Plate lifter

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title: "Plate lifter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["practical-joke-devices", "industrial-machinery"] topic_path: "general/practical-joke-devices" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_lifter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

A plate lifter or plate wobbler is a novelty item consisting of a tube with a small flat bladder on one end and a bulb on the other. The bladder is to be placed under a plate; inflating it will make the plate wobble. This fake demonstration of psychokinesis

A free plate wobbler was included with the first issue of the British comic magazine Monster Fun and promoted as a "monster mirth maker".

In industry

"Plate lifter" is the name of various devices used in industry for handling heavy metal plates.

References

References

  1. Stringer, Lew. (3 December 2010). "Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Free Inside! - Part 5".
  2. Jillette, Penn. (1992). "Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food". Villard Books.
  3. Nyberg, Tim. (2004). "The Practical Joker's Handbook". Andrews McMeel Publishing.
  4. Kibble-White, Graham. (2005). "The Ultimate Book of British Comics". Allison & Busby.
  5. "Plate Lifter KA94". Fright Depot.
  6. (March 2018). "Plate Lifter". The Joke Shop.
  7. "Sheet Lifter and Plate Lifters". Bushman Equipment, Inc.
  8. "Plate Lifter". Caldwell Lifting Solutions.

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