PEACH-SIZING MACHINE. 



cumbersome splice. The crop is sized and distributed to packing 

 bins having adequate space to accommodate ten to fifteen packers, 

 who normally can pack the fruit fast enough to keep up with the work 

 when the machine is running at full capacity. 



Fig. 2. — Side view of conveyer. 



The tracks are supported by overhead iron braces attached to the 

 central structure of the sizing section in such a way that the peaches 

 have an unobstructed path in dropping through to the packing bins. 

 The tracks in which the ropes travel are made of straight-grained white 

 pine and are grooved out, as illustrated, to carry the ropes and to 



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Fig. 3. — Cross-section view. 



keep them accurately lined and exactly spaced throughout their 

 length. The ropes are f-inch 3-strand cotton rope and are very 

 flexible. This flexibility makes it easier to keep the rope in the 

 grooves. The ropes are also held in the grooved tracks by the tension 

 produced by weight idlers under the machine. A piece of stretched 



