The left was waterfall decollator: only worked on 2-part forms. Place the "input" printout on the center platform and feed the paper through the top and onto each side. The carbon paper was spooled on a spinning piece in the center. It resembeled a water fountain in operation.
The burster, right, would tear apart perforated forms (if you were lucky, actually on the perfs, not always).
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