US731701A - Honeycomb-stripper. - Google Patents

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. No. 731,701. PATBNTBD 4JUNE 23, 1003;.k

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HONEYGOMB STRIBPER. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 16. 1900.

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fNQ. 731,701. PATENTED JUNI: 2s,--19o3.

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HONEYGOMB STRIPPER. APPLIUATION r'ILED Dnc. 15, 1900.

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fPatentedJune 23, 1903.

MATENT GFFICE.

ARTHUR C. MILLER, OF EWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION *forming para of Letters Patent-.Na 731,701, dated June 2e, 190s. Application filed Decemberlli, 1"9V0`Q.- Serial No. 39,952. (No model.)

To aJZZ whom it may concern: c Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. MILLER, a

citizen of the United States,residing at Newf` ton, inthe county of Middlesex'and State of 5 `Massachusetttahave invented a new and use-` ful Improvement in Honeycomb-Strippers, `of which the following is a specification.

In the commercial production ofhoney section-frames `are used. These are usually of rectangular form. The wax cells are united atthe center of the frame or section and e'X- i tend in opposite directions to the opposite sides, forming two planes of cells. The outer comb. This has heretofore been 'done bymeans of the uncappingknife. The outei` surfaces ofa honeycomb are not a true plane, but form an irregular-surface. The uncap` ping-knife when used to uncap the cells can- Vnot follow the irregularities of the surfaceand causes loss of honey, even in experienced hands, by cutting through some of the cells to secure the uncapping of all the cells in the comb.

lThe object of thisinvention is to avoid the loss of honey and facilitate the uncapping of the cells.

` To this end the invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction and combination of a series of yielding cutters whereby` the uncappers follow the irregularities ofV the surface, as will be more fully set forth here inafter. l

Figure l is anend view of my honeycombt stripper, showing theuncapping-knives in the normal position in solid lines and in the l operative position in broken lines. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing the pivotal connection `o f the uncapping-knives with the slide and the spring on the same. Fig. 5 is a side view, partly in section, ofthe cutting end of one of the uncappingknives.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inf all the figures. 4

In the drawings, A indicates the `base, from p which the sides A' A'project. The base A is in the preferred form adapted to be secured to any suitable vertical surface by means of the screws A2 A2, so that the front is open for the more convenient guiding of the sectionframe containing the comb. The slides b are provided with the slots b b' and are held to ,the sides A Aby the screws b2 b2 to slide on the sides. The ends of the slides b fb are provided with pins extendinginto slots in the ends of the arms b3 bwhich are secured one "to each end of the two rock-shafts h4 b4, supported in bearings in the two sides A' A.

`The rock-shafts b4 b4 are also provided at the base ends with the arms b5 b5, having pins on their ouler ends which engage with the grooves in the slide h6. covering of the two sets of cells requiresto` be removed to extract the honey from the In the drawings the slide bi is shown drawn vout and the uncapping-lknives advanced toward the center.

ln Fig. l the connections of the slide h6 with the armsconnecting with the rock-shafts b4 are indicated in broken lines.

The uucapping-knives c are pivotally supported on the rods c', which extend .along the inner sides of the slides Z) b. The springs c2 o2engage at one end with4 the groove c3 on the under sides of the slides b b, are coiled around the rods c', and bear on the upper side of the knives, holding the same in their normal position against the raised stops clonthe slides.`

The unoapping-knives c are formed, preferably, of sheet-steel bent to form the feelersurface c5 above the hook-shaped cutter edge By this construction the feeler-surface of the knives bears on the wax surface of the comb audcontrols the position of the cutting edges of the knives to follow the irregularity of the outer surface of the honeycomb and out off the wax closing the cells.

l When myimproved honeycomb-stripper is in use, the comb is passed downward between the uncapping-knives, which are pressed by the springs o2 c2, with the fceler-surfaces c5 bearing on the wax surface and the cutting edges behind the wax'film closing the cells.

In entering and withdrawing the frame or section in which the combis supported the slide b6 may be pushed in, and thereby the rock-shafts and the arms secured t'o the saine operated to move theslid'esb and the `uncapping-knives farther apart. In practice I find that byhaving the hookshaped cutting edges c6 of the knives c 0blique to the plane of the knives I secure a IOO y 4spring-actuated knives `each independent of the other, and having its cutting edge atan vangle to the plane in which the knife moves on its pivot, the knives being so arranged that the shanks thereof engage the surface of the material that is to be cut or stripped, and serve as a feeler for properly positioning the knife, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of two rows of pivoted spring-actuated knives each actingindependently and having its cutting edge at an angle to the plane in which the knife moves on its pivot, the knives of each row having their cutting edges projecting in toward each other so that the material entered between the two rows may be cut or stripped upon opposite sides, the knives being so arranged that their shanks act as feelers upon the surface of the material that is to be cut so that each knife may be positioned in accordance with the formation of the surface which passes over the shank thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a row of pivoted spring-actuated knives o, acting independently of each other and having the cutting edge c6 arranged at an angle 'to the plane in which the knife moves on its pivot, the shank of each knife being bent to form a feeler-surface c5, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of two rows of pivoted spring-actuated knives each acting independently and having its cutting edge at an angle to the plane in which the knife moves on its pivot, the knives of each row having their cutting edges projecting in toward each other so that the material entered between the two rows may be cut or stripped upon opposite sides, the knives being so arranged that their vShanks act as feelers upon the surface of the 6. In a honeycomb-stripper, two rows of v uncapping-knives having feeler-surfaces and curved oblique cutting edges, the said rows of knives supported on opposite sides of the device, and springs acting on the knives, whereby when a comb is drawn through the stripper the feelers control the positions of the knives, as described.

7. In a device of the nature described, the combination with two side supports, of slides having capacity to be moved toward and from each other, of the knives` c c pivotally supported on the slides, springs bearing on the knives, and means for operating the slides whereby the knives may act on the opposite sides of a honeycomb drawn through the device to uncap the cells, as described.

8. In a device of the nature described, the combination with the two side supports A A and the slides b, of a series of uncappingknives, pivotal supports for the knives on the slides,springs bearing on the knives, a feelersurface on the knives, and oblique hookshaped cutting edges on the knives, whereby each knife is held against and follows the surface of the comb to guide the cutter, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR C. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r., B. M. SIMMS.

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