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The Machine

The Machine

There was some medical equipment left here, among them this portable machine that looks attached to a base board. Again, I have no idea what it is.

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Suction pump?
Scott
Tue 05-03-2005
i really do hope and pray that this is not a piece of medical equipment
anna
Tue 05-03-2005
Motts,
This looks like a portable vacuum pump. We have several like this at the laboratory where I work. They're often used in the older wings of our building that weren't equipped with "in house" vacuum ports.
SinNombre
Tue 05-03-2005
So it's a medical vaccum pump, not something you'd use to clean up, say, spilled Cheerios?
Motts
Tue 05-03-2005
No, definitely not used for Cheerios. In my lab, we use one in the tissue culture hood to provide suction for an aspirator flask. Most modern laboratories have "in house" suction available, so it's not surprising that one of these portable vacuum pumps would be found in an older abandoned medical/laboratory facility.
SinNombre
Tue 05-03-2005
I knew someone would know, thanks for the interesting info SinNombre!
Motts
Wed 05-04-2005
suction machine
Jill B
Wed 08-03-2005
Yup, a vacuum pump. Even if you do have suction on `tap,' that doesn't mean that the contractors remembered to hook it up in *every* fume hood that you have. Accordingly, these become very nice for facilitating your vacuum distillations, etc.
Chiral
Thu 12-01-2005
anna, not too familiar with medical equipment, huh? Ever seen an endoscope? Better yet, ever seen an endoscope and then thought about where it spends its more useful hours?
Neo
Mon 12-19-2005
no Neo , Ive never seen an endoscope, and Ive never seen an endoscopy performed. Are you offering to show me?? :-)
anna
Tue 12-20-2005
Nah not today, just thought I'd remind you that there are much more hideous machines used in hospitals everyday.
Neo
Tue 12-20-2005
Thats deff a portable suction machine..not a big deal its standard equiptment
Sydkitten
Tue 01-17-2006
An early attempt at lyposuction?
MMG
Tue 03-14-2006
It's a portable suction machine. nothing more, nothing less.
J~
Sat 03-24-2007
looks like an old Electrolux vacuum cleaner, so I guess everyone's right, suction!
eldokid@aol.com
Thu 10-01-2009
Looks like something Anna was using last night !
The Donald
Sat 01-02-2010
I-would-gander-that-it-is-either-a-vacumn-pump,or-a-suction-machine.If-we-could-see-the-front,could-probably-find-out-what-it-is.
Amanda
Mon 04-05-2010
Looks like something Dr. Giggles would use. I'm not asking, though
Inkslayer
Tue 07-20-2010
c'mon!! we all know thats a mid-sized soap dispenser lmao
colin
Mon 01-24-2011
Maybe a corpse grinder ?
PeggyS.
Sat 12-29-2012

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