KLUSEMAXN PRESS. 



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mixing pressed clay with water. Here, as in the clay-mixer, 

 the mass is worked by knives and screw-formed cutters, and is, 

 at the same time, forced through a very contracted opening. 



FIG. 3. 



Side View and Section of Klusemann Press. 



In the Klusemann press this is effected by a perforated cone 

 L. which works in a perforated cylinder, and is furnished with 

 iron or steel blades placed in screw form. These blades seize 

 and force down the cossettes which are fed in at the top; and as 

 the cone expands at the bottom, and the cylinder is of e'qual 

 diameter throughout, it is evident that a strong pressure must 

 be given to the cossettes as they approach the contracted open- 

 ing between the cone and cylinder at the bottom. 



