FR2971670A1 - Beehive lifting device, has two elements assembled with each other, where each element includes adjustment and lifting wheel prolonged by lifting and adjusting screw and allowing lifting of beehive through sliding guide - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has two elements assembled with each other, where each element includes a support (1), a wedge (10), a locking pawl (11) and two arms (3). Each arm includes a toothed rack segment (4) with a bolt (5). Each element includes a lug (6) inserted in a recessed handle (13) of a beehive (12), and a heel (7) resting on a base (15) supporting the beehive. Each element includes an adjustment and lifting wheel (9) prolonged by a lifting and adjusting screw (2) and allowing lifting of the beehive through a sliding guide (8).

Description

The present invention relates to the field of beekeeping, At a certain time the beekeeper is brought to clean the plate {floor} of his hives; the accumulation of particles of wax, dead insects or other (aeration grid, when there is one, engorged) makes it a breeding ground for the emergence of diseases that may be harmful to the colony. Of course, the workers assigned to this task use it more or less effectively. It is therefore necessary to help them. This work of sanitation carried out by the beekeeper is also what the workers have to do less and can devote themselves to the other tasks of the colony with more availability. Most of the time, to carry out this important operation, it was necessary to be two. A first person raises the hive, at the risk of injuring the kidneys; a hive weighs between 25 and 45 kg or + and the position is not always adequate to lift it. Another person takes off the tray from the body of the hive with a tool, scraper or other. The hive is then deposited next to its initial location from where the bees' frenzy and stress of returning to forage does not immediately return to their colony. 2971670 -2- Then the reverse operation after the tray has been cleaned or replaced. The present invention relates to a device that allows a person, without lateral displacement of the hive, without effort, to lift one or two cm, the hive, which is sufficient to take off and remove the tray for cleaning or change, 5 limiting the panic of the bees, without stress, in peace. The first element of the invention FIG. 1 is composed of a support (1) of an adjusting and lifting screw (2), of two arms (3), of which a segment with rack (4), two retaining bolts (5), a lug (6) to be inserted in the handle bowl 10 of the hive (13) Figure 4, .. a heel (7) coming to rest on the base (15) supporting the hive (12) Figure 4, sliding guides in one another (g), a control and manual lifting control wheel (9) and screw (2) inclined outwardly facilitating the maneuver, two. offset shims (10). The second element of the invention, FIG. 2, is composed of a support (1) for a setting and lifting screw (2), a lug (6) inserted into the combed bowl of the hive ( 13) Figure 4, a heel (7) coming to rest on the base (15) supporting the hive (12), sliding guides: one in the other (8), a control adjustment and lifting manual by a handwheel (9) extended by the screw (2) inclined outwards facilitating the maneuver, two shims (10), a locking pawl (11). The invention, the assembly of the two elements Figure 1 and Figure 2, is illustrated in Figure 3. The device according to the invention is passed over the hive (12) Figure 4, and is positioned against this one.

The heels (7) of the device according to the invention come to bear on the base (15) or the hive rests Figure 4. The device according to the invention is pressed against the long sides of the hive (12), the lugs (6 ) snapping into the bowl handles (13) Figure 4, located on the long sides of the hive (12) Figure 4.

The supports (1) remain locked against the hive (12) by means of the racks (4) making up the arms (3) steps: ratchets (11) in the closed position in FIG. 3. It is sufficient to actuate the device according to FIG. invention by rotating the adjusting and lifting wheels (9) extended by the adjusting and lifting screws (2) which, by pushing upwards, raises the hive by one or two crn; more or less if necessary. The hive top (14) Figure 4 can then be peeled off and removed by sliding it towards the back of the hive like a drawer to be cleaned or replaced.

Claims (2)

CLAIMS1) Device for lifting a hive of one or two cm, more or less if necessary, for removing the tray (14) of this hive (12) for cleaning or replacement. Characterized in that the first member consists of a support (1), an adjusting and lifting screw (2), two arms (3), including a rack-and-pinion segment (4), two retaining bolts (5), a lug (6) inserted into the bowl handle of the hive (13), a heel (7) resting on the base (15) supporting the hive (12), sliding guides l one in the other (8), an adjusting and manual lifting lever (9) and an outwardly inclined screw (2), two offset shims (10) and in that the second element of the invention consists of a support (1), an adjusting screw and lifting (2), a lug (6) to be inserted into the handle bowl of the hive (13), d a heel (7) resting on the base (15) supporting the hive (12), sliding guides one inside the other (8), an adjustment control and manual lifting by a steering wheel 15 (9). ) extended by the screw (2) inclined outwards, two shims (10), a ratchet locking (11) 2) Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the two elements are assembled s.