For Sorting Tea

Some interest has been created by the announcement that a tea sorting machine has been invented in India. From the description given this machine consists of two angular steel frames measuring 8 feet long at the top and 9% feet at the base, standing 2% feet high, placed opposlte each other, and stayed together two feet apart. Between these opérate with a reciprocating motion two long light steel f rarnes.which are the sifters, placed one above the other, these working on four oscillating levers, , '.urely fastened to the angle steel frame inside at four points Dy strong casehardened pins, upon which they act from the center; the upper sifter is firmly secured by trunnion brackets on the side to the levers at the top, and the lower one in the same way underneath. Both sifters have an independent action, and work in opposite directions at 100 to 140 revolutions per minute; the upper sifter inclines toward the crank, and these are fltted with four siz; i of meshes, two in each, the trays being interchangeable sliding trays and underneath.