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Portable "Duchemin" Fibre Tools. 

 {Patented.) 



I— Defibreur. 



Made in bronze or steel, with inter- 

 changeable knives, the workman inserts 

 the leaves to be deribred by means of the 

 horizontal guide, regulating the pressure 

 by the pedal, then pulling the leaves 

 towards him all pulp is exuded leaving 

 the fibres clear and ready for drying. 



This Tool is eight inches high and 

 fourteen incites long, weight only 6 lbs. 



By attaching new knives when requir- 

 ed, the Machine will last an indefinite 

 time. 



The Defibreur can readily be fixed 

 either by inserting into a notch cut across 

 a small sapling as shown in illustration, 

 or fixed to a log driven into the ground 

 or attached by two screw-bolts to a 

 stout plank forming part of a bench, 

 id a coil of wire are supplied free with 



The method of working the Defibreur is as follows :— The work- 



s upon the pedal and then inserts a few inches of the 

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him— in ; 

 from all pulp, 

 process repeated 

 Defibreur Wo. 2 



I 7 r F P eaal and then inserts a tew inches oi i"c 



leaves of the plant to be treated, releases the pedal, rolls the ends of 

 the leaves upon a small wooden peg and pulls steadilv towards 

 nds he has a hundfull of clear white fibres free 

 ame is laid aside lengthways to dry and the 



II —The Decoupeur. 



*J~r}?T- i0 ^ 0X Y} n Z the lea ves of the Lilies they must be cut in 

 jnpsoljmch W ide, and the trunks of the Bananas into lengths 

 about I inch wide. I n order that the defibrage may be effectual, 



