Strange thing this.

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mojjax

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how about a BB gun speed-loader ???
 

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I wish somebody would ID this .

I had a dream last night that a creature with the body of a LLama - and the head of "strange thing this" was chasing me into the house .... When I got to the door , it was locked ! ....then I woke up !
 

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Montana Jim

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That thing is pretty familiar...

:-\


Anyways... D.R.P. might be (Deutsches Reichspatent (German Patent) no. 50863. That means it holds a german design patent from prior to May 1945.
 

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I do enjoy researching these 'I know I've seen one before' whatsit's? Unfortunately I've wracked me brain without success on this one. ;D

DD-777 said:
I still say lead holder for a mechanical pencil... ::)
Good thinking but, I have to disagree mainly because of the big fat hinge in the internals. If it did hold leads you could easily break them against that. Also, any old or new lead holders with a dispenser tube I have seen, have all had an off-set dispensing tube.

Hey LQQKER, can you tell us the 'where, how and why' of your finding it, please :thumbsup:

Mike
 

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Here's my guess...

The end nearest the round neck seems to taper outward, perhaps this is for mechanical advantage...the end is circular, and I think we are focusing on the cavity containing something of value...so...I think it is...


A cigar punch? maybe?

or something used to punch a single hole. the cavity inside appears too complicated to be to store anything of value. I think its to collect up waste, like the bottom of a three hole punch, to be emptied when it gets full.
 

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I am with DD-777, thats the first thing that came to my mind (lead holder) but breezie has a good lead too with the patent number. Not sure you can argue with that.
 

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Breezie said:
author=taz42o link=topic=202083.msg2233462#msg2233462 date=1269394109]
Not sure you can argue with that.
I did . Thats a U.S. patent not a D.R.P

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,225758.0.html

Taz, whether it is American or German patent was not my point; I was ID-ing the piece and using the patent pic to show it was indeed a Victorian fire/burgler alarm. ;D Breezie
I know breezie but Mcmich referred to the patent # being a match .
 

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I don't think its connected with that patent.. The only thing on the patent I can see that looks like that are weights, and there's no need for a weight to be that complex (or light)..
 

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Breezie said:
author=taz42o link=topic=202083.msg2233462#msg2233462 date=1269394109]
Not sure you can argue with that.
I did . Thats a U.S. patent not a D.R.P

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,225758.0.html

Taz, whether it is American or German patent was not my point; I was ID-ing the piece and using the patent pic to show it was indeed a Victorian fire/burgler alarm. ;D Breezie
Im sorry but I need to argue as well. It says D.R.P. Deutsches Reichspatent (German Patent) no. 50863 on the item.. I dont know what the odds are but sorry Breezie, it would be a zillion to one chance that the German patent and the American patent numbers are identical for the same patent.
 

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