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means of which the honey is allowed to flow direct from the 
extractor into a strainer, and thence into a tank, the whole 
process being automatic, so that the pure honey can ultimately 
be drawn off from the tank without further trouble, direct 
into the packing tins or other vessels. 
In both figures, A represents an ordinary two-comb extractor, 
fixed on a platform about 2ft. 7in. above the level of the floor 
at one end of the extracting-house ; B, the strainer; CO, a 
double tank; D, the position of a 60 lb. tin or other vessel 
ready to be filled from the tank ; and E, the uncapping can. 
The strainer is a vessel of strong tin, stretching across the 
double tank, on the outer edges of which it rests by means of 
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flanges attached to its ends. The bottom, for one half its 
length, is close, the other half having a fine wire gauze (sixteen 
wires to the lineal inch) let in and soldered like a milk strainer. 
By simply turning the strainer end for end, it can be made to 
work into either of the two divisions of the tank. The honey 
as it flows from the extractor, passes first throuch a rough 
strainer, consisting of a frame of wood, two inches deep and 
