EXTRACTING 
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every time the combs are put in and taken 
out of the extractor, a friction-drive is em¬ 
ployed with means for engaging the power, 
so that the extractor can be stopped and 
started. In fact, any speed desired is ob¬ 
tained simply by the movement of a cam 
lever on the horizontal shaft of • the ex¬ 
tractor. The engine and the horizontal 
shaft of the extractor run all the time, the 
reel being started as the metal disc on the 
horizontal shaft is moved into contact with 
the paper pulley on the vertical shaft of 
the reel. 
When the small handle is in a horizon¬ 
tal position no pressure is exerted on the 
horizontal shaft, and the metal disc does 
not touch the paper-rimmed pulley on the 
reel. As this lever is moved upward into 
a vertical position the cam gradually ex¬ 
erts a lateral pressure on the spring, which 
forces the disc into engagement with the 
before-mentioned paper-rimmed pulley.. 
The reel starts smoothly without any jerk. 
In case of new fragile combs, when it is 
necessary to start very slowly at first so 
that the bulk of the honey will be thrown 
out before the reel catches full speed, the 
cam lever may be moved very slowly into 
its vertical position, or the adjustable col¬ 
lar, against which the spring pushes, may 
be set to the left—that is, toward the metal 
disc—so that the spring does not push 
against it so hard. The lever may then be 
thrown into its vertical position instantly, 
and yet the reel will start slowly and pick 
up speed gradually, not reaching full speed 
until the bulk of the honey is thrown out. 
Where the honey is very thick and the 
combs are new and not strengthened, there¬ 
fore, by layers of cocoon always found in 
the cells of combs used for brood-rearing, 
it is often necessary to start the extractor 
slowly and let it run a few revolutions un¬ 
til perhaps two-thfrds of the honey 5s 
thrown out of the first side of the comb; 
then reverse, and extract all of the honey 
from the other side of the comb, finally 
reversing back again to the first side 
and extracting the rest of the honey there. 
This plan does away with the danger of 
comb breakage. Under such conditions re¬ 
quiring great care it can be seen that if all 
the honey were extracted from the first side, 
which would necessitate running at full 
Ideal arrangement of extractor, pump, engine, tanks, etc. 
