What's this brass thing??

[Camper292000]

Found this in an old shed.... It seems like it would be a commercial sprinkler part..... But it's hollow in the middle. Any ideas?

 

[StuP]

Definitely a thing made of brass, with some steel bits.

 

[8675309]

looks like an old fire sprinkler head you would see in an old warehouse
or factory

 

[Camper292000]

OK now that I looked it's some of thermostatic control device. From their website. Don't know what it's used for..... Weird it does not block the flow of whatever be flowin

 

[8675309]

looking at the third pic,it has 1990 stamped into it
there goes my theory

 

[BanjoJohn]

THERMOSTAT,FLOW CON
Product/Part Number 1096-X-180-E
AMOT CONTROLS CORPORATION

 

[Durango00]

It's a thingamabob

 

[woodstock]

Everyone knows that's a left handed vapor knuckle

 

[SAR 6114]

That's a hisatoka frikculator valve........I think

 

[Crubear]

You've found the gold at the bottom of araomd's buried PVC pipe