What is it? Set 381

[Rob H.]

A new post has been added to the site:

[Alexander Thesoso]

2197 The simple minded guess is that this is a volumetric grain dispenser.

2200 Looks like a vacuum cleaner accessory.

2202 Bicycle Horn

[George W Frost]

2200: a powered indoor antenna

[kfvorwerk]

2200. Large mouth Putting Pal. 's the Wilson name. Eagle probably has a different name. Karl

[Carl G.]

2197: Sower/seed caster 2198: Net makers hook? 2199: Proof press. 2200: Golf putting pratice device that returns the ball. 2201: Gun bracket? 2202: Bicycle horn or siren.

Carl G.

[F Murtz]

2201 I made a thing like that to hold my gravity fed spray gun 2202 Looks like a bicycle horn.

[Mark F]

2200 - automatic ball return for indoor golf putting practice.

2202 - battery powered bicycle horn

[Rob H.]

Yes, but I don't know the specifics of it.

This was not made to be used on bicycles.

Rob

[Rob H.]

Correct, Eagle calls it a putting cup.

Rob

[Scott Lurndal]

It may have been used with an early threshing machine. On early 20th century machines the "scale" was all metal and measured in bushels.

scott

[DoN. Nichols]

2197) To dispense any of five different grains (Wheat, oats, flax seed, barley or grass seed) by volume.

I would really like to see more views of the mechanism to see how it works. I would guess that each of the two crank positions (yes, it can be moved to the lower shaft) moves a partition on a gear type pump to meter out the grain. But I would like to see how it prevents the grain falling out to the sides of the limited area. Perhaps a disc with a cutout to slide on the gear on each side. Looks as though the larger pointer and crank move the wooden partition visible at the top view,and I'm not sure what the smaller pointer moves with. Perhaps a second partition? Perhaps the grass seed is poured on the other side of the partition?

Are you going to post a patent when you post the answers?

2198) Hmm ... perhaps for measuring a collar size or the head size of a human? 2199) Perhaps a printing press? Type goes in the tray on the bottom, it gets inked, then a piece of paper attached to the roller is rolled over the inked type to pick up an impression. 2200) I would like to see the back and bottom views of this. I have two suggestions:

A) A powered brush attachment for a vacuum cleaner.

B) A set-top TV antenna or perhaps antenna rotator controller (although I would expect compass directions on the circle if that last were true.

2201) The angles seem a bit wrong, but it sort of looks like a stand for storing an opened wine bottle, and pouring from it into a glass. Perhaps for one of the rather oversized wine bottles, or a big jug of cider? No -- with the given dimensions, not large enough for that.

It appears to be designed to bolt down to a table top (too light to hold position when pouring without that), or perhaps to a wall, in which case the orientation is somewhat difficult to predict.

2202) An electric horn to be bolted to the handlebars of a bicycle or tricycle. Not very loud with only a single D cell powering it. Sounded by a button on the back end. The apparent button on the side serves to unlatch the cover so you can change the battery.

Now to see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

[Rich Grise]

Oh, boo! You beat me to it! ;-)

Cheers! Rich

[Rob H.]

I think you have the right general idea, this is part of someone's private collection, I saw it a few weeks ago and took a few quick photos, so I can't tell you any more about it, .

I wish I had the patent for it.

You're close but not correct.

Good answer, it's printing proofs, before the work goes to the main press.

It's a stand but not for wine bottles.

Rob

[Steve]

A new post has been added to the site:

2200 is for golf putting practice.............................I think. :)

I saw one in a thrift store a couple of weeks ago.

Steve R.

[Robin Halligan]

I thought it looked it was for measuring feet.

[Robert]

2197 For measuring seeds 2198 used to measure arm length on shirts. 2200 golf practice 2201 Stand for a saxophone 2202 early siren for fire engines

Robert

[Rob H.]

Correct about measuring collar size but it's for horses, not humans.

Most of them were identified correctly this week, the rest of the answers can be seen here:

[F Murtz]

Still recon it is for bicycles (May be traveling bicycles) What other use would a traveler have for a bulky presumably not extremely loud button activated alarm.I think they possibly named it traveler just cause it sounded good at the time.

And here is a question.Do you know what this is? Not sure how people normally submit such questions.

[technomaNge]

It's for inserting rope into the cracks between planks on a large wooden ship, like a schooner.

Previously seen in one of the What is it? sets.

technomaNge

[Rob H.]

It's not button activated, the button opens it for battery replacement. The alarm is activated by the sensor on the small end, I was thinking it was a motion sensor, someone here had suggested it was a temperature sensor, and then someone emailed me this:

"The last one is a temperature alarm. The device at the end opposite the horn is a Therm-O-Disc thermostat which opens or closes based on temperature. Most likely it is set up to alarm at a particularily low temperature. One could look up the model of the Therm-o-disc part to find its open and close temperatures. Usually they have the temperature clearly written on them."

But I don't see why a traveler would need a temperature alarm for a "particularily low temperature." I took the photos at an auction so I can't check the sensor for any text on it.

I don't recognize it but will show it to a few people and see what they have to say. How long is it?

People normally just email photos to me, I usually get at least a few a week.

Rob