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<p>[QUOTE="hamptonauction, post: 1185371, member: 62"]Nobody bid on this, I thought that it was a neat sprinkler, so I bought it. I plan on refinishing it. It was made by the White Showers Inc., Detroit Mich. Patent dated March 25 1930.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a piston actuated hydraulic oscillating lawn sprinkler. A very clever design, see the patents below.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751641%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047989348&sdata=tj7Md2bfB6p%2Fis%2B9mmYOMc2X7UAmqASGUnyKtHgdApY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751641%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047989348&sdata=tj7Md2bfB6p%2Fis%2B9mmYOMc2X7UAmqASGUnyKtHgdApY%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://patents.google.com/patent/US1751641?oq=white+showers+sprinkler+detroit</a></p><p><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751640%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=%2BP5oi%2FF8mI5mQNpU24wXBuBhbEeruWv2nyx3wQkfoX0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751640%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=%2BP5oi%2FF8mI5mQNpU24wXBuBhbEeruWv2nyx3wQkfoX0%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://patents.google.com/patent/US1751640?oq=white+showers+sprinkler+detroit</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...and here is a video of one in operation, sprinkling a lawn.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8sqT7tM19Xg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=oz5CXr%2FwdCKhSzGOwUna6%2Bsk0jCCcwGD7Uh9CRFJNqw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8sqT7tM19Xg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=oz5CXr%2FwdCKhSzGOwUna6%2Bsk0jCCcwGD7Uh9CRFJNqw%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sqT7tM19Xg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]213407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213411[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Andre[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hamptonauction, post: 1185371, member: 62"]Nobody bid on this, I thought that it was a neat sprinkler, so I bought it. I plan on refinishing it. It was made by the White Showers Inc., Detroit Mich. Patent dated March 25 1930. It's a piston actuated hydraulic oscillating lawn sprinkler. A very clever design, see the patents below. [URL='https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751641%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047989348&sdata=tj7Md2bfB6p%2Fis%2B9mmYOMc2X7UAmqASGUnyKtHgdApY%3D&reserved=0']https://patents.google.com/patent/US1751641?oq=white+showers+sprinkler+detroit[/URL] [URL='https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatents.google.com%2Fpatent%2FUS1751640%3Foq%3Dwhite%2Bshowers%2Bsprinkler%2Bdetroit&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=%2BP5oi%2FF8mI5mQNpU24wXBuBhbEeruWv2nyx3wQkfoX0%3D&reserved=0']https://patents.google.com/patent/US1751640?oq=white+showers+sprinkler+detroit[/URL] ...and here is a video of one in operation, sprinkling a lawn. [URL='https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8sqT7tM19Xg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1368d0980c6947203bd808d766d083a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637090918047999348&sdata=oz5CXr%2FwdCKhSzGOwUna6%2Bsk0jCCcwGD7Uh9CRFJNqw%3D&reserved=0']https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sqT7tM19Xg[/URL] [ATTACH=full]213407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213411[/ATTACH] Andre[/QUOTE]
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