New Ulm review., 1913-12-31
Poultry Dressing Machine e
Perfected by Emil 6.
Berg.
John Hauenstein, Jr. Secures
Patent On New Cigar
Holder.

AZ oitsn hsppeas, . ebsses remark
sssrsed tho trsio Of tAosghs - Km:l g.
Berg, . New Uls boy, which b likely
70 result in . eoodly snoans Of shis
worlds goods for him Hs Aas psr-
iscted mechanical dsvics 70 take tho
pisce Of hsnd labor and . II u the
very frat Of its kind bs will without
donbs 6nd Is Of considerable n0osesTy
yslue 90 long % turkeys and ehicksns
and other fowl rensin The isvorits 4
assh dainties for issssS, s
Five years ago Mr.. Berg vss em-
ploysd by stnsbs Br',shers 10 their
c0nmission business daring No win-
~. Here the, employees found i
pspsssary 70 work long hours y the
dressing Of poultry for market and one
night when I'll wers weary Of tho task
Soma ono spoke up and said "Whya
don't you Invent . machine 10 DO this
business, Bud?" Thst question set
the young man 70 thinking and be hss
kept right u the thinking ever since
and now teels, 10 sure, 10 feet, that he
has arrived st the pOint ~hers he can
answer II satisfactorily.
The machine 10 not . ''pieher" or
''plucker" but operates 70 TsnOve the
feathers BY means 0f sussatnsd frsc-
tionsl contsct and high spsed. Il y
iediustshlo 70 fusl Oi Any sss from No
sptiaeer' 70 IL mOnssss G49isimAasi
birds. I. h alse 8nsssat6 not 80
.laa - - AAaslls y !
prvpsstnKs dressed 10 y 1Or aStkss.
The construction Oi She nashins 10
simpiic,ty itself but sppsrsnsly no one
else eve ( thou.ht of shs neesssity or
practicsbilily Of such ., ,dssies,ss this
70 the drst wherein 'brushes ars used
for The purpose This gives Mr.. Berg
the chance 70 obssin tbs bssic patent
snd hereafter anyone who dssires 70
make use Of the brush devics Tor such
y purpose will be obliged 70 secure
persniss,on from the Origlnslinvsntor.
For shis reason the invention will In
sIj probability br,og Mr.. Berg . nice
little pile Of'resdy cash. , 4
Briefly, the mschine consists Of two
standards which support SwO oOescting
brushes which revOise sOwasd each
Other rapidly, The fowl TO be dressed
Is suspended BY The meek between the
two brushes and its feathers are liter
ally brushed OF. They is.l into =
trough below and . fan carries them
iuso . blower 90 that they do not In
teriere with the operation OF the
machine. The power used may be Of
any sort, steam, electricity or other.
The distsuce between the brushes is
regulated BY lresdle according to
lhe size VI the iOWlto be dressed. The
brushes are made Of non metallic bris-
ties some six inchss long and are
mounted just high enough so that the
operator can conveniently suspend the
fowl by hand.
Mr.. Berg is . son OF FeYd. Berg and
at present is located 10 Faribault
where he is employed BY the Faribault
r'ur1 iture Company. He expects to
r-ceive his letters patent within the
ext month or two.
John HauensteiD, Jr. has also joined
the inventors. He WAS recently gran
ted patent for safety cigarette aud
cigar holder. With this contrivance
smoker can enjoy his cigar even while
the ashes and sparks being
from escaping. The holder
IL hollow cylinder, made Of alumi-
mum and has bit OF bone, metal or
rubber. 1t 10 practicable and ought
10 6nd ready market. Mr.. Hsuen-
stein has also made application for
patents In Germany, England, Austris
and Canada. He viii try To- have is
here and e1pecss - get
t on she market within . year.
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