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[mojjax]

Any ideas what this was used for ?

 

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[kuger]

water,on a small Pelton Wheel?

 

[skeeterd]

Lifting water, I think. The edges are not sharp enough to dig in the ground.

 

[taz42o]

I cant say what that one was used for, They can be used on any flowable material. If you look up bucket elevators You will find them.

 

[BosnMate]

Grain through a pipe?

 

[mcmich]

I am with grain...

 

[creskol]

I have a feeling it has to do with this: Cement and Engineering News - Google Books

 

[taz42o]

I have a feeling it has to do with this: Cement and Engineering News - Google Books

I think its the right company but I dont think the buckets are from a mixer ,The mixer is chain belt driven no buckets on it.
The chain belt co. was named that from 1891- 1964 and was making bucket elevators from about 1900-?.
I think they are from a bucket elevator and may not have had a single use but could be used on a variety of material.
The company (now rexnord)still makes bucket elevators and list the cast iron buckets as mill duty buckets.

Chain Belt Company ? Rex Chain Belt ? Rexnord ? Rexworks ? RexCon LLC (1891-Current) | Historical Construction Equipment Association

http://www.rexnord.com.br/webpts/inbox/downloads/8/13 - Buckets.pdf

 

[creskol]

I think its the right company but I dont think the buckets are from a mixer ,The mixer is chain belt driven no buckets on it.............

I wonder what they mean in the highlighted sentence in this paragraph :

 

[creskol]

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[sniffer]

that's an old bucket elevator out of a combine. that used that style until they converted to auger style

 

[aquachigger]

When I was a kid, my neighbors had that chain and bucket system like that to get water from their cistern. It might have been a re-purposed use, but that's what I witnessed.