Patent ID: 6358340
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01K,B29C

Abstract:
A method for the production of a single honeycomb for beekeeping including half honeycombs, comprising the steps of: applying liquid wax to a mold formed by a plurality of projections directly mounted to and protruding from a first endless belt, adjacent projections being separated from one another at their point of attachment to the first endless belt so as to define spaces therebetween in which the liquid wax is received, the projections being deflected independently of each other as the first endless belt travels around a roller, the mold being made of a flexible material displaceable upon the application of a force and the projections being shaped so as to conjugate with cells of the half honeycomb in a manner such that the filling of spaces of the mold with the applied liquid wax is complimented by forming an upper plate interconnecting the cells by a second endless belt arranged parallel to the first endless belt and moving in the same direction, cooling the applied liquid wax to enable the half honeycomb to be removed from the mold by virtue of the resilience of the projections of the mold.