Patent Application
20190343089
The present invention relates to the technical field of the mechanics, fluid dynamics, beekeeping and more specifically with the processing of foods such as honey; since it contributes Extractor one honey that does not generate foam.
A honey extractor is a centrifuge whose shaft can work vertically or horizontally. In it the movable frames are placed with the combs of wax that contain the honey, by centrifugal force, this leaves the hexagonal cells of the combs stamping against the walls of the machine. The inventor of the honey extractor was Francesco De Hruschka in 1883.
In a meeting of the Beekeeping Association of Brunnen (Brno) in 1865, which was attended by personalities such as Gregorio Mendel exhibiting work in 1871, and the Paris Insect Exhibition in 1868, De Hruschka presented a tangential honey extractor powered by straps. His inspiration came from observing his son who was rolling some combs in a basket over his head. The honey extractor was presented under the trade name De Hruschka who was Angelo Lessane, Dolo, Venice.
In 1873 FR Cheshire described this machine as an adaptation of the centrifugal dryer, consisting of a wooden tub inside which rotated a perforated metal cage with the upper end open. The inner cage was swiveled at the beginning by a rope, but in later models by an endless belt of a transmission wheel.
Shortly after being observed this extractor in England and the United States there were variations of this machine, replacing the wooden tub, by tinplate with all possible combinations of moving parts and inner and outer drums, equipment to invert the moving frames with the honeycombs no need to remove them from the cage, and variations in the cage. These adaptations continue to this day, following the same principle of extraction of honey, which is the centrifugal force.
That is why we can attribute to Francesco De Hruschka, the invention of centrifugal honey extractor. The importance of this discovery is crucial for the development of beekeeping, because it is no longer necessary to destroy the honeycomb to obtain honey, which stops the best beehives to obtain the product. It is undoubtedly an invention associated with the appearance of Lorenzo Langstroth's mobile painting.
There has been an evolution in this type of machinery over time, at first, they were manual and for two or four frames, usually sheet metal. Nowadays they have a large capacity of frames (between 80 and 120) for the purpose of doing more work, presenting speed controllers, baskets that allow fast loading, powerful motors, auto systems braking, and are usually built in special stainless steel for the food industry. Once the honey is collected in the extractor or in a stainless-steel pit, by means of pumps or pallets it is sent to decanters, or directly to the drums.
A honey centrifuge or extractors are already known and extensively used, comprising a rotating center, a rotor, in a vertical or horizontal position, composed of a main or fixing axis, which passes through the shield or body, where the torsion is provided to generate the rotating movement, and that is fixed to a basket, support or cage, where the frames containing the honeycombs are placed. The frames or combs may be arranged, with respect to the axis, radially or face-to-face. The body or shield that surrounds this rotor, usually has a cylindrical shape, and is static. When the rotor is in operation, the frames, combs and operculums rotate together, causing honey to be expelled from the combs with speed, by centrifugal force. The honey is thrown against the static wall of the body or shield suffering a blow, as soon as the speed falls to zero, in a reduced time interval. The honey is sprayed in several small drops due to the impact.
A search was made of the state of the art of HONEY EXTRACTORS THAT DO NOT GENERATE FOAM and several documents were found, for example, the patent application number ES2384508 (T3), entitled “INTEGRAL CENTRIFUGE HONEY RACKS, honeycombs and opercula AND PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING HONEY” published on Jul. 6, 2012, the document discloses a rotary machine for extracting honey from honeycombs, cappings, racks and the like, for use in beekeeping farms, honey stores and the like, in order to extract the honey while retaining the same characteristics and original composition of the honey found in the combs and frames of the hives, and a process to extract the honey using said equipment. The centrifuge or honey extractor links the basket or support or cage to the main or fixing axis, and finally, to the body or shield, forming a single, single-block assembly that rotates. The main shaft can be arranged vertically, as well as horizontally, the start-up can be manual or motorized, the frames or combs can be arranged, with respect to the center, in radial or face positions, and closed with a cover. In the upper part or upper end of the body or shield of the centrifuge, where the frames or honeycombs are placed, there must be a bar, wing or inner edge conveniently calculated and higher than the body or shield to prevent honey, which is on the inner wall when it is in operation, overflows and spills outside the equipment. This bar, wing or inner edge must be part of the body or shield to avoid contamination and facilitate the cleaning of the equipment. The increase of humidity, the production of foams and micro-foams, the release of volatile enzymes, oxidation and fermentation due to the extraction process and the blows, are reduced to zero. Once the equipment is in operation, the honey that comes out of the alveoli, honeycombs, opercula or similar, runs down the body wall or shield, which is also rotating at the same speed as the frames, honeycombs, opercula or similar, and is contained by the wall until the movement ceases. The relative speed between the wall, body or shield and the frames, honeycombs, honey lids or the like is zero. When the rotor of the centrifuge stops rotating, the effect on the frames or honey combs and on the honey that is on the wall or shield due to the centrifugal force ceases. The honey drains to the bottom where a collector with a drain or outlet for honey is located. During the entire process of extraction or centrifugation, the honey is extracted without being hit or shocked, since there is no abrupt deceleration, neither undergoes any aeration nor pulverization, conserving all its integrity, without any alteration in the flavor and preserving it during much more time, delaying the start of fermentation, conserving the relative humidity and the original volatile enzymes.
Another document found is 1 to patent application United States publication number U.S. Pat. No. 3,011,646 (A), published on Dec. 5, 1961, which aims to provide means for discharging honey combs in receptacles or individual containers instead of in a common receptacle as in conventional honey extractors, so that pieces of comb or cap that can break are confined to a receptacle and prevent mix with all the mass of extracted honey; means the use of containers or individual containers in the extractor is possible to separate the individual hives honey and even individual combs without mixing with a common mass of honey. Therefore, honey that may have accumulated in a certain beehive, which gathered from certain flowers, can be kept separate from honey of a different type and quality accumulated in another hive while removing all Honey can be made at the same time and in the same machine. Said machine honey extraction, comprising a rotatable support in a horizontal plane, a plurality of mounted containers detachably on said support, each of said containers having two vertical sidewalls, a partially cylindrical inner wall close a Concentric to the partially cylindrical outer wall with the inner wall, a flat horizontal lower wall, inner, outer and lower walls are joined together to form a closed wedge-shaped body with an open top, a cover hingedly mounted on the outer wall and having a shorter length than the bottom wall to provide a partial closure with an air outlet in the upper part of the container when the lid is closed on the side and outer walls; and a load carrier for a removable honeycomb, arranged in each of the containers, the load carrier comprises a pair of horizontal outer bars extending in one direction, a pair of inner horizontal bars extending in the same direction, being the outer bars longer than the interior ones; a pair of parallel horizontal bars that link bar external horizontal bars and a bar of the inner horizontal bar and extending perpendicularly to the first, called horizontal bar, a pair of parallel horizontal bars s that link the other of the outer horizontal bars and the other of the horizontal bars, this last pair of joints in the bars arranged in the same direction as the first pair of tie bars, the tie bars being of equal length and spaced inwardly from the ends of pairs of horizontal bars, the bars extend through the bars of lower attachment that provide a support for a honeycomb in a vertical plane, the lower tie bars spaced upwards from the bottom of the vertical bars to provide a space for collecting honey in the bottom of the container below the honeycomb.
One of the main drawbacks of the equipment for extracting honey is the production of foam and/or micro foam, which may result in accelerated fermentation and taste alterations, causing the inspection agencies to reject some batches of honey produced. Once the honey is extracted, it is necessary for the honey to pass through a pump, to a team called SPINNER which makes a separation process of the wax residues that the honey has, to later be able to pack the honey free of wax by means of dispensers.
While it is true, there are already honey extractors, and those described above can be seen that reduce the generation of foam or micro foam; but none of the above documents allows the honey out of said extractor is free of wax residues, nor describe honey leaving said extractors goes directly to packaging containers, without passing through another process and/or machine. Another disadvantage of honey extractor that are currently known is that they are manufactured with pieces that are not removable, which makes the transfer to other places is complicated, as well as the maintenance is slower and more expensive. The process of extraction of honey needs, at least, a deodorant, an extractor, a centrifuge for operculum, a sedimentation tank and two pumps, so that the honey is in packaging conditions for commercialization.
It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a honey extractor that does not generate foam, that solves the problems described above.
The characteristic details of this and honey extractor that does not generate foam, they are shown clearly in the following description and the accompanying figures, and an illustration of the one, and following the same reference signs to indicate the parts shown. However, said figures are shown by way of example and should not be considered as limiting for the present invention.
For a better understanding of the invention, below, the parts that make up the honey extractor that does not generate foam are listed:
With reference to the figures, the honey extractor that does not generate foam is composed of:
A structure (1) formed by at least four legs (2) joined together by means of support crosspieces (3), the legs and crosspieces are configured with various slots (4) that allow by means of fastening (not illustrated)) the assembly between them at their point of union, helping to regulate the height of the support crosspieces (3) and distance between the legs (2), said slots (4), allow a corner board (5) to be assembled between each leg (2) and support cross member (3), which gives greater support to the structure (1), as shown in
The structure (1) is configured to support a centrifugal vat (6) on the support rails (3), which as shown in
The centrifugal vat (6) has in its lower part bottom spacers (7) and in the upper part, with a flywheel (9) that has in its circumference upper spacers (8) which hold and secure the frames to which the honey will be extracted.
The flywheel (9) has at least four fixed tubes (10) attached to the center by means of an upper bushing (11), on which a shaft (13) is placed which is fixed on the lower part of the bushing (11). The centrifugal vat (6) by means of a lower bushing (12) which is joined to a journal (14) placed in the structure (1) under the centrifuge tub (6) fixed on the support crossbars (3), which allows that centrifugal vat to rotate.
As shown in
The centrifugal tub (6) has in its upper part, on the flywheel (9), a honey separating hopper (15) which rotates together with the centrifugal tub; said honey separating hopper has in its circumference a mesh (16) with multiple perforations interspersed with each other, through which the honey passes once it is extracted from the frames, causing it to separate from the wax residues it may contain.
As illustrated in
Some safety hoppers (20) are assembled on the circumference of the centrifugal tub (6) fixed to the slots (4) of the legs (2) by fastening means (not illustrated), the safety hoppers (20) are to avoid an accident while the honey extractor that does not generate foam is in operation.
The fastening means (not illustrated) that are used in the honey extractor that does not generate foam, can be screws, bolts, rivets, welding, presses, threaded elements, tongue and groove mechanisms and/or the combination of the above.
As shown in
Referring to
The honey extractor that does not generate foam, has an exhaust cover (30) fixed below the fixed center (23) together with the mesh (16), and is operated by a lever (31) which returns to the original location, thanks to an actuator spring (32), the exhaust cap (30) joint the entire wax which was stored and separated from honey and stays in the mesh (16), allowing opening it and that honey can pass through said mesh (16) without problem.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/MX2016/000133 | 12/18/2016 | WO | 00 |
