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endless belts which move from the hopper over the entire 

 length of the machine. Each flight consists of a board 

 having four large, round holes drilled in it at equal in- 

 tervals, beneath which is another board similar to the top 

 board, except that part of the wood is cut away, forming 

 a Y notch, (which does not show in the illustration). 

 This lower board acts as a " gate ' ' to the openings in the 



Fig. 27. APPARATUS FOR GRADING FRUIT 



upper board, except when the edges of the holes coincided 

 The "gate," board slides longitudinally with the top 

 board and by sliding it various distances the openings 

 may be increased at will. At intervals along the length 

 of the machine are adjustable gauges, which regulate the 

 size of the opening of each flight as it passes. The small- 

 est fruit is dropped first and so on until the largest is 

 deposited. Sizes from 1% to 3% and larger. 



