Second Hand Store - Auburn NY

[amecks]

I posted a huge antique puller in the What's It Forum.  This is what I bought at this store.  The store used to be a Volunteers of America, then a "flea market" moved in next door.  Eventually the VOA went away and the flea took over the building.  Large building with ground floor, upstairs and a basement - where they toss the tools.  There has been some (very little) effort to organize the stuff but its mostly still in the boxes it arrived in.  I spent about 45 minutes looking around.

1)B*K 4-1368 Tire Cleaner - a fine brass wire brush - which I carried with me to clean the tools off as I searched.
2)Huge-a** weed popper!  Wm. Johnson Inc Newark N.J. where I was born.  I use these things around the house and had to buy this one.  Dandelions -  be afraid, be very afraid. 
3) A 4 IN ONE Screwdriver Made In U.S.A. -  I use these around the house and carry them in tool kits as well as the motorcycles tool kits.
4)I was pretty sure this was a grease gun but didn't know for sure til I got it home.  The top cover is stamped "Alemite Lubricator Manufactured By _ The Bassick Mfg. Co. Chicago_Pat'd June 10, 1919 June 24, 1919 Pats. Pend.".  The end cap has a hole about 1/8" or slightly larger.  Full of nasty looking black grease.
{edit}  Just looked up the June 10 patent - "Not known to have been produced".  The June 24 patent mentions Alemite Corp but not much else.  The tool is designed to replace grease cups on autos.  This must have been the first use of a "grease gun"  using couplers (grease fittings) although the patent states it is meant to pump oil not grease.
5)Crimper - Klein & Sons Chicago USA with the Lineman on a Telephone Pole Logo - 102-3 stamped inside one handle.  I just looked at Alloy Artifacts and the logo on this tool is the "Climbing Lineman" that AA states is missing from their examples.  Trademark as below from AA site...

[Yadda]

That is a big weed popper.

[mvwcnews]

On #4, note the last patent is also in DATAMP & relates to the ALEMITE fittings with the studs on the sides.  The corresponding coupling  has  paired "L" shaped slots to lock onto the fitting.
As with all the DATAMP entries, if you have additional information about production , use the "Report Data Errors or Omissions" link to contact the steward for that patent.   Since DATAMP is a collaborative volunteer effort, if you have an area of interest / expertise not adequately represented, feel free to review the section on being a steward, and you may be the right person to help build the resource.   I did that a decade or so ago, and am now "steward" for over 7,000 patents in DATAMP.  It has been a very interesting and educational involvement.

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alemite fittings

mar341 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[amecks]

Thanks guys,  I'll be investigating this further when I get a chance.  After I get it cleaned up I'll see if it actually would work with oil.  If it does it might be a good way to clear out stuck grease fittings.

[Northwoods]

You're going to need a 5' cheater handle on that weed popper--unless you have a chiropractor in the family.