??? what the #@%&*!

[oakalley2]

what the #@%&*!

this was found in a barn by my brother-inlaw in a barn in al. i took this pic. it is not a hinge, i put a dime next to it so you can see the size of the object. good luck
oakalley2

 

[mojjax]

Re: what the #@%&*!

I wonder if the 'doorknocker' would fit here ?

 

[mojjax]

Re: what the #@%&*!

M , it's the bottom flue vent to a chicken brooder stove .

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: what the #@%&*!

HIO I have to go with Moji at this point, he has the most logical explanation.

Michelle, not a door knocker, I have one on my door. No place for the fingers if you have gloves on -------(:>D ------>Michelle.

Not a foot stomper, too fragile. Gollies big feet would break it.

A #$%*&@ is very close.

Tropical Tramp

 

[Chagy]

Re: what the #@%&*!

This picture is from a 1916 poultry magazine .The two double -disc thermostats rested on the floor in tandem under the armature end . The thermostats were flat circular wafer type objects and would raise and lower the the arm - moving the rod connected to the flue . This is not the exact model in question ,but the same principle of operation .
mojjax

Hey Mojjax,

I think you nailed......Nice job....it was a good one....

Best,

Chagy..........

 

[dg39]

Re: what the #@%&*!

ok, ok, it fell off my saucer..Its the left, rear, middle, quadrant, side stablizer..Gimmie back!
I can't keep this thing on an even keel without it.....

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Michelle hehehe.....HERE'S ONE FOR YA......how about a leather working tool? It was found in a barn.......BUCK VINTAGE LEATHERWORKING TOOL
******
punch for making holes or circular discs ??

Tropical Tramp

 

[schlooppy]

Re: what the #@%&*!

I think it looks like part of a squirrel trap!

 

[Charles Miller]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Is there evidence of a large wood-burning stove on the property? This looks like a lever for capping and uncapping the burners on an old stove.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Hmmm interesting Charles, could be.

Tropical Tramp

 

[mlw67]

Re: what the #@%&*!

I'm voting for the poultry thingy. It looks almost exactly the same as in the picture. The other pictures don't look like it. I really don't think it is a doorknocker. Yep, chicken thingy. That's my vote.

 

[mojjax]

Re: what the #@%&*!

http://www.pat2pdf.org/

type in 1629191

click : fetch patent

click : the highlighted no.



mojjax

 

[PostFatal]

Re: what the #@%&*!

http://www.pat2pdf.org/

type in 1629191

click : fetch patent

click : the highlighted no.



mojjax

how the heck did you come up with that? I think you are right on, good detective work!!! I didn't want to believe that it was a Door knocker.

 

[mojjax]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Post Fatal - I went to the US patent web page - searched Poultry brooder stoves - clicked on environmental controls . It wouldn't let me see the pics , so I wrote down some of the older patent #'s - I found that more user friendly search site .

Doc , it's not a foot pedal . Lines 95 - 100 in the patent text explain how it works . The thermostatic wafers raise and lower the arm , not a foot .

mojjax

 

[PBK]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Are there any pictures?

Here's a link to the drawings for the patent number that Mojjax posted. See lower right detail at:

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid...&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

 

[gollum]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Michele,

I believe what you call stops, are actually for rigity. The same as the rib running along the length of the thing.

Without structural support, cast iron is notoriously prone to cracking.

Mike

 

[gollum]

Re: what the #@%&*!

then why the nail hole at the end?

Mike

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: what the #@%&*!

MICHELLE "NO WAY"! Where is the contact point for 'knocking' on the illustrated device? Every one that I have seen had the contact point on the lower edge of the arm for leverage.

But then I haven't seen everything yet, not even you in red flannels.

Snicker, APPOL. TO HUBBY

EL Tropical Tramp

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Re: what the #@%&*!

Michelle TTramp...We honestly need a side and reverse pic of this thing....I MAY be wrong....there are many POSSIBILITIES!
*****
True! Now about those red flannels?

El Tropical Tramp

 

[oakalley2]

Re: what the #@%&*!

get a load of this, my brother-in-law said there was two of them in the barn, and he will take pic's of the side and back as soon as i get them i'll post them oakalley2

 

[civilman1]

Re: what the #@%&*!

I think "Moji" hit the nail on the head....not the door!!!!