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Autoclave

Autoclave

A typical autoclave from the 50's. They were used to sanitize equipment.
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autoclave! AUTOCLAVE!!!!.... ::grumble grumble:: autoclave
sameri G
Fri 07-08-2005
It's amazing how well they've held together and kept their shine. Says something about how they were built.
Murphy
Tue 11-01-2005
I opened and closed this thing as well as viewed many other aspects of KP and it was very remarkable
PatMed06
Sat 02-11-2006
how is that in perfect condition and everything else around it such a mess?
Andrea
Thu 03-02-2006
MMMMM.....Give me your yummy dirty things! MMMMMM.....

This autoclave has a personality all it's own.
reddll
Thu 06-29-2006
still, i can never get over those cool/sinister looking locking mechanisims...
KomanderK
Sun 11-26-2006
i love this.
Ashley
Wed 05-02-2007
the handle got ripped off recentley i believe
scott
Tue 12-04-2007
There was one just like this in the zoology department of Birmingham University (that's Birmingham, England, not Alabama) where my dad worked as a scientist. Used to be scared to death of it as a child, I used to have terrifying fantasies of being locked in it!
This one looks in very good shape though- ANOTHER piece of expensive kit that the Third World's crying out for and the Western world can afford to just let rot....
Owen
Fri 01-04-2008
An Autoclave is a pressure vessel, by it's very nature had to be built to withstand high temperature and pressure. Therefore would last a very long time in inert surroundings.
Patrick
Tue 01-29-2008
I want that locking mechanism now!
BENZ BOY 1996
Sun 02-17-2008
Autoclaves do more than sanitize they sterilize by steam under pressure. They are are made of steel. I was an OR nurse in the Army Nurse Corps and used various sizes of autoclaves.
If you had long hours one could pressure cook a nice meal (potatoes and corn on the cob were quite tasty).
Cate 68
Sun 06-21-2009

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