434. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1901. 
Agricultural Patents. 
PATENTS ACCEPTED. 
Serirrine anp Derrerariye Ramre.—Class 39 (11 Figures)—5968: 
Eyssen-Packer Defibrator Company, of No. 60 Grand street, Jersey City, 
Hudson, New Jersey, United States of America (assignees of Warren Seymour 
Belding). “ Machine for Defibrating Ramie and other Fibrous Plants.” “Dated 
16th April, 1901. (Drawings on application ; specification, 36s.) This machine 
treats each stalk singly ; the stalks are hand-fed between guides to grippin 
and guiding rollers consisting of a lower fluted roller and an upper Vosto oneal 
roller (spring-supported), in which both the thick and thin parts of the stack 
will be fairly centred and guided to the splitting roller. The splitting roller 
has a circular knife-edge which is opposed to a deep-grooved roller, so that one 
side of the fibrous shell with the pith and wood is split; behind the splitting 
edge is a plough-like spreader or guide, which opens out the stalk and conducts 
it between flattening rolls, the lower of which also carries a travelling belt, on 
which the split stalk is spread out in a ribbon form with the fibrous shell upper- 
most and the refuse underneath; the ribbon next passes under several rapidly- 
rotating cleaning brushes, and is then gripped at the forward end (by travelling 
belts on rolls) and dragged over a self-tipping scraping-knife, whereby the 
refuse is cut or scraped below a deflecting belt and the shell of fibre is carried 
forward in a straight and cleaned condition between the gripping rolls and 
delivered at the exit. The short tips which are gripped and escape the scraping- 
knife are afterwards cleaned by thrashing. (87 claims.) 
Crrantna Pan For SuGcar Jorce.—Class 30 (2 Figures)—5922: James 
William Strachan, of 35 Bartley street, Brisbane, engineer. “ Cleaning Pan 
for Sugar-cane Juice.” Dated 5th March, 1901. (Drawings, 5s.; specification, 
6s.) The juice (if previously treated) must not have been heated above 206 
degrees Fahr. This pan consists of an elongated shallow trough with splayed 
sides and ends. There are longitudinal steam pipes along the bottom, arranged 
so that the heat is greatest down the centre and diminishes also from the centre 
to the sides. The juice is run in at one end. The ebullition causes the seum to 
collect on the splayed sides, from which it is removed intermittently, although 
the juice may run continuously. (2 claims.) 
Drereasine Woon with CARBON-TETRACHLORIDE, AND PLANT.—Clasg 27 
(5 Figures)—5975: Georges Peltzer, of the firm of Peltzer et Fils, of Rue 
David, Verviers, Belgium, manufacturer. ‘‘ Process and Apparatus for Hx- 
tracting Fatty Matters from Wool.” Dated 26th April, 1901. (Drawings, 
10s. ; specification, 13s.) The wool may be previously washed with water to 
remove soluble salts and earthy matter, after which it is treated with carbon- 
tetrachloride, either by passing the wool through the solvent or by forcing the 
solvent through the wool, in either case means being used to prevent waste by 
evaporation. The apparatus consists of modifications of ordinary woolscouring 
plant, in which provision is made for the constant submersion of the CCl, under 
a bath of water, or its enclosure in vapour-protecting shields. The solvent js 
squeezed out of the wool by rollers, and recovered at the bottom of the vats, its 
high specific gravity facilitating this operation; the fat is separated from the 
solvent by distillation. (5 claims.) 
Wrre-stramine Lever anp Currer.—Class 385 (8 Figures)—5764; 
Henry Arthur Green, of Dubbo, New South Wales, mechanic. “An Tm- 
proved Wire-strainer and Cutter.” Dated 12th November, 1900. (Drawings, 
2s. 6d.; specification, 2s. 6d.) This hand-lever Sp pace has a jamming do 
pivoted at one end, which grips the wire against a folded part of the lever-bar: 
the tail of the dog forms a fulcrum used against the fence-post so that the 
pressure tightens the dog against the wire. After each pull of the lever the 
wire is temporarily jammed in the post with the usual tapered wedge. ‘The 
folded edge of the lever is steeled and sharpened for cutting by impact, and 
the other end has holes for twisting wires. (1 claim.) 
