Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apiary tool with lever cam for vertical removal and transport of a bee frame
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Application No.: US17180765Application Date: 2021-02-20
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Publication No.: US11490600B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Nicholas Andrew Elpel
- Applicant: Nicholas Andrew Elpel
- Applicant Address: US MT Pony
- Assignee: Nicholas Andrew Elpel
- Current Assignee: Nicholas Andrew Elpel
- Current Assignee Address: US MT Pony
- Main IPC: A01K55/00
- IPC: A01K55/00 ; A01K47/06 ; A01K47/02 ; A01K59/00

Abstract:
An apiary tool for breaking free and vertically lifting, removing, inspecting and transporting a frame from a bee hive box. The apiary tool having one or more handles, a cross member and one or more lever cams, where a lever cam includes a cam that slides underneath a bee hive frame top bar and an arcuate rolling surface. Rotation of a handle providing dual action that forces the arcuate rolling surface to hold down an adjacent frame while the lever cam pushes upward on the desired frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220264853A1 APIARY TOOL WITH LEVER CAM FOR VERTICAL REMOVAL AND TRANSPORT OF A BEE FRAME Public/Granted day:2022-08-25
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