I believe this is some kind of military printing device but i could be wrong. I would appreciate any info on this. Thank you
More [URL removed] On one side it has a star and NO. 5 and on the other side PATENTED MAY 14-1918.
Here is the picture
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Thank you everyone!
@ Montrose- do you know the name of that mechanism? I searched but there are to many results and i did not see that one. Or maybe a link? I would appreciate that a lot. Thank you
@ reksplace36- it looks a lot like it and i even found some white glue like substance on the brush. Thank you very much.
@ johnjermine- On one side it has a star and NO. 5 and on the other side PATENTED MAY 14-1918. The solid weels made out of wood. I am posting more pictures also. Thank you for the tip.
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luda777 Reputation: 60 See luda777's booth |
I believe this is a tape dispenser. Way back when they used that wide brown tape on boxes that needed wetting to stick.(No self sticking tape then)
I think here is the way it worked.
The tape roll was put on the left side
and threaded under the wood roller and over
that thin rusty bar,then the tape would be
threaded over those rusty wheels and under
that toothy thing.
Then you would pull the tape and
The tape would turn those rusty wheels which
would pick up water from a water reservoir.
Then it would pass over the brush which would
wipe off the excess water which would drip back
into the reservoir.
It did not take long for it to turn into a sticky, smelly mess if the water was not changed and the glue
cleaned off every so often.
Any one that worked in a pack and ship department
remembers how that glue stank.
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reksplace36 Reputation: 1267 See reksplace36's booth |
It’s just an attachment device to a vintage press mechanism
Good luck within your research.
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MONTROSE Reputation: 8354 See MONTROSE's booth |
Hey, reksplace36….you are correct. We had one of these when we had our old family General Store years ago.
Sylvia
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DreamMaker Reputation: 21 See DreamMaker's booth |
Immediately, I thought so [URL removed] Tape dispenser.
I even remember them… a LITTLE more modern. And I remember the smell!!!
You are correct, Richard
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EuropeanGoodies Reputation: 1165 See EuropeanGoodies' booth |
This is a Paper tape dispenser. We had one in our Auto Parts Warehouse when I was kid some 55 years ago. The water went under the little plate in front of the brush and there was a pin that went through the roll of paper tape where the two casting come up.
This tape machine has a lot of wear.
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CandleWarmerStore Reputation: 73 See CandleWarmerStore's booth |
positively a tape dispenser – the well is for holding water – you can still buy that type of tape
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Midwestauctions Reputation: 18 See Midwestauctions' booth |
What does it say under the star on the side? Pictures from other angles might help others, I have no idea what it is. Are those rusty wheels in the center right?
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johngermaine Reputation: 576 See johngermaine's booth |
Try
AUTOMATIC FEED MECHANISM FOR LABELING-MACHINES
Pat. May 14, 1918
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Might be part of this machine
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ccmom Reputation: 12648 See ccmom's booth |
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