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Title: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: Dbal640 on March 30, 2012, 02:26:36 PM

My grandfather and I have had this for awhile. He said it was found in an old pharmacy (1940's or later) that was tore down. We have tried to find the Patent number with no luck. We have taken this to two local antique events and no one had any idea what it was or what it was used for.

It has a big wheel which cranks onto a smaller "blade" type wheel. There is a US Patent #1766198. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Front:
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1503/img0093mih.jpg)

Patent:
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9637/img0097he.jpg)

Top:
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7249/img0094ed.jpg)


Bottom:
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4458/img0096mt.jpg)

Back:
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3610/img0095ms.jpg)

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: KevinB on March 30, 2012, 02:34:02 PM

I looked it up and apparently its a tennis ball nap restorer. So basically its to fluff tennis balls.

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: Dbal640 on March 30, 2012, 02:57:30 PM

If you look at the patent drawing they don't match.

I was wondering of maybe the patent was for the mechanical parts but was still used for something else.

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: KevinB on March 30, 2012, 03:13:27 PM

I didn't look at the patent. Just saw that desciption and looked at your pictures and figured that has to be what it is. Did you ever try a tennis ball in it?

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: mart on March 30, 2012, 04:25:46 PM

http://www.google.com/patents/US1766198
Is this it ??

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: KC on March 30, 2012, 07:18:12 PM

So, it reconditions the surface of old tennis balls?  Interesting!!!!!  June 24, 1930

Title: Re: Smilie Napper - Help on what this is?
Post by: mart on March 30, 2012, 08:22:29 PM

Yep !!  Back then they didn`t run buy new ones,, just refluffed the old ones !!