US20160330939A1 - Device for uncapping honeycombs - Google Patents

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US20160330939A1
US20160330939A1 US15/105,890 US201415105890A US2016330939A1 US 20160330939 A1 US20160330939 A1 US 20160330939A1 US 201415105890 A US201415105890 A US 201415105890A US 2016330939 A1 US2016330939 A1 US 2016330939A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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  • the aim of this invention is a device for uncapping honeycombs sealed with wax before extracting the honeycomb frame, including a mechanism for feeding the honeycomb frame into the machine.
  • honeycombs taken from beehives are usually sealed with wax.
  • the sealed honeycombs Before processing the honey, the sealed honeycombs have to be uncapped in order to be able to spin the honey inside the honeycomb out of the honeycomb frames. After uncapping the honeycombs, the frames are moved into the extractor, where honey comes out from the honeycombs because of the centrifugal force and drains into a tank.
  • uncapping the honeycombs there are nowadays several different uncapping devices that remove the wax cappings of the honeycomb using static or vibrating cutting knives.
  • the cutting off of the wax cappings is implemented by rigid v-shaped heated cutting knives. These v-shaped blades do not vertically or horizontally tilt according to the surface of the wax combs, but cut off only the thicker parts than the outer covers of the honeycombs.
  • the device according to the publication U.S. Pat. No. 3,068,496A has a rigid cylindrical rotating blade that rubs shallow grooves on the surface of the honeycomb when touching the thick wax capping of the honeycomb frame. Rubbing grooves are longitudinally and laterally formed on the surface of the cylindrical rotating blade.
  • the purpose of the rigid cylinder is to rub smooth grooves, which are roughened with a scratching mechanism, on the surface of the honeycomb frame.
  • the scratching spring loaded fingers function as teeth the purpose of which is to roughen the surface of the honeycomb.
  • the rubbing mechanism of this device is not sufficient on the surface of the honeycomb, so the interior of the honeycombs remains intact and partially covered with wax. In this case, also after using the uncapping device, the honeycombs must be uncapped manually, otherwise even after extracting a lot of honey remains in the honeycombs because some of the honeycombs remain completely sealed.
  • the water heated uncapper device for removing the wax cappings cuts and melts wax grooves onto the wax surface of the honeycombs when the device is strongly pressed against the wax covered surface of the honeycomb frame.
  • the most of the wax grooves created by these means will quickly reseal themselves, because the melted wax immediately solidifies when in contact with the honey in the honeycombs.
  • the purpose of the uncapping device is not to go under the surface of the honeycomb and therefore a part of the wax cap on the honeycomb frame remains intact preventing thereby the honey from flowing out from the honeycombs during the extraction. In this case, removing the wax cappings with a fork is once again necessary before extracting the honey. This method leads to the worst possible result and moreover, it is an arduous, slow and expensive way to destroy the beeswax by repeatedly overheating it.
  • the aim of this invention is to create a new device for uncapping the wax seal covering the honeycombs in honeycomb frames.
  • a characteristic feature of the invention is that said device comprises also perforating elements, which are mounted freely rotatably, and supporting elements, on which said perforating elements are mounted.
  • a characteristic feature for one implementation of this invention is a base, on which the supporting elements are pivoted for turning movement.
  • the device has supporting elements equipped with a member for pressing them from both sides of the honeycomb frame toward the surfaces of the honeycombs.
  • a still further characteristic feature for one implementation of this invention is that said member is a spring mounted between the supporting elements, pulling said supporting elements toward each other with a force that makes the perforating elements attached to said supporting elements pierce through the wax capping.
  • the cutting knives cut the natural beeswax honeycombs and their seals that bees produce open.
  • the honeycomb frame moves forward in the device, the moving perforating elements pressed by springs go inside the wax cells of the honeycombs breaking thereby their covers. The movement of the perforating elements causes a flow of honey out from the honeycombs and also small amounts of wax stick to the honey.
  • the uncapping device the uncapped honeycombs drain from honey while extracting more rapidly and the honeycombs will be emptier than they would be when uncapped in a traditional way.
  • a remarkable benefit of using this uncapping device compared to other devices for uncapping honeycomb frames is that no additional uncapping with a fork tool is necessary.
  • the amount of honey possibly still remaining in the honeycomb frames is remarkably smaller than by using other known devices for uncapping honeycomb frames. It is to mention that the uncapping done manually using the fork tool is physically exhausting for the worker and it also slows down the processing of honey.
  • FIG. 1 is a drawing showing the functioning principle of the present invention, wherein the honeycomb frame is moving vertically upwards and downwards, while the springs press the rotating blades against the wax covered surface of the honeycomb frames.
  • FIG. 2 is a view of the blade shaft assembly, on which the blades and the washers for separating said blades are mounted on a slide bearing.
  • FIG. 3 is a cut view of the blade shaft assembly, wherein all the blades are mounted on the same shaft with the help of a slide bearing.
  • FIG. 4 is a view of the blade shaft assembly, wherein sets of blades are separately pivoted and pressed by springs.
  • the device 1 and the honeycomb frame 2 according to the present invention are shown in the drawings FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
  • the honeycomb frame 2 travels in this implementation example vertically with the help of the chain mechanism 3 , only a small portion of said chain mechanism is shown in the drawings.
  • the device 1 consists of a base 4 , on which the supporting elements 5 and 6 are rotatably pivoted, using means shown more precisely on FIG. 2 .
  • the blade shafts 7 and 8 are mounted on said supporting elements 5 and 6 .
  • Said supporting elements 5 and 6 consist thereby of two essentially vertical bars, between of which said blade shafts are mounted.
  • the freely rolling rotating blades 11 and 12 are mounted using slide bearings 9 and 10 on the blade shafts 7 and 8 . On said rotating blades there are several teeth, for instance about 8-12 of them.
  • the rotating blades do not necessarily have to be mounted freely rotatably.
  • the blade shafts 7 and 8 are being pushed toward each other. This has been achieved for example by mounting a tension spring between the supporting elements that pulls the supporting elements toward each other. Instead of the tension spring, in some cases also a thrust spring can be used. Pressing the rotating blades against the honeycombs can be implemented by also using other means than springs.
  • the blade shafts 7 and 8 are pressed against the surfaces of the honeycomb frames with such a force that the piercing teeth of the rotating blades go through the wax capping 13 into wax cells of the honeycomb 14 without yet damaging the other structures of the honeycomb frame.
  • the honeycomb frame 2 is moved downwards with the help of the chain mechanism 3 , the rotating blades rotate with the movement of the honeycomb frame and break through the wax seal 2 covering each wax cell of the honeycomb 14 .
  • the full honeycomb frames 2 are being separately lifted either manually or lifter assisted on the slide feed magazine, from where they are being manually fed one by one, or the frames move with the help of an automatic feed mechanism into this device.
  • the separate electrically or manually operated, bilaterally placed feed mechanism 3 is connected by a shaft 15 , which presses the honeycomb frame downwards through the uncapping mechanism.
  • the conveyor mechanism 3 , 15 for the honeycomb frame 2 pushes the honeycomb frames one by one through the heated cutting knives of the uncapping device (not shown in the drawings). Said cutting knives cut the oversized honeycomb structure from both sides of the frame, after which the thickness of the frames is about 20-24 millimetres.
  • the thick honeycomb frames are only built during a good main harvest season. Before and after the main harvest season usually undersized honeycombs are built. These shallow and deformed honeycomb structures cannot be uncapped by straight cutting knives, but the device according to this invention solves this problem, said device functioning together with said cutting knives in the same uncapping device or without the cutting knives as a separate device that works at its own for uncapping honeycombs.
  • the independently rotating metallic or plastic rotating blades 11 and 12 are mounted on a slide bearing on the blade shafts 7 and 8 , said blade shafts 7 and 8 being symmetrically placed on both sides of the frame.
  • the rotating blades can also be mounted on the spin axis on the separate and independently moving sets of blades 17 (drawings 4 and 5 ), when each set of blades is independently pivoted and pressed against the surface of wax capping 13 for instance by using a spring.
  • the rotating blades 11 and 12 can likewise be directly mounted on a hollow blade shaft.
  • the amount of rotating blades of each set of blades 17 varies according to the size of the honeycomb and the dimensions of the honeycomb frame.
  • the pivoted spin axes are loaded by an external force so that they are pressed against the honeycombs of the frame in the uncapping device, when the piercing teeth of the rotating blades perforate the wax capping of the honeycombs while rolling on the wax capping 13 .
  • the effect of the rotating blades does not depend on the viscosity of honey or the origin of honey.
  • the heating water or the water vapour that adjusts the temperature of the rotating blades can be connected to run inside the blade shaft of the rotating blades.
  • the rotating blades heat up to the desired temperature because of the heat conducting from the spin axis of said rotating blades.
  • an electric heating resistor can be mounted inside the blade shaft.
  • the rotating blades 11 , 12 with piercing teeth rotate independently around their spin axes each at their own rotating speed.
  • the force used by the piercing teeth for piercing the wax capping 13 of the honeycomb is adjustable for example with a spring, as described above, or using a weight or a similar arrangement.
  • the uncapped honeycombs are emptier from honey after the extraction and the time used for extracting is remarkably shorter than by using traditional methods for uncapping the honeycomb frames.
  • the device is described above as vertically functioning. It could work though in another direction as well, for instance laterally (in horizontal direction).
  • rotating blades are mounted on separate blade shafts, which are placed on the same or even on different positions of the spin axes.
  • Various embodiments may include any of the above characteristic features, either alone or in any suitable combination.

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