RU2523007C1 - Honey extractor-transformer - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: honey extractor comprises a tank 3 with a lid. Inside the tank 3 the drum is located with the ability to rotate from the driving device 6. The drum 6 has horizontal 14 and vertical 19 clamps made with the ability of radial mounting of the cell frames 13, and sleeves-plungers 15. The sleeves-plungers 15 are located on the upper and lower spokes 18 and are made with the ability of chordial-type fixation of the spacers 17.

EFFECT: enhanced functional capabilities of the invention due to transforming the honey extractor design, which enables to pump honey at convenient time for the beekeeper and to maintain the necessary hygiene requirements.

14 cl, 7 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of agriculture, in particular to beekeeping, and can be used in the production of honey in both large and small private apiaries.

A honey extractor is known from the prior art, comprising a tank with a lid and supports, a rotor and a drive device. The rotor contains frame holders placed in a horizontal plane in pairs parallel to each other. The lower pair of holders has the shape of a polyhedron, and the upper one is made in a U-shape and they are interconnected. In the plane of each holder, stiffeners and supporting stops are placed. The rotor shaft through the ball is installed in the thrust bearing mounted on the bottom of the tank. The drive device, consisting of a gearbox and a drive handle, is mounted on a bracket fixed to the tank (RU 2053664, 02.10.1996).

Known honey separator including a housing, a rotor, a cross-member, an axis of a rotor with a pulley fixed to it, a belt, a pulley, cartridges for frames with honey, an electric drive with a control panel, a supporting bracket, an electric motor shutdown sensor (RU 45070, 04/27/2005).

A known centrifugal extractor of honey, including a frame supporting the apparatus, and an external support structure. The external support structure provides vertical and lateral support for the removable flexible membrane, which becomes the inner wall of the external support structure, and the surface that collects honey through centrifugal force from the honeycombs. The apparatus supporting frame is constructed with a solid annular cylindrical center support, which is provided by the rotation apparatus, which can be supported completely by the top of the external support structure. During the operation, the extracted honey is collected against the removable flexible membrane and flows down through the outlet opening at the base of the external support structure (US 6616507, 09.09.2003).

Known honey separator, consisting of an outer cylinder and a tetrahedral drum rotating in it, the walls of which are designed to accommodate cells. Instead of the vertical axis usually passing through the entire drum, the drum is equipped with axis segments rotating in the thrust bearing and bearing, and the drum wall, like the outer cylinder, is made of plywood (SU 9767, 05.31.1929).

A disadvantage of the known designs are low functionality.

The problem to which the invention is directed is to create a honey extract that would eliminate the above disadvantages.

The technical result achieved by the implementation of this invention is to expand the functionality by transforming the design of the honey extractor from the chordal to radial or radial-chordal, which allows you to have different drums in the kit, due to which it is possible to pump honey at a convenient time for the beekeeper, regardless from the time of storage of unopened honeycomb frames, and maintain the necessary sanitary and hygienic requirements, since the quality of cleaning the bar’s washing sharply increases ban and cassettes.

The specified technical result is achieved in a honey extractor containing a tank with a lid, inside of which there is a drum rotatably mounted from the drive device, having horizontal and vertical clamps made with the possibility of radial mounting of the honeycomb frames, and locking sleeves placed on the upper and lower knitting needles with the possibility of chordal mounting cassettes.

The drum consists of upper and lower rims, on which the spokes are located.

On the spokes of the lower rim a horizontal lock of the honeycomb frame is made.

A vertical lock is located between the upper and lower rims of the drum.

Horizontal and vertical clamps are made in the form of gear elements.

The cassette is made in the form of two frames with a grid, and the height of the grid on the frame is less than the distance between the Hoffman dividing strips of the honeycomb frame.

The cassette has free zones at the top and bottom, made with the possibility of displacement of the Hoffmann separation bars under the action of centrifugal force.

On the inner sides of the end walls of the cassette, guide plates are installed.

The drive device comprises an electric motor with a driving pulley connected through a V-belt drive with a driven pulley, configured to transmit rotation to the shaft on which the drum is mounted.

The tank is installed in the frame, consisting of a lower support fixed to the stand, on which the tank rests, and an upper support, mounted on the same racks as the lower support.

The upper part of the tank is covered by a bandage mounted on racks.

On the upper and lower bearings are bearing units for mounting in them with the possibility of rotation of the shaft on which the drum is placed.

The essence of the claimed invention is illustrated by drawings, where in Fig.1 shows a General side view of the honey extractor; figure 2 is a General top view without a cover and the upper support of the honey extractor; figure 3 is a variant of the radial location of the honeycomb frames in the drum; figure 4 is a variant of theordial arrangement of cassettes with honeycomb frames; figure 5 is a side view of the location of the honeycomb frame in the cassette; figure 6 is a top view of the installation of the cartridge in the drum; 7 is a cartridge design.

The honey extractor contains a tank 3 with a lid (not shown), inside of which a drum 6 is rotatably fixed. The tank 3 is mounted on a frame consisting of a lower support 1 and an upper support 5 fixed to the posts 2. The upper part of the tank 3 is covered by a bandage 4, fixed on racks 2 (vertical). Bearing units (not shown) are located on the upper 5 and lower 1 bearings, allowing the shaft 7 to easily rotate with the drum 6 on it.

Drum 6 consists of upper and lower rims 20, mounted on struts 25, on which the spokes are located, and receives rotation from a drive device: an electric motor 11, a drive pulley 10, using a V-belt transmission 8, the rotation is transmitted to the driven pulley 9, shaft 7, on which installed drum 6, rotating in the tank 3.

The drum 6 contains horizontal 14 and vertical 19 latches, made with the possibility of radial fastening of the honeycomb frames 13, and sleeve-retainers 15, placed on the upper and lower spokes 18 of the upper and lower rims 20 and made with the possibility of chordal mounting of the cassettes 17.

On the spokes 18 of the lower rim 20, a horizontal latch 14 of the honeycomb frame 13 is installed. On the struts 25 between the upper and lower rims 20 there are vertical latches 19 of the honeycomb frame 13. The horizontal 14 and vertical 19 latches are made in the form of gear elements, which form a guide for placing the honeycomb frames 13.

If we place the honeycomb frames 13 according to the diagram in Fig. 3, fixing them in horizontal 14 and vertical 19 gear locks, then we get the radial principle of operation of the honey extractor.

Using the cassettes 17 and installing them in the sleeve-retainers 15 according to the scheme in figure 4, we obtain the chordal principle of operation of the honey extractor. Using this or that principle of operation of the honey extractor, the beekeeper can pump out honey at a time convenient for him, regardless of the state of the honey.

Cassette 17 (Fig.7) is a two frame 21 with a grid. Planks 22 connect these frames 21 to each other, with the lower horizontal planks 22 located above the generatrix frame 21. On the side walls of the cassette 17 there are axles 23 (or one axis for the rotatable cassette) on the outside. On the inner side of the side walls, guide plates 24 are installed to facilitate the beekeeper installing honeycomb frames 13 in the cassette 17 without additional corrective movements.

The height of the mesh h of the cassette 17 is always less than the distance between the Hoffmann dividing plates 22 in the honeycomb frame 13.

The honeycomb frame 13 is located in the cassette 17 so that under the action of centrifugal force it is able to come into contact with the grid of the cassette 17 with its entire surface, which completely eliminates the breakdown of the frame 21 during the pumping out of honey, since the Hoffmann dividing plates 22 have free space 16 at the top and below (figure 5).

Operating mode: acceleration, operating speed, stop are performed according to a specific program specified by the control unit 12 located on the upper support 5.

Honey extractor works as follows. Before starting work, the honeycomb frames are placed on the horizontal and vertical retainers or cassettes on the retainer sleeves (depending on the required operation principle of the honey extractor: radial or chordal), then the set operating parameters are set on the control unit (acceleration, operating rotation speed, stop time ) and turn on the electric motor. Due to the rotation of the drum under the action of centrifugal force, drops of honey, splashing out, fly out of the cells of the honeycomb frames and fall onto the walls of the tank, along which they flow down to the bottom of the tank. After the drain of all honey, the honey extractor is disassembled, the casing, the lid, the bottom, the rotor with cartridges are washed and dried.

This design of the honey extractor with a removable drum allows you to:

1. Transform honey separator from chordal to radial or radial-chordal. A beekeeper, having various types of drums in a set, can pump out honey at a convenient time for him, regardless of the storage time of unopened honeycombs.

2. Maintain the necessary sanitary and hygienic requirements (norms and rules), since the quality of cleaning the washing of the drum and cassettes sharply increases.

Claims (12)

1. Honey extractor, characterized in that it contains a tank with a lid, inside which is located rotatably from the drive device, a drum having horizontal and vertical latches made with the possibility of radial mounting of the honeycomb frames, and retainer bushings placed on the upper and lower knitting needles and made with the possibility of chordal mounting cassettes. 2. The honey extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that the drum consists of an upper and lower rim on which the spokes are located. 3. The honey extractor according to claim 2, characterized in that the horizontal lock of the honeycomb frame is made on the spokes of the lower rim. 4. Honey extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that the vertical retainer is located between the upper and lower rims of the drum. 5. Honey extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that the horizontal and vertical latches are made in the form of gear elements. 6. The honey separator according to claim 1, characterized in that the cassette is made in the form of two frames with a grid, and the height of the grid on the frame is less than the distance between the Hoffman dividing strips of the honeycomb frame. 7. The honey separator according to claim 6, characterized in that the cartridge has free zones at the top and bottom, made with the possibility of displacement of the Hoffmann separation bars under the action of centrifugal force. 8. The honey extractor according to claim 7, characterized in that guide plates are installed on the inner sides of the end walls of the cartridge. 9. The honey extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive device comprises an electric motor with a drive pulley connected via a V-belt drive to a driven pulley configured to transmit rotation to the shaft on which the drum is mounted. 10. The honey extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that the tank is installed in a frame consisting of a lower support, on which the tank rests and mounted on racks, and an upper support fixed on the same racks as the lower support. 11. The honey separator according to claim 10, characterized in that the upper part of the tank is covered by a bandage mounted on racks. 12. The honey separator according to claim 10, characterized in that the bearing assemblies are located on the upper and lower supports for mounting them with the possibility of rotation of the shaft on which the drum is located.

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