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EXTRACTORS 
DETAIL OF FRICTION-DRIVE POWER EXTRACTING GEAR-BAR. 
Control lever in horizontal position, which means that the reel is at rest. Raising this lever to ver¬ 
tical position engages friction disc with paper-rimmed pulley, causing the reel to revolve. To reverse the 
baskets, release lever by moving into horizontal position, and pull the brake lever which tightens brake band 
causing reversing hub to move slower than reel. This difference in speed of hub and reel reverses the bas¬ 
kets thru the action of the reversing arms. 
if the combs are new. Of course, if the 
combs are old such a precaution is not 
necessary, even for a speed of 350 revolu¬ 
tions per minute. 
Record was made of the honey extracted 
from two yards. The total amount ex¬ 
tracted was 15,426 1 /2 pounds; amount of 
honey separated from the wax below the 
capping' melter, 2,852 pounds; wax from 
the cappings, 316 pounds. 
FRICTION DRIVE. 
The friction drive has been in use sev¬ 
eral years, and has been found the most 
satisfactory form of drive for a honey ex¬ 
tractor. It is not adapted, however, for a 
hand extractor, as the ratio of drive is 
about 1 to 1 — that is, equal. The paper- 
rimmed pulley on the vertical shaft may 
he raised or lowered, thus changing the 
ratio of the speed; and while this is of 
- great advantage in 
case the engine speed 
is not exactly right, 
or the size of the pul¬ 
ley is too large or too 
small, nevertheless it 
is not possible to 
“gear up” enough to 
•drive the extractor by 
hand with a crank. In 
other words, it would 
he impossible to turn 
the crank fast enough 
to extract the honey 
sufficiently. For this 
reason some of the 
smaller producers who 
desire a large extrac¬ 
tor, but who do not 
The cam lever in a vertical position. The disc is thus crowded over 
against the paper wheel on the vertical shaft so that the reel turns. 
