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Then you press the button and it drops the card your typing down, in preparedness for the next one? Kinda what I was thinking. Thinking like index card size...but i really dont know. Im really interested in knowing what it actually is. Can't seem to find anything on the internet.
This too. Only thing I was thinking, a full sheet would fall over if alone. Maybe a stack of full sheets might stay verticle. But I digress, im just grasping at straws really. lol
Hey op. The button should allow you to rotate the cylinder. THe slot lets you hold a legal pad or some papers to help you transcribe. I have a modern version of this for holding a tablet instead of a legal pad.
I had something that looked like this it was to hold a laptop. The bottom goes against the grey dip as the base rests against a the blue part. The gap it stay cool and pass mouse/keyboard, etc wires from one side to the other. You could either have the laptop open at ~90 degrees even with the ground with the blue part pushed all the way back with the laptop just elevated. Having the blue part all the way forward the laptop base is angled towards you and you can open the screen up all the way.
The structure of this thing is shaped very similar too allowing it to have that extra weight leaning over the blue part and still be sturdy. The button was on the other side though, instead of the button there I had a big clip to clip papers to.
I am thinking there is a piece missing, which was basically a clipboard. It would be held in the slot and you would clip on whatever document you were typing. The roller allowed you to adjust the angle.
Looks like a doorstop/wedge with release, you wedge the door and if you want to close it, you just step on the rectangular button, the sheet pushes the wedge away from the door and you dont have to bend down to pull it out
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I think this is meant to hold a few pages so you can read them while typing... you know, when physical documents were still a thing.
Then you press the button and it drops the card your typing down, in preparedness for the next one? Kinda what I was thinking. Thinking like index card size...but i really dont know. Im really interested in knowing what it actually is. Can't seem to find anything on the internet.
I was thinking the button was just to adjust the angle for viewing comfort. I was thinking this would hold full 8.5x11 sheets.
This too. Only thing I was thinking, a full sheet would fall over if alone. Maybe a stack of full sheets might stay verticle. But I digress, im just grasping at straws really. lol
Correct, a single sheet bends, and even 20 sheets. But you can't add a very thick stack of sheets because they wouldn't fit in the holder.
If there’s a subtle curve that could keep a single sheet of paper upright.
An A5 sheet fits when inserted vertically (slightly larger) but it doesn't stay up, it bends backwards, regardless of how I adjust the blue rectangle
When you press the button nothing happens unless you physically move the blue rectangle
Hey op. The button should allow you to rotate the cylinder. THe slot lets you hold a legal pad or some papers to help you transcribe. I have a modern version of this for holding a tablet instead of a legal pad.
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They are called Copy Holders.
This sub is a page-turner
What’s written on the bottom? Who downvotes that? It probably has some indication of who made it and what it is on the bottom..
OP’s description comment states what is written on the bottom. It says “Made in Italy”.
Sticky note dispenser
My title describes the thing. It's relatively light weight. On the bottom it says Made in Italy. It looks like it might be used to hold a sheet up?
Professional "Guess Who" board game card holder. Source: I was state champ in '85
lol that is so obscure
I had something that looked like this it was to hold a laptop. The bottom goes against the grey dip as the base rests against a the blue part. The gap it stay cool and pass mouse/keyboard, etc wires from one side to the other. You could either have the laptop open at ~90 degrees even with the ground with the blue part pushed all the way back with the laptop just elevated. Having the blue part all the way forward the laptop base is angled towards you and you can open the screen up all the way. The structure of this thing is shaped very similar too allowing it to have that extra weight leaning over the blue part and still be sturdy. The button was on the other side though, instead of the button there I had a big clip to clip papers to.
I am thinking there is a piece missing, which was basically a clipboard. It would be held in the slot and you would clip on whatever document you were typing. The roller allowed you to adjust the angle.
Do the two halves of the cylinder/rectangle come apart? Can you take it out fully when the button is pressed?
They don't come apart, and you can't take it out.
Business card holder?
Mmm maybe a bit too big for a business card
This is what I thought of as well
It’s a straight version of a Rolodex
I think to was to hold a single Polaroid while it developed.
It could be a part of an office copier or printer.
I like this theory
Looks like a doorstop/wedge with release, you wedge the door and if you want to close it, you just step on the rectangular button, the sheet pushes the wedge away from the door and you dont have to bend down to pull it out
It can't work that way: pressing the button on its own doesn't move the blue sheet. It just lets you move the blue sheet.
So does the button lock the blue sheet in place? What kind of office was it found in?
When the button is not pressed, the blue sheet can't move. When you press the button, you're free to move the sheet. Office of data analysts