Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
2299) A cam to latch something by being turned by a hex wrench on the visible head, while it pivots around the shank at each end.2300) Given the offset of the pan, I would suggest that this is designed to dispense a fixed weight of some product.
You load the product into the pan, and when a sufficient quantity is loaded in, the weight in the pan overbalances the pendular weight and dumps the pan into a waiting container.
2301) Looks like a press for something like installing primers in shotgun shell or something similar.2302) A limelight perhaps? Some kind of light used in theatrical or musical performances -- and the lack of a visible power cord or connector suggests that it is the original one powered by heated lime.
2303) Perhaps a lemon squeezer?2304) I see two possibilities:
1) For heating hair to produce flat bangs. 2) For heating and ironing a fold in cloth -- perhaps prior to stitching it.Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy, DoN.