverman
And how did you ever find THAT!? I'm impressed!
--riverman
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13 years ago
Here goes my guesses!
1507 no clue
1508 pump for inflating basketballs, volley balls, etc.
1509 Nail puller???
1510 It will squeeze and hold whatever. For squeezing oranges?
1511 Quick reloader for a revolver. In use, the 6 clips have cartridges
in them, the loop is for your finger to hold the clip while shooting.
1512 Clamp for pipe style antenna mast
Now to see what the real answers are
Rob H. wrote:
Now to see what the real answers are
Rob H. wrote:
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13 years ago
Without having looked at anybody else's answers:
1507. Coin-operated device for something. Or is it just a coinbox for, say, a ticket-taker?
1508. Obviously another dentist's torture device.
1510. A device to crush something, but it looks much too big for nuts or ice.
1511. Ring for holding something
1507. Coin-operated device for something. Or is it just a coinbox for, say, a ticket-taker?
1508. Obviously another dentist's torture device.
1510. A device to crush something, but it looks much too big for nuts or ice.
1511. Ring for holding something
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13 years ago
"humunculus" wrote: How does it work? You jam it under the wheel and lift?
(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You jam it under the sheel and push down. There is a simpler kind, without
the moving parts, where you lift.
1510 looks like it could be clamped onto the bottom of a wooden post, to keep it from sinking into the ground.
1511is a 6 candlepower lamp ;-)
1510 looks like it could be clamped onto the bottom of a wooden post, to keep it from sinking into the ground.
1511is a 6 candlepower lamp ;-)
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They've been around for a long time and in different
flavors. The following link is from a Railway Supply Catalog
(1914):
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Hey...I believe I actually know one this week!
1507 - fare collection box for public transportation, sort of a predecessor of the vaguely blender-like thingy usually seen at the front of city busses in more recent times.
1508 - Inflator for footballs, basketballs, etc. Doesn't look particularly convenient to use, with the ball likely interfering with the operation of the pump cylinder and, I'd think, the needle being rather liable to bend or break from applied torque and shear. I have no idea why they didn't use the usual inline design.
1509 - Lever for pulling pipe or drill rods out of the ground
1510 - Clamp to hold...something...while working on it. Maybe for shaping axe handles?
1511 - It's one of those things that you find in a dark corner of a toolbox but never knew what it did.
1512 - Yet another cable clamp design, possibly for telephone pole guy wires.
1507 - fare collection box for public transportation, sort of a predecessor of the vaguely blender-like thingy usually seen at the front of city busses in more recent times.
1508 - Inflator for footballs, basketballs, etc. Doesn't look particularly convenient to use, with the ball likely interfering with the operation of the pump cylinder and, I'd think, the needle being rather liable to bend or break from applied torque and shear. I have no idea why they didn't use the usual inline design.
1509 - Lever for pulling pipe or drill rods out of the ground
1510 - Clamp to hold...something...while working on it. Maybe for shaping axe handles?
1511 - It's one of those things that you find in a dark corner of a toolbox but never knew what it did.
1512 - Yet another cable clamp design, possibly for telephone pole guy wires.
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13 years ago
Don't know how Rob found it, but I've seen them iub use. Hung around a
small rail yard in my youth.
How it's used - put it on the rail, slide up against the wheel, push the bar down, the small shoe comes up and rolls the wheel, thus moving the car.
How it's used - put it on the rail, slide up against the wheel, push the bar down, the small shoe comes up and rolls the wheel, thus moving the car.
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"ff" wrote in news:6ll9l.10688$D32.758
@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com:
Looks like an earlier incarnation of the Maxfire:
Looks like an earlier incarnation of the Maxfire:
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What's the spring at the ring attachment for, though?- posted
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Old railroad fan. Knew what it was at first sight, just took a little to
find the link. As a youg teen back inthe 50's I move a few cars with
one. (not that they needed to be moved)
You place it under the wheel and push down. Then the leverage helps.
Howard Garner
Howard Garner
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13 years ago
The spring prevents carpal-tunnel syndrome.
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13 years ago
The spine on the back of the loader is a hinge and the spring keeps it in
the position shown, if I remember correctly it rotated about 30 degrees, but
I don't know why this was necessary.
Rob
Rob
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13 years ago
Most speedloaders have a means to keep the cartridges locked in the loader
until you want them to come out . The spring is probably part of that
mechanism .
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13 years ago
1512: Depth stop for an auger bit. The angled U bolt fits into the
flute of the bit.
John Martin
John Martin
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13 years ago
I just found the patent for it, where it says the clip can be folded in
order to put it in a sheath, when removed the spring will force it back into
the normal position. When I handled the clip I gave it a quick flex or two
but didn't try to rotate it very much, as seen in the patent, it was meant
to be rotated so that the leaves are back to back with the bullets pointing
in opposite directions:
Rob
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Rob
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1507: Coin box... maybe for a bus?
1508: Right-angle syringe
1509: Shuffleboard pusher variant
1510: Manual animal trap-- you had to catch the animal and wrap this
thing around its leg by hand. Or perhaps human torture device
1511: Speedloader for a revolver
1512: Corner mast clamp