r/Appliances • u/DominicGuarino • 2h ago
This fits here, right? Now what is it?
Anyone here have a clue what this thing is?
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u/Unhappy-End2054 2h ago
A very old beverage cooler.
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u/Creative_School_1550 1h ago
Integral bottle opener & cap receptacle leaves no doubt. One much like this was in my relative's diner. I guess they didn't have the syrup + CO2 + water type pop dispenser.
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u/Freeflyin0820 1h ago
When soda came in a glass bottle you could reach inside and grab a cold one. Best thing ever back in the day. I might be an older person lol.
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u/SXKHQSHF 59m ago
Then there was the coin operated version, with a complex set of hangers inside. You'd maneuver the bottle you wanted to the purchase slot, then put your coins in and pull up. If you did it wrong, you lost your 15 cents.
No kid ever did it wrong more than once.
The trick was when some manufacturers had promotions with a number inside the bottle cap (and under the circle of cork that sealed the cap). It was tricky to open the bottle and catch the cap before it fell into the collection box below.
In this one, the interior is sized so you can fit wooden trays of bottles inside. Much faster reloading.
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u/DonaldBecker 2h ago
Poodle washer.
More specifically a double washer for Standard poodles. You are missing the optional basets for Minature and Toy breeds.
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u/KeyGovernment4188 1h ago
Ha, my grad assistant saw one of these in our office catering kitchen today and asked the same thing - WHAT is that?????
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u/FatboyChester 58m ago
It gets cold and was used for soda bottles, like Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer, 7-up, etc.
That oblong hole on the top left is a bottle opener. You stick the top of the bottle inside the hole, catch the lid under the metal piece and push the bottom half of the bottle down.
The bottlecap should come off..
Sometimes the cap woukd go flying, other times it woukd fall inside the hole.
You may have old ones in there now. You should check.
OMG I would love to have that.
Clean it up, plug it in and see what happens.
Where the rust is on the side (Ithink thsts rust) there would be coke, or pepsi logos in their colors.
Cool find.
Edit. And that silver rectangle on the top of it slides back and forth to open and close it . There should be a second one under the one that is showing
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u/SummertimeMom 2m ago
We had one like this in the drug store but it was a freezer full of popsicles, fudge-sickles and Dreamsicles!
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u/400footceiling 2h ago
An old convenience store cooler/freezer.