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GLEAMN&S IK BEii CULTUllE. 



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board, which is to rest on the bed-piece; a, a, a, are 

 mortises to receive tenons on the bed-piece and 

 top-bbara; b, b, rabbet, I4 in. deep, whole width of 

 the end-piece, to form a seat for the ends of the 

 bfed-piece and top-beatn, to keep them from warp- 

 inff out of sha]>c, and to give firmness to the frame; 

 c, c, are cleats fastened to the end-pieces with 

 screws, to serve as guides to hold the follower in its 

 ilroper place when it Is pressed Upon the super; d is 

 !i round hole to I'eeeive theg-udg-eOnof the Cylibder; 

 'hiis hole oilght not to lie niade <luite thl-ough to the 

 outside. 



FIG. 3. 



¥he diagram above shows the bed-piece, aud is 

 represented by Y in Fig. 6. It is IJ4 inches thick, 

 24V2 long, and 1.5 wide; e, e^ e, e, are tenons to cor- 

 respond with the mortises a, a, in Pig. 1, and reach 

 through far enough to receive a pin through the 

 holes f, etc., outside of the end-pieces; g, g, are 

 holes for ropes to pass through, and connect the fol- 

 lower with the cylinder; h, h, are dowel-pins to hold 

 the bearing-board in place. 



FIG. 3. 

 Pig. 3 is the top-beam, 34'/2 inches long, 6 wide, and 

 corresponds to U in Fig. 6. The hole in the center, 

 at I, is to allow the"passage of a rope, S, in Fig. 6, to 

 connect the follower with the spring, to draw it up- 

 ward out of the way when placing the supers upon 

 the bearing-board. The follower Is composed of 

 three pieces— one sliding-beam and two presser-feet. 

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L PIG. 4. J 



Fig. 4 represents the sllding-beam. It should be 

 made of hard wood, 24 in. long, 6 in. wide, and one 

 inch thick. J is a staple or hook to receive the rope 

 (S, Fig. 6) attached to the spring above; the small 

 hooks beneath are for the i-opes or straps to con- 

 nect with the cylinder R, Fig. 6; 1, 1, are gains, or 

 notches, '4 inch deep, to form a seat for the presser- 

 feet, and to hold them in place; m, m, are holes for 

 pins or bolts to hold the presser-feet last to the slid- 

 Ing-beam. 



Fig. 5, corresponding to Q, Fig. 6, 



shows the form of the presser' 



feet. These should be made of 



f some kind of hard wood, 10 inches 



, wide, 11 inches high, and ^4 of an 



I inch thick. A mortise is made at 



j,,jQ 5 the u])i)cr end, .'> inches deep, one 



inch wide, and open at the top, as shown. A hole is 



bored through where the dotted line is seen in the 



notch. These presser-feet stand at right angles to 



the sliding-beam, the notch 1, Fig. 4, fitting into the 



notch, or shoulder, seen in Fig. 5. A bolt or pin 



passing through the hole indicated by the dotted 



line, holds the presser-feet securely to the sUding- 



bcam ; and this constitutes the follower. When the 



machine is put together, the ends of the sliding- 

 beam are ])laced between the guides, c, c. Fig. 1, 

 whifcih form grooves in which it slides up and down 

 when in use. 



The cylinder, indicated by R, Fig. 6, may be made 

 of a piece of solid wood ii inches long and fi inches 

 in diameter. It should be turned off very true and 

 round, of equal size at both ends, having an axis, or 

 gudgeon, at eaclh end, to fit into the hole d. Fig. 1. 



FIG. 6.— BULT/S M.\CHINE COMPLETE, FOR EMPTYING 

 T SUPERS. 



The front side of this cylinder must be in a per- 

 pendicular line with the center of the sliding-beam 

 of the follower. Two ropes (a piece of clothes-line 

 will do) are attached to hooks on sliding-beam. Fig. 

 4. They then pass down through the bed-piece at g, 

 g. Fig. 2, and fasten to the cylinder near each end, 

 as shown in Fig. ti. A third rope is fastened to the 

 cylinder at or near the center, wound once or more 

 around it, as shown. A loop is made in the end to 

 receive the treadle, V, Fig. 6. Any suitable stick 6 

 or 8 feet long will answer for the treadle. Insert 

 one end into the loop In the rope; let the other end 

 rest on the floor, back of the operator. When the 

 treadle Is pressed downward it will cause the cylin- 

 der to revolve in such a manner as to wind up the 

 ropes which are attached to the follower, and draw 

 it downward with equal force at both ends. It can 

 not draw one end any faster than the other. The 

 guides hold the follower from canting sidewise, 

 thus obviating all danger of twisting the super and 

 breaking the sections or comb. 



TO MAKE THE BEARING-BOARD FOR THK T SUPER. 



Take four pieces, l''.i X 314 X ll^.., inches. Nail on 

 to two sides of each of those blocks a piece of board 

 J4, inch thick, 4;'4 long, and IPi wide, thus forming 

 a sort of bpx without ends, 11?4 inches long, 4Ji 

 deep, and 3^4 wide, outside measure. These are for 

 the sections to bear upon when the super is being- 

 removed, and so construt^ted that all the pressure 

 will be near the corner of the section, so as not to 

 spring the bottom-bar and break the comb. 



Those blocks are all set ui)on a bottom-board, and 

 spaced off to correspond with the rows of sections 

 in supers, being careful to have the end of each 

 block in line with all the others. When properly 

 placed they should be fastened with screws to the 

 board. A little more than Vt inch of space is al- 

 lowed between these blocks for the passage of the 

 T tins in the supers. When completed, the bearing- 



