Comments on: What In The Hell Is That?

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:18:40 +0000

Unfortunately, again, wrong answers. What you are looking at is a 1914 Ligament Unilateral Distender. (LUD) This particular unit was invented by Dr. Marcos Tuas Filopian of France. Although quite archaic looking, these units worked quite well for field Ligament Unilateral Distentions.
Obviously the wounded farmer sat on the round object and held onto the “Kloob” (Long handle in bucket) The attending doctor would begin to turn the crank counter-clockwise. During each turn, the “Haffenger” on the handel would deliver a quick and tremendous crushing blow to the intended leg. This was a very successful method and only required 8 or 10 blows before the injured farmer (or spouse) was able to return to the field as a productive worker.

By: Jane Hines

Jane Hines — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:53:53 +0000

i had a cream separator that i used daily as a child and it didnt look anything like that, but then it was a table model.

By: Tamara Kerr

Tamara Kerr — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:50:49 +0000

I’m not really sure but was the photo taken in the Ghost town of Bodie (CA historic Park)

By: James and Carol

James and Carol — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:35:32 +0000

This definitely a cream separator, as my Mom has one, all in tact and I used to turn it!!!

By: DON

DON — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:14:58 +0000

a cream separator!

By: LULU CASTANEDA

LULU CASTANEDA — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:06:16 +0000

CREAM SEPARATOR
Gustaf DeLaval is credited with inventing the first continuously operating cream separator for which he received a U. S. patent on October 4, 1881.

By: Judi

Judi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:41:30 +0000

Spent many hours as a child turning a crank like that… its a cream separator…
even more fun was milking the darn old cranky cow!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:46:49 +0000

Yes a cream seperater missing bowls and seperating discs. Turned the handle of one of these myself now it is a plant stand at the end of the drive.

By: Ed Nash

Ed Nash — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:19:42 +0000

DeLaval made only twenty of this Lorenzo-Stein patented, hand-cranked combination powder-mixer, cask-bomb-filling machine because it spewed the explosive powder if the operator cranked too fast. Also, the World War One demand for cask bombs fell off sharply when it was found to fall top-first with no resulting explosion. This photo undoubtedly was taken in Germany, because all twenty were dropped in July, 1915 on twenty industrial areas of Germany to confuse their design engineers. You can verify this simply by contacting the international headquarters of the DeLaval Company (Search online for the address).

By: Jim Cost

Jim Cost — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:26:39 +0000

To be more precise, it is a DeLaval cream separator which is missing several parts. These were originally manufactured in Sweden.