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