An Improvement in Honey Extractors.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Honey Extractors.
I, ALBERT REDFIELD SEAMAN, of New Cumberland, in the County of Hancock,
and State of West Virginia, United States of America, Minister of the Gospel, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN HONEY
EXTRACTORS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in honey-extractors ;
and it has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction and render more
efficient in operation this class of devices.
To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists
in the peculiar construction and in the novel combination, arrangement, and
adaptation of parts, all as more particularly hereinafter described, shown in the
accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with
the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this Specification, like
letters of reference indicating the same parts throughout the several views, and in
which drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a honey-extractor embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the honey-pan.
Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same; and
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, partly in section, of the base of the sway-pole.
Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents a
shaft or sway-pole, the lower end of which is provided with a ball a, which is stepped
within a corresponding recess in the casting af, said casting being secured to the floor
of the apartment by means of screws a², passed through suitable holes in the casting
provided for the purpose. The sway-pole is inclined at a slight angle from a true
vertical line and has its upper end passed loosely through an opening b, which is
provided in the horizontal arm K near its free end. The opposite end of the arm K
is pivoted upon the pin C, depending from the ceiling.
E is a horizontal arm, which is adjustably attached at one of its ends to the
sway-pole in any suitable manner, and near its outer end provided with a plurality of
apertures F, with any one of which the double hook e may be engaged, and from the
hooked ends of said hook is suspended the honey-pan H, by means of the bails f.
The honey-pan H is a rectangular pan, having near its vertical centre upon the
interior an inwardly-extending flange h, designed to receive the honey-support I, of
some suitable reticulated medium-such as wire-gauze. It is provided at the ends
with suitable handles i, by which it is manipulated.
The device may be operated by any suitable means; but it has been my practice to
operate it by hand, sufficient speed being thus obtained to extract all of the liquid
honey. The honey in the comb is placed on the support I and the pole rotated, as
will be readily understood. The centrifugal force immediately carries the honey-pan
outward to a lateral position, and the same force quickly expels the honey from the
cells of the comb to the bottom of the pan beneath the reticulated medium.
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. The combination, with the sway-pole having its lower end retained in a socket
and its upper end connected with a swinging arm, of the horizontal arm connected
with the pole near its upper end, and a honey-pan suspended from the said arm,
substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 2. The combination, with the upright sway-pole having its lower end in a socket,
of the fixed pin C, depending from the ceiling, the horizontal arm pivoted at one
of its ends upon said pin and its opposite end pivotally connected with the upper
end of the sway-pole, the adjustable horizontal arm connected with the pole near
its upper end, the double hooks adjustable on said arm, and a honey-pan having a
bail suspended from said hooks, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 24th day of September 1890.
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.