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Specification. 
of the 
Portable “ Duchemin ” Fibre Tools. 
{Patented.) 
I — Defibreur. 
The Drawing shows this Tool fixed 
to the trunk of a small tree and ready 
for use. 
Made in bronze or steel, with inter- 
changeable knives, the workman inserts 
the leaves to be de fibred 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 inches 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 
ctout plank forming part of a bench. 
The two screw-bolts and a coil of wire are supplied free with 
each Machine. 
The method of working the Defibnntr is as follows : — The work- 
man presses upon the pedal and then inserts a few inches of the 
leaves of the plant to be treated, releases the pedal, rolls the ends of 
the leaves upon a small wooden peg and pulls steadily towards 
him — in a few seconds he has a hundfull of clear white fibres free 
from all pulp. $ame is laid aside lengthways to dry and the 
process repeated. 
Defibreur Wo. 2 — This is another Model for working without the use of pedal. 
II — The Decoupeur. 
Previous to working the leaves of the Lilies they must be cut in 
strips of | inch wide, and the trunks of the Bananas into lengths 
about | inch wide. In order that the defibrage may be effectual, 
