What is it? Set 412

Heres a link to the beer can chicken roaster not the same as the one in the pics , but I have seen the pain ones like in the pics.

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Kevin(Bluey)
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"Rob H." fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@news1.newsguy.com:

Here's a multi-pronged variety of the glove dryer.

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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh

First thought, they -might- be a boot dryer, A cousin of, e.g.

They might be book-ends. similar to these;

Libraries use ones that are symmetric -- in the middle of a shelf of books, so that he whole shelf doesn't tilt sideways when you take out a few in one place. see:

I've seen things that look somewhat like 2384, but several times bigger, with 'stuff' on the base -- sandbags, concrete blocks, etc. -- to hold them in place. sometimes standing alone, sometimes with 'safety tape', or something similar, strung between them, but these aren't big enough for that.

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Robert Bonomi

I like both the chicken roaster and glove dryer ideas but I still haven't found any others just like them and I'm not sure why someone would have twenty of them in their house.

Reply to
Rob H.

What does/did the homeowner do for a living or as a hobby??

Reply to
Steve W.

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It looks like they could be used to stand wet boots or shoes upside down near the fire or heater.

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DanG

I'll ask the person who sent the photos but I'm not sure he'll have an answer since he had said "They were in a pile of junk at a house I'm cleaning out." I'll also ask what else was in the pile of stuff he found them in.

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Rob H.

Must be one of those days. Just had a friend wander in while I was looking at that item. He asked me who had the library divider. "HUH" he says it's a divider used with a track that mounts under the shelf and slides to hold books in place. He thinks it's an old Brodart or Estey item

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Steve W.

This answer is sounding better to me but I still haven't been able to find any others like it. Still waiting to hear back from the owner of it.

Thanks, Rob

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Rob H.

I got a reply from the person who sent the photo, he said, "...there were 20 boxes of books that I donated to a local library and there were some books that went out of the house before I got involved. The guess of a book divider appeals to me most...seems most likely to me. The previous owners, now deceased, were University professors."

I wouldn't say this one is one hundred percent solved but I think this answer is probably correct, thanks to everyone who helped identify this item.

Rob

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Rob H.

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:27:19 -0000, Stormin Mormon wrote: I'll admit to being disappointed. Much less interesting than condom driers. Though, the book divider idea is more probable.

Reply to
Esra Sdrawkcab

Especially given a house full of professors. Now, if it were a different form of "house", especially a popular one, they might need that many dryers. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

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DoN. Nichols

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