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EXTRACTORS 
pockets, and at the same time holds the 
top of them against the centrifugal force 
that is enormous. A pressure on the re¬ 
speed. Tliis will remove three-fourths of 
the honey on that side. The combs are 
then reversed at slow speed, when the 
The Buckeye central-pivot reversing extractor is 
much more efficient in time and labor, and in the 
saving of the breakage of combs than the other 
machine during the period of reversing. The re¬ 
versing can be _ accomplished at low speed, full speed, 
or constantly, without stopping or slowing down 
the reel. As will be seen, each pock¬ 
et is surmounted at the top with a 
ring, inside of which are teeth that 
mesh with a small pinion, the pur¬ 
pose of which is twofold—to prevent 
the top of the pocket from flying 
out hy centrifugal force, and to assist 
in reversing. The ring and pinion 
at the top of the basket make it pos¬ 
sible to insert the combs and yet al¬ 
low it to reverse on a central pivot 
or on the imaginary axis that passes 
thru the center of the comb and the 
pockets lengthwise. Exactly in line 
with this axis is a pinion at, the bot¬ 
tom, mounted on a large ring or spi¬ 
der which is secured to a hollow 
shaft loosely journaled to the main 
shaft to which power is applied. 
versing lever causes all the 
baskets to reverse simultane¬ 
ously, even tho the reel of the 
extractor is running at full 
speed. The arrangement of 
the internal gear or pinion 
leaves the pockets clear, so 
that it is possible to insert the 
combs and to remove them as 
machine can be speeded up to 
its capacity; but before it 
reaches full speed most of the 
honey is extracted from both 
sides of the comb. A second re¬ 
versing cleans the first side. The combs 
lightened of their weight can be 
cleaned almost dry at a high speed. 
There is no slowing nor stopping two 
times in order to reverse, as in the 
older styles of machines. 
Where American foul brood is pres¬ 
ent in the locality the beekeeper may 
be compelled to melt up many of his 
old combs and rely largely on new 
ones built from foundation. It is 
these new first-year combs that are fa¬ 
vored in the new machine reversing on 
a central pivot. 
The wire baskets for holding the combs 
in this machine are removable—a feature 
that will be appreciated by those who like 
to clean or sterilize the extractor after ex¬ 
soon as they are extracted. 
With this machine it is pos¬ 
sible to reverse every comb 
four or five times at full 
speed; but it is better to take 
most of the honey from one 
side at a comparatively slow 
This is a top view looking down into the eight-frame Buckeye 
extractor, the pockets of which are reversed on a central pivot. 
It will be seen that it is perfectly easy to insert and remove the 
combs, and the tops of the pockets are firmly held in place, no 
matter how severe a strain may be placed on them. The act of 
reversing is accomplished by means of sprocket wheels that are 
made integral with the pinions meshing with the internal gear 
or rims at the top of each pocket. Each of these sprockets is 
actuated by a chain driven from a sprocket mounted on a hol¬ 
low shaft loosely journaled on the main shaft from which power 
is received. 
