Apparatus for treatment of fiber-bearing and other plants.
Be it known that I, GEoncn VILIJIAM SCHLICHTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Treatment of Fiber-Bearing and other Plants, of which the following is a specification. This invention .relates to the operation whereby the stalks, leaves or other parts of fiber bearing plants, in particular such as ramie, flax, hemp, jute, sesbania and the like, are manipulated, and the fiber or the seed thereof is separated from the woody, fleshy and refuse material contained in the stalks, etc. The main object of the invention is to separate and clean the fiber from the fiber bearing stalks or plants without entanglifig, breaking, tearing or injuring the fiber or making the same towey. Another object of the invention is to provide for extracting and saving the seed of flax,