Beehive with height adjustment
AssigneeMelovator LLC
InventorsDominic M. DeSano, Jeffrey E. Gunderson
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Abstract
A beehive assembly has a column of hive bodies which are releasably connected to a sheet metal spine of a sleeve which encircles a post mounted to the ground. The sleeve has a rack which engages a pinion mounted to the post with a handle which rotates the pinion and moves the sleeve and attached beehive vertically. A latching pawl is selectively released by a foot pedal mounted to the post. By turning the crank the column of hive bodies is caused to ascend into an operating position where the bee colony within the hive bodies is elevated above the ground, or is lowered to be accessible by a beekeeper.
Claims16
A beehive assembly comprising:
- a support post which extends upwardly;
- a sleeve engaged with the support post for vertical movement thereon;
- a rack fixed to the sleeve and extending upwardly;
- a base bracket fixed to the sleeve and extending frontwardly therefrom;
- a first box supported on the base bracket, the first box defining at least a portion of a hive column and configured to receive portions of a beehive colony therein;
- a pinion rotatably mounted to the post and engaged with the rack;
- a handle extending from the pinion and operable to rotate the pinion in engagement with the rack to thereby move the first box between a lowered access position and an elevated operating position;
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- a latch mounted to the post and operable to releasably prevent rotation of the pinion to thereby position the first box at a desired elevation with respect to the post.
A beehive assembly comprising:
- a support post which extends upwardly;
- a sleeve engaged with the support post for vertical movement thereon;
- a base bracket fixed to the sleeve and extending frontwardly therefrom;
- a first box supported on the base bracket, the first box defining at least a portion of a hive column and configured to receive portions of a beehive colony therein;
- a handle rotatably mounted to the post;
- portions of the handle which engage portions of the sleeve, such that rotation of the handle causes the sleeve to move vertically with respect to the post to thereby move the first box between a lowered access position and an elevated operating position;
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- a latch mounted to the post and operable to releasably position the sleeve at a desired elevation with respect to the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.