Possible clock gear, bottle cap and saw blade(?)

[invent4hir]

All,

Before I donate these relics to a local museum I need your help identifying them. The first relic could be a clock gear. It measures 2 3/4" H x 3 3/4" W X 1/32" thick. However, all clock gears I've seen on-line are a full circle. Only the rack is an arc - but I'm not sure that is what this is. The second relic could be a bottle cap with a diameter of 1 3/8". Note the words FULL, HALF, EMPTY on it. It appears someone opened the cap by puncturing it with a knife. The third relic could be a saw blade with a diameter of 7 1/2". With the exception of the FULL, HALF, EMPTY on the cap, there are no maker's marks or other identifying info on any of the relics. Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

 

[cudamark]

The saw blade looks like one for cutting stone, ceramic tile, or concrete.

 

[bradyboy]

not a saw blade IMO, it would need a full circular pattern of teeth. balanced for high speed
1/32 thick ?
Clock part?
Brady

 

[invent4hir]

The saw blade looks like one for cutting stone, ceramic tile, or concrete.

Thanks and I agree. Before posting I was leaning towards a stone cutting blade like this one. The shape is similar but I don't see a diamond edge. Either this blade pre-dates that type of edge, its to rusty to see it, or its for a different purpose.

 

[invent4hir]

not a saw blade IMO, it would need a full circular pattern of teeth. balanced for high speed
1/32 thick ?
Clock part?
Brady

Thanks for the input. Given the 1/32" thickness, a clock part was the first thing that came to my mind also. However, 99.99% of the clock gear-like parts I've seen on-line are a complete circle. Only a part called a rack, labelled "M" in the picture, is commonly an arc. I'm just not sure what I found is an rack. I've tried to think of other machines that could've used thin gears such as adding or tabulating machine - but up till now haven't found a close match...

 

[4x4x4]

....Thinking the cap WAS a level indicator since the "half" is BESIDE the opening. I bet a pointer of some type was visible in the slash.

 

[Nitric]

That "clock gear" does look like A rack for a repeater or a "striking clock". I'm not sure that I've seen( memory stinks) one exactly like yours but that sure looks like the same kind of design.

 

[DCMatt]

....Thinking the cap WAS a level indicator since the "half" is BESIDE the opening. I bet a pointer of some type was visible in the slash.

Like from a gas cap.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

There would probably have been a sight-glass behind your FULL/HALF/EMPTY cap. But the interesting thing about yours is that the EMPTY is at the top and the FULL is at the bottom So whatever it was maybe had a float on the end of an arm and the indicator would have been on the other side of the pivot. So it may have been a pointer instead of the fluid level. Like maybe a seeder hopper?



The half-gear (called a "quadrant gear") looks like a steering quadrant for something with a worm gear to aim or direct something like a chute or possibly for a depth adjustment. Some motorcycles used a similar but larger & beefier one than yours for the kickstarter.

 

[A2coins]

great feedback you guys are good

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[nhbenz]

There would probably have been a sight-glass behind your FULL/HALF/EMPTY cap. But the interesting thing about yours is that the EMPTY is at the top and the FULL is at the bottom So whatever it was maybe had a float on the end of an arm and the indicator would have been on the other side of the pivot. So it may have been a pointer instead of the fluid level. Like maybe a seeder

I had coincidentally been looking at plates from a seeder earlier to see if I could find one like the item that resembles a saw blade. I didn't see one quite right in my quick search, but still maybe more than coincidence?

 

[invent4hir]

All, thanks again for the input. Although I donated the items to the museum yesterday, I'll keep trying to ID. Began researching "quadrant gear" and found a few patent drawings/descriptions with them but the drawings were so grainy can't see much. Regarding the cap, I looked at the bottles at the museum, but unfortunately none had those kind of caps. Also I don't think there was a sight glass.

 

[nhbenz]

Also I don't think there was a sight glass.

Another possibility would have been an arm (rod) that stuck out of the opening, but still operating as Charlie described.