I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

--
Bill
www.wbnoble.com


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When you are laid up in bed, and can't get up - they strap that on you!
Elastic bands through the slots -

That is before they were such and inserted something.

Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


William Noble wrote:
I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?



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In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

Just a guess... how bout part of the funnel end of an old training
aircraft 'Gosport' tube intercom system. Not so sure 'intercom' would
actually be the proper term, as I recall reading they were set up one
way only, making it easy for instructor's to scream at their cadet.

I Googled a little, but didn't come up with a photo.

Erik

Hey Bill,

Not a clue what their purpose might be, but I doubt they were for
anything aircraft related where skin on ANY part of your body might
come in contact with REALLY cold metal at altitude .

Yikes.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


On Fri, 23 May 2008 19:48:45 -0700, "William Noble"
wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
When you are laid up in bed, and can't get up - they strap that on you!
Elastic bands through the slots -

That is before they were such and inserted something.

Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


so, a precursor to a catheter - what might it be called so I can find a
picture and see if that is right?


** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

My suspicion is that they are medical facemasks for the mouth, probably
used for ether or nitrous oxide anaesthesia circa 1900.
http://www.oyston.com/history/

Joe Gwinn

On Sat, 24 May 2008 09:59:13 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm,
Joseph Gwinn quickly quoth:

In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

My suspicion is that they are medical facemasks for the mouth, probably
used for ether or nitrous oxide anaesthesia circa 1900.
http://www.oyston.com/history/

Nah, they're portapeckers for girls. Now women everywhere can write
their name in the snow with the best of us!


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"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if
someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or
maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they
would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would
use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated
on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps)
and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

My suspicion is that they are medical facemasks for the mouth, probably
used for ether or nitrous oxide anaesthesia circa 1900.
http://www.oyston.com/history/

Joe Gwinn

You MAY be right, but I don't think so - the things fit nicely over one's
mouth, but not over one's nose or certainly not nose and mouth, so that
would suggest it's not for anesthesia - but it might be part of a pilot's
breathing aparatus where one could reasonably breathe through the mouth, or
it might go with a separate rubber seal and cover more volume - all in all,
quite a mystery. -

I'm actually kinda surprised someone hasn't said "oh yeah, those things - I
used to use them when I ....... " because there is so much variety on this
group.


** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"William Noble" wrote:

You MAY be right, but I don't think so - the things fit nicely over one's
mouth, but not over one's nose or certainly not nose and mouth, so that
would suggest it's not for anesthesia - but it might be part of a pilot's
breathing aparatus where one could reasonably breathe through the mouth, or
it might go with a separate rubber seal and cover more volume - all in all,
quite a mystery. -

Mouth or venting the pecker. Wash before experimenting

"William Noble" wrote in message
...

"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is
the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if
someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or
maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they
would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would
use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370
inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome
plated
on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a
guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps)
and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they
built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason
to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

My suspicion is that they are medical facemasks for the mouth, probably
used for ether or nitrous oxide anaesthesia circa 1900.
http://www.oyston.com/history/

Joe Gwinn

You MAY be right, but I don't think so - the things fit nicely over one's
mouth, but not over one's nose or certainly not nose and mouth, so that
would suggest it's not for anesthesia - but it might be part of a pilot's
breathing aparatus where one could reasonably breathe through the mouth,
or
it might go with a separate rubber seal and cover more volume - all in
all,
quite a mystery. -

I'm actually kinda surprised someone hasn't said "oh yeah, those things -
I
used to use them when I ....... " because there is so much variety on
this
group.


Not anything like any relief tube I've used (they are still very common on
military aircraft). It looks to me like one of those things you speak into
on a ship. Someone previosly gave the name. There's an old WWII movie with
something very similar hanging around a sailors neck by a strap that would
go through those slots on the side. I'm thinking the movie was the one
where John Wayne saves a destroyer? from Pearl Harbor, but I don't remember
the name.

Wayne Sippola

Wayne S wrote:

Not anything like any relief tube I've used (they are still very common on
military aircraft). It looks to me like one of those things you speak into
on a ship. Someone previosly gave the name. There's an old WWII movie with
something very similar hanging around a sailors neck by a strap that would
go through those slots on the side. I'm thinking the movie was the one
where John Wayne saves a destroyer? from Pearl Harbor, but I don't remember
the name.

Wayne Sippola




"In Harm's Way"

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Joseph Gwinn wrote:
In article ,
"William Noble" wrote:

I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they would
take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you would use
with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is .370 inches.
They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and chrome plated on
the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many years ago from a guy
who had sold his house to move out of state (to a nursing home perhaps) and
had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old Douglas plant where they built
DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I have no particular reason to
believe these are aircraft related, though they may be.

What the heck are they?

My suspicion is that they are medical facemasks for the mouth, probably
used for ether or nitrous oxide anaesthesia circa 1900.
http://www.oyston.com/history/

Joe Gwinn

They look like nitrous oxide inhalers, just missing the rubber boot that
went around them. They kind of look like Evans dental equipment style.
They used separate pieces, one nasal and one oral. The idea was that you
put both on and knocked out the patient, then kept the nasal on while
you did oral surgery. The nasal flow allowed the gas to keep the patient
out longer. There were a few companies that made them that way though.

--
Steve W.

"William Noble" wrote in message
...
I just sent off a jpeg of a couple of "mystery funnels" to the drop box
(http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/mystery-funnels.JPG) - below is the
contents of the accompanying text file - I'd sure appreciate it if someone
recognized what these things are - they could be for oxygen masks, or maybe
a "pilot relief tube", or ??? I'm trying to figure out if they are
something worth keeping after all these years, or if I make them into a
sculpture or a lamp or something like that.



here are two "mystery funnels" - the slots near hte rim look like they
would take elastic, the end of the tube part has a small lump like you
would use with medical style rubber hose, the OD of the tubing part is
.370 inches. They are 2.5 inches wide, made out of brass, I believe, and
chrome plated on the outside - I got them in a big pile of stuff many
years ago from a guy who had sold his house to move out of state (to a
nursing home perhaps) and had a lot of aircraft surplus from the old
Douglas plant where they built DC-3s (clover field in Santa Monica), but I
have no particular reason to believe these are aircraft related, though
they may be.

What the heck are they?

--
Bill
www.wbnoble.com

** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

They look a little like speaking tubes, but not from a ship. the ones on
ships had a whistle that plugged into each end. I have seen these in use
between the bridge and engine room of an old ship. The caller would remove
the whistle, and blow into the mouth piece. That would blow the whistle on
the other end. The person on the receiving end would then remove the
whistle, and reply, the place the cone to his ear for the message. similar
devices were used in carriages, taxis, and large houses with servants. The
tube on these is too small for communication, and the provision for a strap
eliminates these from the speaking tube category.


Steve R.



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