Excerpt from Some Performance Characteristics of the Standard Cast-Iron Peanut ShellerThe shelling cylinder is centered concentrical ly within the sheller grate. The standard shell ing cylinder is open with three equally spaced sheller bars that are supported by hubs installed on the ends and middle of the central shaft. Standard sheller bars are 2 - inch and 4 - inch wide cast-iron bars. On their outside surfaces facing the sheller grate, the bars have numerous staggered protrusions, similar to those on the grate, which provide additional corners or edges for breaking open the pods. These protrusions are to hit and stir the peanuts as the bars move.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.