What is it? Set 495

[Rob H.]

I need some help with the fifth item in this week's set:

Rob

[Bluey69]

2886 glass lens from a railway signal hand lamp

[Lew Hodgett]

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2881 Pop Rivet tool.

Lew

[Stormin Mormon]

2881, too bad it's 9 1/4 inches long, I'd have said a Pop Rivetool. 2882, part of a helicopter. Or, a machinist's tobacco pipe holder. 2883, bar towel holder. 2884, magnetic nail holder. 2885, I suspect a shoe expander. For womens shoes that are a bit too tight.

Rob

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

Rob H. fired this volley in news: [e-mail]:

2881 Pop-rivet tool... looks to be missing the screw-in nosepiece 2882... Man! I think I've even held one of those in my hand... it looks SO familiar... can't place it now. It feels like something to do with vacuum apparatus... 2883 some sort of tension-held clamp; like a gravity clamp for brooms, but made for flat stock. It looks like it's of a size to hold a piece of 1" nom. lumber on the flat, hanging down vertically from the clamp. 2884 looks to be a ceramic roll stamp dispenser done in art-deco impression of a sitting frog. Of course, it could also be a very weird eyeglasses holder. 2885 not even a tickle

2886 looks to be a signal light lens (stackable annunciator columns have that sort of lenses in different colors.

[mungedaddress]

2881: Hand Riveter? 2882: Part of a fire hose?? 2883: Some sort of plane?? 2884: knife sharpener?? 2885: Archery aide??? 2886: Glass insert for Rail Road engineer lantern??

[Scott Lurndal]

2881 Pop rivet tool 2883 Hanger, probably for a heavy coat or other fabric item. 2886 Globe for a lamp

[willshak]

2881 pop riveter 2886 lens for fire exit door

[Rob H.]

Correct

[Rob H.]

Yes, or as the patent calls it, a rivet setting tool.

[Rob H.]

Tension held clamp could be considered correct, though it isn't for wood.

Nope, not for stamps, nor any other desk/office use.

[Rob H.]

http://173.203.87.117/BioSurplusImages/aa6132_1.jpg

It is for a somewhat similar purpose, this particular model is actually quite famous and would be recognized by many people in the general public.

[anorton]

Well then, it must be the prop in Jurrasic Park the held the vials of dinosaur embryos.

[Rob H.]

That's it! Though it's a replica.

[Carl G.]

2884 The object is an Art Deco frog-shaped "blade bank". It was used to dispose of safety razor blades. I believe that this one was distributed by Listerine shaving cream.

Carl G.

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

"Carl G." fired this volley in news:koakls$aei$ [e-mail]:

HEY! I got the frog part right! Lloyd

[Rob H.]

Good answer! Razor blade bank is correct. The rest have all been answered correctly except for the wooden piece with the straps, it's still a mystery for now.

Rob

[Rob H.]

document, to see how it worked

Great job on finding that, I just added it to my answer. I searched for the patent but had no luck, seems like it should be an easy one to find buy maybe it's one of the few that Google doesn't list.

[Stormin Mormon]

Thanks, Rob. I enjoy these.

The rest have all been answered correctly except for the wooden piece with the straps, it's still a mystery for now.

Rob

[Rob H.]

Ok thanks, I just changed my answer, it had been marked as being a railroad lamp globe and I didn't do any further research after finding the one I had linked to earlier.

I usually check all three newsgroups but occasionally I get really busy and only check one of them, which was the case last week, so I didn't see your posts until today.

Rob