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Here's a small item I dug early last summer and it's had me baffled. It's only 7/8" (23mm) across at the base and about 1/2" (12mm) across the threaded end. From what I understand the phrase "Made in USA" dates it sometime after 1900. The only thing I can find for the name Schrader is related to valve stems and cores for tires and inner tubes.
It says "Schrader" and "Made in USA" on the side....
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...and it has the number "9253 also stamped on it.
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Here's the threaded end.....
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And the wide end......
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The lip is too sharp for any type of instrument mouthpiece. Any ideas??????
 
I would not be supprised if it was a plumbing part. Some part of a sink or faucet.
 
Schrader is actually very well known for tire valves. Automotive and Trucks. They also made tire pressure guages.
Actually, most people in the tire business will know exactly what you mean when you say "Schrader Valve". If you ever put air in your tires, you will be using one, or a copy of it.
My guess is that it was something that would thread down onto the stem, protecting it from mud or other debris.
Cool find! That brass rings out loud and true, don't it? <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
 
But when I found all that silver color staring back at me I was dumbfounded. Your explanation sounds the most reasonable so far.
 
When you mounted an old tractor or truck tire the stem (on an inner tube) would stick through the rim. this collar would then be screwed down over the end of the valve stem to hold the stem in place against the rim.
In some of the very old inner tubes the valve stem in the tube was either replaceable or available as a repair part. I remember seeing them in my dad's garage. They had a large flange on it that would fit the bend of the flanges at the center of the rim.
Yeah, I know. I'm an old fart. <img src="/metal/html/tongue.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":b">
 
John
Here is a link to some of the history timeline of Schrader/ Schrader
 
I grew up working around a garage and I can remember the replaceable valve stems, but all those stems were threaded and you ran a thin nut down against the rim to hold it in place. Maybe since our garage worked only on cars instead of tractors I wouldn't have seen this collar. Makes perfect sense to me. Thanks Lee!
 
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