Have anyone seen a thing like this (not tobacco related)

[Hasse SWE]

I know that we are an enormous number of members, some of us like old things and are very technically savvy. In Sweden, there was a factory that was known for copying mainly American things and then starting its own production of these things. So my question is, have any of you seen such a machine? I suspect that it is made to separate, for example, oil or something. But as I said it would be fun to know more about it ..

 

[SmokingCrow]

Hi Hasse
My initial reaction was a butter churn. Is there some kind of paddle.
Perhaps it is used to grind wheat to flour.
Interesting

 

[Knucklehead]

I know that we are an enormous number of members, some of us like old things and are very technically savvy. In Sweden, there was a factory that was known for copying mainly American things and then starting its own production of these things. So my question is, have any of you seen such a machine? I suspect that it is made to separate, for example, oil or something. But as I said it would be fun to know more about it ..

That is so weird! I love it.
It appears hand driven but so, so heavy. The arrangement of the other three pulleys is unusual. Is the metal in the inner and outer round pieces as heavy and solid as they appear? And the hole in the outer bowl is off center? The chute is also interesting, it would suggest liquid or molten to me. More info please.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

My guess is that the center piece is a burner and that it is intended to melt something like Pb, Sn, or glass. My money is on it being related to ammunition manufacture.

 

[deluxestogie]

The pot-like outer container has at least one hose drain attachment, but the interior of that pot does not appear to be designed for a liquid that you might want to consume. It is thick enough to suggest some kind of smelting, but seems awfully close to a belt-driven pulley. The holes in the inner drum suggest to me that this contraption might be used for washing newly manufactured, machined metal parts, especially if the spindle simply spins the inner drum.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Something goes in the top.
Something which can travel in a pipe enters the back.
It uses centripital force.
It is either a hot or cold process.

My guess is whatever goes in the top melts and gets forced through the holes. There does not appear to be enough space for mixing, so my theory is that the hose in the back is for combustion gas rather than liquid.

 

[Brown Thumb]

My Guess it is something to make whatever,
Pretty Cool Tho.

 

[deluxestogie]

I've been assuming that the heavy pot was solid casting. But I think it may have hollow wall--maybe made of copper, through which a liquid circulates.

Bob

EDIT: And I now think that the center of that pot is a drain that discharges through the trough at the bottom.

 

[webmost]

It's a reciprocating Meslinque cup, so named for the French Jesuit priest who first invented it in 1748 Montreal. Used to separate mink oil from the mink pelts traded by voyageurs of the era. The Meslinque cup was later an essential part of the turbo-encabulator. Due to it's age and patina, I would reckon that's where this comes from. This reciprocating version was optional on the first version, but standard by the third. Look for a Roman numeral version mark on the anterior aspect to determine your version.