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abundant opportunity to go through, Mr. Hamilton has 

 arranged a series of 'joggers' which are below the belts 

 and which catch the apples partly through the holes and 

 turn them over slightly as they pass along. These 'jog- 

 gers' are set at an angle, slanting with the direction the 

 belt travels; they are held by slight springs so that if an 

 apple were firmly caught in one of the openings it could 

 not be bruised in the slightest in passing these 'joggers;' 

 the springs would simply permit the latter to drop back 



Upper end of the machine with bins of apples on each 

 side. The sorters work at these bins. 



and allow the apples to pass. As there are about three of 

 these 'joggers' on each division of the belt, every apple is 

 given three slight turns as it passes, and if it has a smaller 

 diameter which will permit its passage through the hole, it 

 is pretty sure to fall 'through before it passes to the belt 

 with the larger openings. 



"The openings in the belt of the second section are two 

 and three-quarters inches in diameter. We will assume 



