Any idea what this is?

ToolCollector · Apr 20, 2011

Found this old tool at an old timer plumber's. Just looking for some help identifying what it is? Any ideas?Thanks!

Tom Sawyer · Apr 20, 2011

It's a sprinkler head. A very big sprinkler head.

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Cwhyu2 · Apr 20, 2011

Fire suppression, but an old one.

hj · Apr 21, 2011

It looks like an aspirator of some kind.

Spaceman Spiff · Apr 22, 2011

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it is a gas burner of some sort. Is there a smaller orifice inside the oblong opening inside the bell? The handles, tee in the middle and cap at the back end make it look like it's supposed to be a tiil, portable, like modern weed torches.

ToolCollector · Apr 22, 2011

What makes the most sense to me is
"Piercing Tool for a shallow well". That or a heavy duty plunger!
As you push this into a hole or pipe the valve trips. So, it is for blasting water (maybe air) into something.

Thanks for the responses.

I asked a plumber friend and he said, looks like "Watts first T&P valve". Hahaha!

hj · Apr 22, 2011

That "fin" looks like it is a handle that you squeeze to operate the valve, and if that is the case, it would probably get pretty hot if it were a flame thrower.

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