1868 The complete Practical Distiller

rOTATOES— REDUCTION.

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serves to separate from the cylinder the broken potatoes that might stick to it. h, if j, k are movable boards held by two grooves these close the interior part of the machine, and form one side of a chest which receives the broken potatoes. These are let out on the side i through a mobile shutter. The construction of this machine is extremely simple, not at all expensive, and very little subject to repairs. Two handles have been fixed to it, though one man might work it ; but it would be better, in an uninterrupted work, to employ two men. 1000 kilogrammes (about 2000 pounds) of potatoes may thus be reduced in the course of ten or twelve hours ; a greater product might be obtained by applying more force to it, and by making use of such wheels as would accelerate the rotation of the cylinders. 10*