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Pea-shell′er.


Domestic.) An implement for taking garden pease from their pods.

The sectional view (Fig. 3589) shows one form. The corrugated rollers grasp and burst the pod; the pease fly out, and the pod is carried away by the rollers. Brushes remove particles of pods from the rollers.

Pea and bean Sheller.

In Fig. 3590 the pods are fed by a belt between the elastic surfaces of two rollers, which burst them open, allowing the pease to fall into the tray while the empty pods are carried off by a discharging belt.

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