Davenport, IA 

Fall 2012

Davenport What’s Its

What’s Its from the Meeting

 

457 An apparatus for use in repairing commutators,
Patent Number 2,170,389

 

 

 

458 Unknown

 

 

 

459 A hair straightener/curler

 

 

 

460 Probably a fence stretcher

 

 

 

461 Possibly some type of soldering tool

 

 

 

 

 

462 A marking gauge possibly for use with a lathe

 

 

463 A cable stripper and wire gauge

 

 

 

 

464 A Leopold saw set, Patent Number 451,494

 

 

 

 

465 A meat holding mechanism for a slicing machine, patent number 1,167,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

466 Probably back scratchers

 

 

467 Some type of wooden clip with a piece of glass, unsolved

 

 

 

468 ??

 

 

 

 

469 A bottle corker

 

 

470 A duster for an organ

 

 

471 Possibly tongs for coal

 

 

472 Possibly horn trainers for a steer or cow

 

 

473 A castration tool, patent number 348,044

 

 

 

474 A shank last for shoes, patent number 119,741

 

 

 

475 Probably a tube puller

 

 

 

476 ??

 

 

477 A skate sharpening jig, patent number 1,926,404

 

 

 

 

478 A wire brush to clean files

 

 

 

479 A right triangle, exact purpose unknown

 

 

 

480 A wagon wrench, patent number 145,710

 

 

 

 

 

481 Part of a scale, patent number 34,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

482 A hay fork with an attachment, home made fishing pole holder?

 

 

 

 

483 Possibly for setting the teeth on a crosscut saw

 

 

484 Scissors and tongs for ?

 

 

485 A watchmaker’s tool for removing the hands from a watch, patent number 2,271,945

 

 

486 Some type of toolbox