✅ SOLVED Test your skills on this one! Spent years trying to ID this.

[musclecar]

I found this in Alaska about 10 years ago, and have never been able to ID it. It is an aluminum piece, about 3 inches square. It has 15 teeth and is numbered 1-15. There is a stop preventing it from spinning freely. The back has two tabs that may have been used to mount it. ANY GUESSES?

Thanks,

MC

PS The quarter used for size was found yesterday! 1935S Yeah!

 

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[trikikiwi]

I wouldn't mind betting there's a connection to a bushel = 56 pounds of Alaskan corn at 15.5% moisture content - according to a mixture of searches I did today. 56 quartered = 14 which is all the wheel counts up to - the 15 is The Stop

Your turn

 

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[erik12152003]

Is there anything here on this side like a hole for another gear

 

[PBK]

I emailed a picture to a friend of mine and this is what he says:

Appears to be part of the cold control mechanism from an early 1930’s Frigidaire refrigeration system. They had a dial with gear like settings that looked very similar to this.

Couldn't find an early 1930's Frigidaire Cold Control dial, but here's a link to an ad for one from 1929. That control doesn't seem to resemble the device we've tried to ID, and even the numbering system is different, advancing only to 6.

http://www.adspast.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=7261&cat=320&page=2

 

[gtfd47]

What the hell..I'll give it a whirl. Its part of a parking meter mechanism. You can search parking meters on Ebay or in Google and see what you come up with. Also http://www.ionet.net/~luttrell/tips.html. It is a site I found while looking for this. PS, I am really not a nerd and I do not collect parking meters, just thought I would jump on the band wagon.

Goose

 

[gtfd47]

OK, ill take back the parking meter coponent. I am going with a weight scale gauge. 15 oz, lb, or gram limit. It is Alaska. Could be gold or fish or something...anything you need to weigh. Any takers

Goose

Man, I guess I am a nerd

 

[Bluezman]

I know what it is!...............................................But if I tell you I have to kill you!

Bluezman

 

[jlowe]

It's not part of a combination lock or cipher device, it's not complex enough. It's not a bicycle cog, 15 speed is derived from 3 front gears x 5 rear gears; also, it's not sturdy enough and it doesn't spin freely. Because the only stopping mechanism apparent is the one at 15, it seems to me like there isn't anything else holding it in place, so it wouldn't be reliable as a stand-alone counter. I'm intrigued as to why the stopper at 15 is in the middle of 15, so that the arrow never actually points at it. Also interesting is that the hooks on the back indicate how it should be hung, but if it is hung in that manner, the arrow indicating a number points at the number sideways. I can only postulate that, at the "top", there is supposed to be another device to interact with the teeth of the wheel to both turn it, and prevent it from turning any further than it's supposed to.

 

[tcfeet]

That is an Aggie 15 day calender!!!!

 

[trikikiwi]

I can't resist sending this. Maybe it will ring a bell - somewhere!

 

[Bluezman]

I know what it is!...............................................But if I tell you I have to kill you!

Bluezman

Well then just beat me up & tell me half!

Ok, rtde3
You asked for it! Get ready, here we go:

Now, slap yourself in the face, then punch your self in the gut, ok, now punch yourself in the eye. Grab your right arm and twist it behind your back and use your left hand to grab yourself by the farhead while slipping your right foot behind your left ankle. Pull on your farhead so that you fall back and use a short snap punch to your solar plexus on the way down. This should leave you on the ground gasping for breath.

Got your breath back? Ok, now take out your cell and call 911. Tell them you were beat up, but couldn't get a good look at the guy's face because it happened online.

Hope you didn't get hurt too badly. Since I may have overdone it, and I'm feeling a little guilty, I'll tell you 90% of what I know about it.


It's a Quick Change, Manual Reset, Production Counter, and it's obsolete.



This counter is quick change by design; the long tabs (c) go into raised slots on a mounting plate. The bent tabs (D) go into rectangular holes on the plate. When shifted to the left the alignment is set, so the lock-down screw holes (E) line up (self aligning).
Tighten down the 2 screws and your done.

Quick change implies other counters (changeout parts) of a different denomination (10,11,12,13,14) and/or diameter (size product).

Since it is reset manually you can see that the process that it governs takes some time, otherwise someone would have to stand over it all the time (defeating it's purpose).

So, you want to know what it counts?.............................. I gave you 90%. You want egg in your beer too?

Bluezman

 

[ivan salis]

speak quickly before the unruly mob comes with flaming torches!!!

 

[Bluezman]

My Castle is Impenetrable!
Bluezman

 

[ivan salis]

thats what they all say.

 

[Bluezman]

Keep back I have hot oil!

 

[ivan salis]

will I got the chicken and beans and slaw and corn bread---bring out the hot oil and get to frying.----and while you at it you can tell me the rest of the what it story.----or stay inside and starve.

 

[Bluezman]

Ok , but you're buying the beer!

These things are pretty generic. The last one I saw was much larger and substantially made; about 25 lbs. It was set up on an automatic fed drill and tap press to count off 6 parts and stop. The operator was required to check every sixth part.


This big momma counted 1/2" thick 4" diameter steel rings, that were threaded both on the inside and out, and needed to have two holes drilled and tapped into one face, and two blind holes drilled 90* opposite (spanner holes) on the other face.

What were the parts you say?

They were called fusewell retainer rings! Think late '60s think Viet Nam, think carpet bombing. Think 750 pounders. Think that's enough for today.

Bluezman

 

[trikikiwi]

It's a Quick Change, Manual Reset, Production Counter, and it's obsolete.

Hi Bluezman, I can't argue with that!! I reckon this baby has been put to rest.
Unless there are any objections, that bottle of fine New Zealand wine should be winging your way very soon.
You will need to PM me with details and preference - red or white?

Cheers, Mike

 

[Montana Jim]

It's a Quick Change, Manual Reset, Production Counter, and it's obsolete.

Hi Bluezman, I can't argue with that!! I reckon this baby has been put to rest.
Unless there are any objections, that bottle of fine New Zealand wine should be winging your way very soon.
You will need to PM me with details and preference - red or white?

Cheers, Mike

I'm not convinced. At all...

 

[Angelo]

They were called fusewell retainer rings! Think late '60s think Viet Nam, think carpet bombing. Think 750 pounders. Think that's enough for today.

Montana! I'm not convinced either. But was glad that, that was all for today.

Tony

 

[ryanc11]

It's a Quick Change, Manual Reset, Production Counter, and it's obsolete.

Hi Bluezman, I can't argue with that!! I reckon this baby has been put to rest.
Unless there are any objections, that bottle of fine New Zealand wine should be winging your way very soon.
You will need to PM me with details and preference - red or white?

Cheers, Mike

Yea... I have to admit ..not totally convinced either.

But... the explanation of the device by Bluezman I have to also admit It is one of the most convincing explanation of what a device "of this design" is used for. Bluezmans device may have looked similar, did essentially the same task, but his device was much , much, larger..and ultimately not "this" device.

But the ultimate question is what was this particular device used for?