EXTRACTOR. 



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EXTRACTOR. 



The mechanism has beeu greatly improved 

 in workmanship and design. 



TWO-FRAME REVERSIBLE EXTRACTOR. 



Shortly after the two-frame Cowan was 

 introduced in this country (1890), there came 

 a demand from the bee-keepers of the "West, 

 who produce honey by the carload, for ma- 

 chines that would do the work in a still 

 more wholesale way than even the two- 

 frame reversible Cowan. In response to 



INSIDE OF THE FOUR-FRAME COWAN. 



this, four and six frame Cowan machines 

 were made. The same principle of the 

 swinging pockets was used in a large re- 

 volving reel, as in the two-frame machines, 

 with this difference, that all the pockets 

 were geared together so that when one was 

 swung around all would be moved at the 

 same time. In late years this has given 

 way to the 



ROOT AUTOMATIC REVERSIBLE EXTRACTOR. 



This is an improvement over the old orig- 

 inal Cowan because of the fact that it is 



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 EXTRACTOR— SIDE VIEW. 



an automatic reversible machine. The re- 

 versing mechanism, the invention of Frank 

 G. Marbach, is situated on top of the reel, 

 and is actuated by a slight pressure on the 

 brake-lever. Thisaciionis always positive 

 and reliable. Other automatic reversing- 

 devices have been put on the market at vari- 



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 EXTRACTOR — TOP VIEW. 



ous times; but they were so complicated in 

 their action, and so likely to get out of order, 

 that they have never become popular. 



