A Valuable Invention
—o—- — machine, recently invented by Mr A. L. J. Tait, for treating New Zealand flax was (says the Melbourne Argus) shown at work on the 3rd inst. at 182, Moray street, South Melbourne. The green flax blades are feed into the machine one at a time, and are taken by feed rollers against the face of a large revolving drum, with an intermittent rubbing action against a cushion plate. This disintegrates the green fleshy substance from the fibre, which is then carried along by an endless belt under a spray of water, where revolving scrapers press out the juice and colouring matter. The fibre leaves the machine in long, straight strands, of good colour, and requiring very little scratching. Mr Tait says that additions which can be made to the machine dry the fibre, scrutch it, and leave it ready for baling, but these were not shown at work. The inventor intends to take his machine to New Zealand, where the flax industry is an extensive one
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 7, 16 January 1906, Page 2
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170A Valuable Invention Waipukurau Press, Issue 7, 16 January 1906, Page 2
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