brass acorn - SOLVED

[Steve001]

What was this object used for?
Thanks

 

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[jasonbo]

Re: brass acorn

I thought i ended this?

 

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[Michelle]

Re: brass acorn

YOU SEE ANOTHER BRAKE HAS BEEN APPLIED Check back in the next few pages.....Good Luck

 

[jon43]

Re: brass acorn

did i mess something i thought it was clear on what it was by the post of the sears book. i would not mind haveing a few of these things were i could get rid of my critters besides hanging them or shooting them

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

I would like to sway the conversation away from what the device might appear to be (an acorn), to what purpose the device may serve.

First off, we do not know if the device is a marriage (different parts, not originally together) or, this is how the device left the factory. If this device is a marriage of parts, it could have very well been a throttle-body at one time. The holes in the “lid” being the orifice, and the needle(s) being to regulate the flow, or clean the orifice.

Just like the leaver you spin round and round on a Coleman Lantern, drives a needle in and out of the orifice to clean it. I am sure there are other examples of how the throttle-body can be used. Fuel, steam or whatever the imagination could come up with.

Gotta have that data!

The possibility of it being an orifice with cleaning needles or pressure relief valve for gas or steam or maybe a gas lantern was exactly what I suggested before "Know-it-all Doc" insulted my intelligence. It may just look like an acorn. And there could be a hole on the bottom that we cannot see.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

did i mess something i thought it was clear on what it was by the post of the sears book. i would not mind haveing a few of these things were i could get rid of my critters besides hanging them or shooting them

It was a photoshop scam/joke. No one has ever caught a squirrel with a brass acorn that I know of. Jason proved that squirrels that are used to being around humans that feed them, will take a fishing line baited with peanuts. Right Jason? Great pics and good research.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Both suggestions involve a gas introduced under pressure and that involves a sealed intake, (supposedly hidden in the bottom of the acorn) and the exhausts (supposedly) where the twin pricks come out. That leaves the stem, which must also have an o-ring to seal it against the pressure. But it appears to be spring loaded and held in the "open position", so it is not holding back a gas under pressure. Another thought is why would you be carrying around a pressure valve on some brass rings?? Back to the drawing board unless you have an explanation.

Doc

Doc

First- thanks for not being offended. I was joking about the know-it-all all; ;Though a good name for you.
Second- I don't have all the answers. If it is a flow restrictor, it needs no seal. I guess if it was a pressure relief, it would need a seal. We cannot see inside. The rings could be for a tag telling you to "pull this stem to release pressure", like on a hot water heater pressure release valve. I said this many posts ago. (Maybe I should write in red. )
or it might say "pull this stem to clean" such as on a coleman lantern. That could be why the brass rings are so weak.
I haven't spent much time thinking on this as you, because I'm in the middle of selling my home, the inspection was yesterday. But I need to find a way to connect "acorn looking item" to another part. There may be a hole we can't see or pressure fit.

 

[dg39]

Re: brass acorn

Why do I think that there are three nails on this object? Because of the placement of the other two and the way the other photo was taken. So this may be a hidden factor.
****Yes, that was a manufactured photograph for those of you who still are still clinging on to that answer.****
I did that to try to put this issue to rest. (made it worse)
I have not been stumped by many item's as far as identification is concerned. Mainly quack electronic cure all's give me a bad time. Oh, and electronic boards that you install in your car to give you 75 miles per gallon, guaranteed!
I have looked and studied this item from ever angle I could think of. With out being able to see, examine and dismantle this acorn, I am at a standstill.
So unless the answer hit's me in the head, like an acorn falling from a mighty oak. I step back and leave it to the rest of you accomplished detectives. And believe it or not doc and everyone else has really tried to find an answer also..humor is a good medicine.
DG 8)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

I reread this slowly about having a seal on the stem. The best and most common seal for the stem would be packing. (like on a faucet valve or many other examples) The knurled top piece being the packing nut. Why not?

 

[jon43]

Re: brass acorn

did i mess something i thought it was clear on what it was by the post of the sears book. i would not mind haveing a few of these things were i could get rid of my critters besides hanging them or shooting them

It was a photoshop scam/joke. No one has ever caught a squirrel with a brass acorn that I know of. Jason proved that squirrels that are used to being around humans that feed them, will take a fishing line baited with peanuts. Right Jason? Great pics and good research.

thanks for the reply. darn good photoshop work. i like jason,s pic,s and research. it was funny. i need to try this in my yard for my garden and box them up and let them out in the country good luck to all on finding out what this thing is

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

OK, that rules out steam release.
But no matter what I say or even if I prove it, you will argue.
OK, its a pounce pot or acorn cap remover. (funny, in that the acorn caps fall off on their own).

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

OK, that rules out steam release.
But no matter what I say or even if I prove it, you will argue.
OK, its a pounce pot or acorn cap remover. (funny, in that the acorn caps fall off on their own).

Is that true?? When they first come from the tree? Before they have been on the ground for a while? Check my post on preparing acorns. See what you think. I've got another I didn't put up yet.

Argue? I thought it was Socratic logic.

Doc

The caps sometimes stay on the tree, and the nut falls off.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

We need Captain Zossima (pointed hat) and his phycic(spell check?) esp powers on this one. Sossi can u help? What do u see?

 

[Michelle]

Re: brass acorn

Both suggestions involve a gas introduced under pressure and that involves a sealed intake, (supposedly hidden in the bottom of the acorn) and the exhausts (supposedly) where the twin pricks come out. That leaves the stem, which must also have an o-ring to seal it against the pressure. But it appears to be spring loaded and held in the "open position", so it is not holding back a gas under pressure. Another thought is why would you be carrying around a pressure valve on some brass rings?? Back to the drawing board unless you have an explanation.

Doc

Doc

First- thanks for not being offended. I was joking about the know-it-all all; ;Though a good name for you.
Second- I don't have all the answers. If it is a flow restrictor, it needs no seal. I guess if it was a pressure relief, it would need a seal. We cannot see inside. The rings could be for a tag telling you to "pull this stem to release pressure", like on a hot water heater pressure release valve. I said this many posts ago. (Maybe I should write in red. )
or it might say "pull this stem to clean" such as on a coleman lantern. That could be why the brass rings are so weak.
I haven't spent much time thinking on this as you, because I'm in the middle of selling my home, the inspection was yesterday. But I need to find a way to connect "acorn looking item" to another part. There may be a hole we can't see or pressure fit.

That's o.k., Jack's still asleep. Pulling the stem protrudes the spikes impeding the flow of "whatever". It is spring loaded to keep the pricks retracted, why? How could you have something like an orifice at the bottom of the acorn, which I don't believe, when the base of the stem with pricks is there. Valves are engineered in the simplicity, straight forward and functional. I understand needle valve principle but this is way too loose to even consider that, you can see it with the naked eye. In addition "Pull to release pressure" and your hand is in the way of whatever is flowing. Just does not compute for a gas or liquid. O.K. your turn.

Doc

okay doc...how do you know that it is way to loose....heat...steam can cause it to push up...if this is an older mechanism doc...a test of somekind....why not consider that it could be...forget the schematics doc...we are talking about a test

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Hot Water Heater pressure relief valves are usually rated to release at 150lbs pressure at 210 degrees and the stem can easily be moved with two fingers. Try it. You have a HWH in your house right?
A Coleman gas lantern operates on much less pressure. I may not be right, but not because of those reasons.
Stuck in the open position you say, that would make it more likely a gas orifice or orifices, the pins keeping the holes open. But yes it would need a small opening on the bottom, I suppose.
Look, I am not jumping up and down telling others to eat crow. It is just a different view, maybe will lead to the answer.

 

[gollum]

Re: brass acorn

I know that Acorn Tea was fairly popular. How about it being an Acorn Tea Infuser? Unscrew the top, put in some crushed acorns, hang it by the stem. When cleaning it out, give a tug on the stem. cleaning out the infuser holes.

Mike

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

I know that Acorn Tea was fairly popular. How about it being an Acorn Tea Infuser? Unscrew the top, put in some crushed acorns, hang it by the stem. When cleaning it out, give a tug on the stem. cleaning out the infuser holes.

Mike

Could that be it? That simple? I don't know of acorn tea, but could it be any tea? Are there enough holes?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Acorn Tea Infuser.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

http://www.epier.com/Collectibles/Kitchenware/TeaKettles/1338570.asp

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Hello and welcome!!! You are viewing a small, vintage, acorn shaped, aluminum tea infuser. It is just cute as a button!!! Standing at a little less than 1 3/4 inches tall and about 1 1/4 inches across the top, this item is in good condition, slight wear, but no dings, splits or cracks

 

[gollum]

Re: brass acorn

I know that Acorn Tea was fairly popular. How about it being an Acorn Tea Infuser? Unscrew the top, put in some crushed acorns, hang it by the stem. When cleaning it out, give a tug on the stem. cleaning out the infuser holes.

Mike

Could that be it? That simple? I don't know of acorn tea, but could it be any tea? Are there enough holes?

Supposedly in the frontier days it was very popular. I think that is the only chink in my armor here. Only two (or three) holes may not be enough, but if infused acorns are VERY potent, you might not want too much infusion. Someone will have to test this one. Anybody have any blooming oaks around?

Mike

 

[gollum]

Re: brass acorn

Acorn Tea Infuser.

That's great. Fairly recent, though. Looks 40s or 50s -ish.

To anyone who thinks we have too much time on our hands. I found this site while looking for the truth. You need to scroll down to the Christopher Columsquirrel, and look at the diagram (could it be?).

http://www.squirrellovers.fsworld.co.uk/page6.html

Mike