Beehive superstructure transport apparatus
OwnerEdna A. Ewertinventor
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Abstract
A beehive super transportation apparatus which incorporates opposed lifting fingers adjustably coupled to a wheel-supported frame which is disposed to support the fingers as they sequentially engage opposed edges of the super, to serve as a device to lift the super one end at a time from the hive as a handle coupled to the frame is shifted to pivot the frame about the wheel support, so that a single person can lift and carry a honey-filled super from a hive without either undue strain or bodily contact with the hive body or the super.
Claims9
A transport apparatus for lifting and carrying a super from a hive body, comprising:
- frame means having a base and first and second legs projecting therefrom for flanking said super;
- wheel means having wheels coupled to said first and second legs for rotatably supporting said frame means;
- gate means having a beam releasably connected between said first and second legs for connecting the ends of said legs;
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- shelf means having first and second shelves coupled to opposed regions of said frame means for wedging between said super and said hive to break the seal therebetween and further for engaging opposing ends of said super.
A method of transporting a super from a beehive, comprising the steps of:
- rolling a wheel supported u-shaped frame about said beehive;
- closing a gate coupled to said frame to gird said beehive within;
- tilting said frame forward about said wheels;
- coupling a first angle shelf to said gate;
- driving a projecting leg of said first angle shelf between said hive and said super;
- tilting said frame backward about said wheels to lift a first end of said super from said hive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.