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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 



THE RICKE SECTION- FOLDER AND FOUNDA- 

 TION-FASTENER. 



A Simple, Cheap, and Practical Machine that any 

 Mechanic can Build. 



BY HON. J. M. HAMBAUGH. 



I have the pleasure of mailing 3'ou photos of 

 the new Ricke section-press and foundation- 

 fastener, all in one machine. See Fig. 1. No. 

 2 shows Miss Maude Ricke, daughter of the in- 

 ventor, Mr. F. W. Ricke, in the act of pressing 

 a section which she has just folded from the 



pile on the right. This is done by pressing a 

 lever with the foot, which brings the notched 

 block from above down upon the dovetailed 

 section joints. The lever then being raised, 

 the block is lifted by a coil wire, the spring of 

 which can be seen at the top of the machine. 

 This done, the section is simply removed and 

 dropped down on the folder (see Fig. 3) ; a strip 

 of foundation is placed in position, the folder 

 pressed in, and the heat from the lamp, as seen 

 in the cut, instantly melts, and as quickly fas- 

 tens the wax to the wood, and the section is 

 ready to set at once in its place in the super or 

 section-case. 



FIG. 1. — MR. W. F. RICKE AND HIS COMBINED SECTION-PRESS AND FOUNDATION-FASTENER. 



