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Another cross piece on 

 which to scrape wax and 

 honey from the knife is an 

 advantage. The cappings 

 drop into the barrel and 

 the honey drains into the 

 tub below through cracks 

 in the barrel. The advan- 

 tage of this cheap mechan- 

 ism is that when one barrel 

 is well filled with cappings, 

 the outfit may be set aside 

 to drain and another one 

 substituted. More elabo- 

 rate tanks (Fig. 120) have 

 been devised for this pur- 

 pose which have the ad- 

 vantage of durability and 

 permanence. These tanks 

 may be made either of 

 sheet metal or of wood lined with tin. A screen is ar- 

 ranged in the box on which the cappings fall and the honey 



drains into the lower 



space. 



Capping melters. 



A later develop- 

 ment in imcapping 

 cans is a piece of ap- 

 paratus in which the 

 cappings are melted 

 at once and the honey 

 and melted wax run 

 out. Honey is then 

 quickly drawn off 

 from the bottom of 

 Fig. 120. — Tank to receive cappinga. the receptacle leaving 



Fig. 119. — Capping melter. This also 

 shows the proper method of remov- 

 ing cappings. 



