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Pinion and cog-wheel drive

Line drawing of a cylindrical metal honey extractor can with a cutaway showing a wire-mesh basket, a crank-driven gear mechanism on a hinged frame at top, a separate deep cover with a cone-shaped comb-frame rest, a small wire-cloth tray, and a detail plan view of the gear hinge.

HONEY-EXTRACTOREdward T. Lewis · June 5, 1883

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