The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
oIL.ExTRAcTINe PRESS.
A Device Patented By Norfolk Man
 Will Displace Machinery.

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 From the Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 There has been tested in this city during the past year a machine for which a great deal is claimed by its owners. It is an oil extracting press l of a new pattern, which, because of it's l economy and efficiency. say the own CTS, will dsplace from ss coo to $1o.0O0,- 600 worth of machinery in the south and make far greater prosperity because it will dispense with near all the manual labor required by the present mills, and will thus solve the labor problem for that business in the south. The working of the machine has been observed with much interest by important corporations in this country and Europe, who have sent their officers and agents here to see it in oper- ation. The machine was yesterday shipped to the Jamestown exposition, where it will be exhibited next summer.
 The machine was built by the Confee- tioners' Machinery and Manufacturing company for the Continuous Extracting Press corporation of 26 Broadway, New ' York. J. J. McNaly of Norfolk Va, and J. C. Fiddyment of Chicago are the paten- tees. During most of last year extensive experiments have been made with the fiye-ton machine, and in the past few weeks the results in the extraction of oil from cotton seed and other such vegetable oil products have been very satisfactory. The extracting press corporation was or ganized two years ago to own and control the patents and business. It is composed of business men from New York, Chicago and Providence, R. l. The company has several machines somewhat similar to the one here, but built for the extraction of fish oil, now In operation in some cities of the south, and six more in process of con- struction. The machine built in this city is heavier than those now in use, and can be used for the extraction of these various products. Heretofore oil extracting has been done with hydraulic presses. The principle of the continuous extracting press is steel screw increasing gradu- ally in diameter toward the exit end. This is inclosed by a solid cylinder perforated with strainers through which the oil and liquids eXude and which restrain the solid materials that are finally forced in hardened mass through the exit end. The press dspcnses entirely with the expen- sive camefs hair press cloth now needed for the hydraulic press system. The lat ter system is the only one now occupying the field, and has been in existence for the past forty years. 1t is claimed that the machine extracts from three to five gallons more cotton seed oil to the ton of cleaned material than does the hy- draulic press. Its capacity Is 50 tons of cotton seed each "A hours, three times the capacity Of the standard hydraulic press,
 In the past few weeks officials of the American Linseed company American Cotton oil company. Southern Cotton oil company. Corn Products company, Baker Castor oil company and the Cotton and Fibre company have been in the city and watched the experiments The results are said to have been satisfactory Pat ents have been secured in Europe, and representatives from companies in Eng land, France and Swltzerland have been here to see the machine work. The Con- fectioners' Machinery and Manufacturing company's plant was so crowded that the machine had to be set up in the brick building at 36 Essex street, where the eX periments have been conducted. If the machine proves adequate to all practical demands of the trade it is claimed it will revolutionizc the work of the hundreds of mills in which the hydraulic press now holds sway Bids for more machines will be asked for from several machinery manufacturing companies, including the Confectioners company.