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Vintage briefcase anti-theft device.
Previously:
Rolls-Royce retracting anti-theft hood emblem - GIF
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will52100 (Feb 11, 2019)
Well certainly any bystanders speared on the extended arms will slow down the thief...
Probably not a lot of room left in that briefcase for your average contents....Would love to see the reaction if the device failed to activate until the thief jumped into his waiting get-away vehicle....Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat
Did it have CA glue on the handle? I dunno, but whoever came up with this, surely didn't get a patent...right?
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The handle was spring loaded to retract when the telescopic radials extended.
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I used to have a collapsible stainless drinking cup. About a 1/2 inch tall when collapsed and held around 8 ounces when extended.
That twirling stick looks to be about 55 mm by 27 mm in her hand and extends to at least 2 meters assuming each segment extended by 50 mm it would take 40 segments lets further say that there was a 3mm hollow center for the compressed activation spring this would leave around 12 mm per side to fit the segments into or each segment would be around .3 mm about twice the thickness of the tape in a tape measure or in American standard sheet metal gauge 30ga
Very doable
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I wonder if it might be compressed gas operation?
It could be although if it were the gas cylinder would have to be very cmall in diameter and it wold be a 1 time activation.
The more I think of it I may have touched on the means with the tape measure comment. instead of 40 or so individual slightly tapered segments it could have been a single or perhaps 2 coiled springs Which actually makes more seance because a coil would have stored energy. 2 coils would extend in each direction allowing for the major diameter to be in the center and tapering to the ends this would lend to the staff being balanced better for twirling.
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Now that I like and would be useful. Like to see that up close and how it's made.
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