Here is an interesting device made by Richards Wilcox (whom we've covered before, here). Although they made tools, they specialized in garage doors and mechanisms. A reader found a stack of these things and wondered what they do. The view above certainly looks like door hardware, and the rounded housing holds a spring-operated tape as shown in the last image. My guess is some sort of door closer? Thoughts and guesses welcomed!
3 comments:
My guess would go to a side mortise sash balance (!)
http://www.acmeduplex.com/installation.html
(neat!)
or
https://www.pullmanmfg.com/window-balances-standard-balances/
Agreed. These are an old “high tech” replacement for traditional rope and sash weight systems for windows.
That's exactly what they are. Mr. G, the WCR could probably use a couple or six of these for a restoration project, if he's willing to part with them.
rdguy
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