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for the elevator above, two presses can be thus conveniently 

 located. 



In new buildings, or when altering buildings, it is recom- 

 mended to place the press in the factory, and not in a separate 

 building, which is usually colder, since experience proves that 

 the cossettes can be pressed to much greater advantage in a 

 warm than in a cold place. In such a case the pressed cossettes 

 can be carried by a wheeled transporter, an endless screw, a link 

 belt, or some other arrangement into the cossette store-room, 

 and the building need not be more than two stories. 



The press is driven by fast and loose pulleys on the shaft Z, 

 turning a pinion which works into the cog-wheel K. As soon as 

 the hopper^" begins to get empty, the press can be put to work; 

 for, if it be not sufficiently filled,' the pressing will not be so 

 well done. It is important that all the shafts and the cog- 

 wheels be kept well oiled and greased. 



The construction of this press is said to be simple and very 

 strong, having no parts which are easily broken, or which wear 

 out rapidly. The materials used are the best; the iron press- 

 rollers D D, are chilled castings. 



The working of these presses is said to be as simple as their 

 construction. The disks squeeze the cossettes with a direct 

 pressure, almost at right angles. Slipping of the cossettes upon 

 them does not occur, and therefore there is no tearing or de- 

 stroying of their cells. In consequence of this the power re- 

 quired to drive these presses is much less one-fifth or one- 

 fourth only of that of the Klusemann press of equal capacity. 



Advantages claimed for the conical cossette press are: 



1. Extraordinarily great delivery, with excellent pressing. 

 Of the (3) cone presses of varying dimensions, given in the fol- 

 lowing table, No. 1 has a capacity of 250,000 k. daily; No. 2 of 

 190,000 k., and No. 3 of 100,000 k. ; and the work is equally as 

 good as can be obtained on an average from the Klusemann 

 press. 



2. Very slight power required only one-third to one-half 

 horse-power per 100,000 k. daily of beets worked, being only 

 twenty to twenty-five per cent, of the power needed for the 

 Klusemann press. In consequence, 100 tons of beet cossettes can 



