Improvements in and relating to Honey Extractors.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Honey Extractors.
I, WILLIAM HIRSCHMANN of Arad, Hungary, Landowner, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
In extracting or separating honey from honeycomb (wax cells), use is made of
the well-known centrifugal drum into which the honeycomb is placed and which is
rotated by suitable mechanism so as to cause the honey to be ejected all round from
the comb in accordance with the law of centrifugal action, the said honey being
collected in a vessel.
All the apparatus heretofore usually employed for this purpose have been affected
with great drawbacks which partly consist in that the insertion of the honeycomb
into the drum is rendered very difficult by reason of the arrangement of the driving
mechanism above the drum. The vertical driving shaft extends through the whole
apparatus and consequently the honey obtained is never an entirely pure product
because it is rendered impure by the lubricating material of the shaft.
Now by arranging the driving mechanism laterally according to the present
invention all these drawbacks are obviated in the most simple manner.
The subject of this invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in
which :-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section.
Figure 2 is a front end elevation of the frame with the driving mechanism.
Figure 3 is a section of the honey receiver,
Figure 4 shows the same in perspective view, and
Figure 5 shows the metal basket.
The honey receiver a is a conical vessel of pot-shape which is provided, instead of
with the heretofore usual smooth bottom, with a groove or channel which ends inwardly
in a bulge d, the latter having the purpose of preventing the honey from coming
in contact with the lubricating material of the shaft.
The honey flows out through the outlet pipe e.
The vessel a rests with its upper
edge bon a frame c of any suitable construction having a lower cross piece with a
foot step bearing 9 serving to support the vertical driving shaft which passes with
its upper square end through an aperture o of the vessel a and carries the metal
basket i, the latter serving to hold the honeycomb from which it is desired to remove
the honey:
The metal basket i consists of a skeleton or framework of metal or wood which is
provided with wire bars for the purpose of protecting the honeycomb to be emptied,
so that by this means damage to and breakage of the honeycomb is completely
excluded.
The bottom of the metal basket is provided at the centre with a boss m which is
adapted to fit on the shaft h. Inwardly projecting hook-like prominences are
provided on the rim or periphery of the bottom and which serve to hold the honey
combs in the proper position when inserted.
On one side of the frame c there is arranged a horizontally rotating flywheel n the
rotary motion of which is produced by hand and is transmitted to a pulley or disc k
that is keyed on the vertical shaft h. The rollers t serve only as guide rollers for the
gear described.
The mode of operation of the apparatus is as follows:-The honey combs to be

page_text: emptied having been placed in the basket i, the rotation of the wheel n acts to revolve
the shaft by means of the intermediate gear t k and with the shaft h, also the
basket, the arrangement being such that the centrifugal action thus produced acts
to expel the honey from the cells of the honeycomb, said honey being caught
by the walls of the honey receiver a, and discharged from the latter through the
pipe e.
"It will be readily understood that this apparatus which consists only of three parts each
independent of the others, can be very easily cleaned, because the basket i can revolve
in the vessel a and be easily removed and replaced in position without any hindrance.
This is also the case with the honey receiver a, whilst the frame c with the lateral
driving device n constitutes on the other hand a self-contained whole.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) Apparatus for extracting or separating honey from honeycombs, characterized
by the lateral arrangement of a driving device n which by means of gear t k causes
the vertical shaft to revolve together with the centrifugal drum i which is filled with
honeycomb, whereby the honey is driven out from the cells and is caught by a vessel a
which encloses the drum i and from which the honey flows away through a discharge
pipe e, substantially as described and shown.
(2.) In the apparatus specified in Claim 1, a basket i to hold the honeycomb to be
extracted, and consisting only of a simple metal or wooden skeleton or framework
without any internal parts whatever, substantially as described and shown.
(3.) In the apparatus specified in Claim 1, a honey catching or receiving device a
which is provided with a pipe e for the discharge of the honey, and in the middle of
its bottom with a free aperture to allow of the passage of the revolving axle,
substantially as described and shown.
(4.) A form of construction of the apparatus specified in Claim 1, consisting of
three parts c, a, and i, each independent of the others, whereby the apparatus can
be readily taken apart and put together again, for the purpose of enabling all the
parts to be easily cleaned, substantially as described and shown.
(5.) An improved honey extractor, constructed, arranged and adapted to operate
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of February 1997.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.