Rockford, IL
Fall 2014
Rockford What’s Its
What’s Its from the Meeting
636 A shoe stretcher
637 This tool was possibly used to flatten straw or reeds
638 A shaving horse for holding a work piece while shaving it down to the proper size, the second photo shows the stepped part that gripped the work piece
639 A plumbers contour marker adapter, Patent Number 3,000,098
640 Possibly a feather for use with a stone splitting wedge
641 A plate lifter, patent number 1,357,131
642 A plumb bob mold
643 A street car bell gong, patent number 784,382
644 A glove worker’s clamp
645 A spike puller, patent number 719,735
646 A pool cue trimmer
647 A mold for a mini ball bullet
648 No answer yet for this clamp type tool, it looks like a rope or rod could be held in the groove at the bottom.
649 A load binder for hay, patent number 839,991
650 ??
651 This tool appears to be a prototype for cutting something, the part on the end is too small to hold an egg.
652 According to the owner this could be an ink pen and a knife eraser, still looking for a reference for this answer
653 A screw driver and socket wrench tool, patent number 2,007,432
654 A tool for doing auto body work
655 An Ullmer micrometer, patent number 675,875
656 ??
657 A carpet stretcher
658 This is probably an exerciser
659 A frame for supporting dead ducks as decoys, patent number 230,600