Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 4th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
I, STEPHEN WALTER ABBOTT of the firm of Abbott Brothers of Southall in the
County of Middlesex Bechive Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improved means of fixing the comb foundations in the
frames by which they are suspended in beehives of the kind usually designated
"bar frame" hives. By the improvement of my Invention, the comb foundations
may be quickly and securely fixed in their frames in such a way that no harbour
is afforded for the Wax Moth.
The Invention consists in cutting a double longitudinal groove in the underside of
the top bar of the frame in which the foundation is to be suspended, said double
groove extending the whole length of the comb foundation. The double groove is
formed by two parallel grooves separated only by a parting strip which is so thin
as to be flexible laterally. In the one groove is received the edge of the comb
foundation which just fills the groove, and in the other is driven a packing piece of
wedge shaped section whereby the parting strip is clamped against the comb
foundation and the latter is tightly gripped in its groove, both grooves being thus
completely filled up.
S. W. ABBOTT.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improved Means of Holding Comb Foundations in Beehives.
I STEPHEN WALTER ABBOTT of the firm of Abbott Brothers of Southall in the
County of Middlesex, Beehive Manufacturers, 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 :-
My invention relates to improved means of fixing the comb foundations in the 5
frames by which they are suspended in beehives of the kind usually designated "bar
frame" hives. By the improvement of my invention the comb foundations may be
quickly and securely fixed in their frames in such a way that no harbour is afforded
for the wax moth, and the foundations are not liable to draw out of the top bar of the
frame by reason of the weight of the bees and honey upon it.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein Figure 1 represents a face view of one of the bar frames with
the comb foundation hung therein. Figure 2 is a cross section of the top bar with
the comb foundation fixed therein, and Figure 3 is a similar view before the comb
foundation is inserted.
In carrying out the invention two parallel, longitudinal grooves a b are cut in the
underside of the top bar c of the frame in which the foundation d is to be suspended,
the said grooves being separated only by a parting strip e which is integral with the
bar c and is so thin as to be flexible laterally. The two grooves may be both formed
at once by a pair of circular saw cutters fixed side by side on the same axis. The
grooves are formed with parallel sides as shown in Figure 3, the one groove a being
just of the proper width to receive the comb foundation, but the sectional form of this
groove is altered so as to approach a dovetailed form (after the upper edge of the
comb foundation has been inserted therein) by means of a packing strip fof wedge
shaped section and of greater width than the groove b which is driven tightly into the
said groove as shown in Figure 2, whereby the parting strip is bent towards and
firmly pressed against the comb foundation. The latter is thus tightly gripped in its
groove and both grooves are completely filled up.
By the interposition between the wedge and the comb foundation of the parting
strip formed integrally with the bar, the wedge and comb are not liable to draw out
as would be the case if the parting strip were omitted.
The comb foundation d is made of wax having hexagonal cavities impressed in the
surfaces thereof in the usual manner for the bees to work on.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim.is :-
:-
The herein described means of fixing comb foundations in beehives which consists
in a pair of parallel grooves in the top bar of the frame separated by a flexible
tongue or parting strip integral with the said bar, in combination with a wedge
shaped packing strip driven into one of the grooves so as to deflect the parting
strip and cause it to grip the comb foundation received in the other groove as
described.
S. W. ABBOTT.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.