Float (household appliance)

This article describes a utensil for preventing water from spilling out of containers that are being carried. For other meanings see swimmer .

two wooden floats of different sizes, photo taken in 1935 or earlier by Alfred Bogen

The float is a cross made of wood which is used to prevent the water from spilling out when carrying containers filled with water .

Floats are placed on the surface of the water in buckets. When carrying the bucket, in particular by means of a pan placed over the shoulders , the swimmer hinders the movement of the water and thus prevents it from sloshing out.

literature

• Eduard Stegmann, From the folk and customs of Magdeburg and the Börde , Magdeburg culture and economic life No. 4, published by the city of Magdeburg, 1935, page 49 f.