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General Notes. 
BROOM-MAKING, 
Ove illustration (Fig. I.) shows a cylinder broom corn scraper. It is 0 erated 
a 4 rotary toothed cylinder through its multiplying gearing, by either hand or 
Ps. er power, and is used for cleaning broom corn brush of seed. A. still more 
| “ple contrivance than the cylinder is, and has been, used in Egypt from time 
-} Memorial, called the “ripping comb.” Fig. I. shows a machine for winding 
0m brush, ‘and tying it with a cord or wire preparatory to flattening it in the 
FIGURE 4.—BROOM TRIMMER. 
nite and sewing. Fig. TIT. shows a broom vyce, and is merely a clamp in 
| Ich the round bunch is flattened and held while being sewn. They are made 
ia Work either with levers or with screws. Fig. IV. is a broom trimmer, which 
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“ae rack with a level-slotted aperture on the end of the rear post, which 
dyounts the table, and holds the broom with the assistance of the adjustable 
Tas S the table while the pivoted knife trims it off—Town and Country 
nal. 
