A New Flax-Dressing Machine.
— "•" — ■ iPBB PM«S ABBOCHTION.J Wbimngton, July 31 A resident of Lower Hutt has perfected a machine for dressing flax. which he claims will effect a great saving as to quantity and cost oi production. The leaf runs from the " feed " of the machine under a plough on the knife, which splits it, then it passes between two tightly set rollers, which causes most of the gum to elude, the residuum being got rid of by the remaining portion of the operation, which drags away the green envelope, leaving the fibre to fall under the machine practically ready for baling after a few hours' drying. The removal of the outer coating is effected by means of knives placed lengthwise ion two .rapidly revolving drums, which are set sufficiently close together to allow the leaf to go between the scrapers or "knives. The inventor states he can put through from fifteen cwt. to a ton of cut flax per hour, and that the machine requires only half ; the motive power needed by the other flax dressing machines.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 27, 1 August 1894, Page 3
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178A New Flax-Dressing Machine. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 27, 1 August 1894, Page 3
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