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Plastic clips of some kind, found during housecleaning. Coin is a US quarter, for scale. Could they be part of an air fryer? Not sure whether to throw them out. Thx.

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 48 points 1 day ago

The orange ones are inkjet printer cartridge caps that go over the ink-dispensing ends.

[–] Sprondar@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Looks like covers for inkjet printer cartridges.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

It's an American coin worth 25 US cents, or a quarter of a US dollar. thus, it is known as a "Quarter."

[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The white one is the foot from a pedestal fan. They have pair of legs at the bottom which cross at 90° and on the ends of the legs they have these little plastic snap in feed. They raise the metal off the ground and balance the whole fan, but if you step on the leg the foot bit flies out like a weapon.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Ohhh thanks I know what fan they came from. Also thanks above for the answers about the printer cartridge covers.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The orange ones are covers for inkjet printer cartridges.