US2313735A - Bee comb foundation - Google Patents

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March 16, 1943. H, c. 'D'ADANT-ETAL. 2,313,735

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' attorneys Patented Mar. 16, 1943 BEE COMB FOUNDATION Hen da d Roy A- ou Hamilton, Iil

A l ati n Octob 9, 1941, Se a No- 1 ,344

5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in bee comb foundations and is more particularly directed to the type described and claimed in .our copending application Serial No. 316,424, filed Jan. 30, 1940, of which the present application is a continuation in part.

An object of the invention is the provisioncf an anchoring means for the wax sheetsin frames of bee comb foundations in which the anchoring means engages around one .edge of the wax sheet and is provided with a projection adapted to .be received within a slot formed in the usual securing strip employed in connection with a rabbeted section of one pr more bars .of the frame.

This invention will be best understood from a figure :3 is a similar section showing-a modified form of the anchoring means for a wax sheet.

Figures 4 to 7 inclusive are vertical sections similar to that .shown in Figs. 2 and :3 which further modified forms of the anchoring means are'disclosed.

Referring more particularly. to the drawing, t0 designatesan upper bar and LI 1 a lower bar-.,.which .are .connected together :by .side bars J2, .one of which. only is shpwn, and which constitute a frame I3 in which a wax sheet is mounted.

I'he frame 13 is ordinarily suspended :by means of lugs which :proj ect -'from the opposite .edges .and which project beyond :the side aha-rs 1.13 from the oppositetendsfoi the top zbar al 10.

Longitudinalwires it which may bestraightcr corrugated are embedded in the sheet l5 as are transverse'wires ll which may be corrugated or the wwiresmay be'straight as shown at It. The corrugations of the wire follow the contour of the synthetic cells I8 formed in the sheet IS in a well known manner.

The upper bar I0 is rabbeted as shown at to receive a U-shaped member 2| and securing strip 22, which is held in place by diagonally disposed nails 23.

The ueshaped member 21 has a bight portion 24 which is turnedat approximately a right angle to the side flanges 25 and 2.6, which are located in parallel relation and pinched on one ed e of the wax sheet 15 and in embracing relation with the projecting .ends 2 of the wire ll. Thus since the ends of the wire I] extend into the bent portion of the Ueshaped member 2| th ends of the wire are likewise bent in the same direction.

The connecting strip 22 is provided with a groove 28 to receive the bent portion of the U shaped member 2|. Thus when the nails 23 are driven into place the inner edge of the strip 22 will :be forced not only against the flange 26 butthe walls of the groove 28 will also be forced against the bent bight portion 24 of the U -shap.ed member. In this particular form the bent portion 28 of the U-shaped member or anchoring 'bar 2| is held in place by the projecting portion -30 of the connecting strip 22.

along one edge extend beyond the edge of the sheet 15 and are :bent at a right angle as shown at 21 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 shown a modified form of the anchoring' bar Zia. In this case one flange 31 is in engagementwithone wall of the rabbeted per.- tion 20 of the bar III, while the other flange :32 is provided with an offset .33 which is received within the slot 34 formed in the attaching strip 22. Each of the ends of the wires .l] where they are received within the anchoring bar 2la is provided with a head 35 which is received within the bight portion 36 of the U-shaped member 2111. The flanges 3| and 32 are pinched upon the edge of'the sheet [.5 and when the attaching strip 22 is in position and the flange ,33 is within the .slot 35, the edge of the sheet which is connected to the anchoring har ii is securely fixed in position within the bar it).

In Fig. 4 is shown a. further modified form in which one flan e 13] cf t e anchor n a 11 is nrovidedw -th an e fect porti n .3 which is shaped. iniformationandreceived within a g v :33 zformedl n he attach ng strip :22. The other strip is nailed into place as shown in Fig. 2, the anchoring bar and likewise the connected edge of the sheet l5, are securely fixed in place within the bar l0. 7

In Fig. is shown a further modified form of an anchoring bar designated by the numeral 2|c. In this case the U-shaped member shown at 42 has one flange 43 in engagement with one wall of the rabbeted section 20, while the other flange 44 is in engagement with one face of the sheet l5.

The free edge of the flange 43 is turned at a ficiently long to extend within a slot 46 formed sheet may be secured within the adjacent bars of the frame.

The grooves shown in the attaching bars 22 of the various figures may be formed in the bars W of said figures instead of the bars 22 with the same results.

We claim:

1. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet is mounted, said frame having a top bar provided with a rabbeted portion, the wax sheet having a wire embedded I therein, said wire provided with a lateral offset within the inner portion of the attaching strip 22.

The wires I! are turned upon themselves at the ends as shown at 41 so that they will be neatly received between the flanges 42 and 44 by the U- shaped member 2lc.

within the U-shaped member 2lc so that when the attaching strip 22 is secured in place by nails as shown in Fig. 2, the connected edge of the sheet I5 is securely fixed in place. 7

In Fig. 6 a further modified form of the anchoring bar is shown at 2 Id. In this case the U- shaped member 50 has one flange extended as shown at 5| and then projected at a right angle as shown at 52 to be received within a groove 53 of the attaching strip 22.

In this form the Wires I! are provided with heads 54 which are received within the bight portion 55 of the U-shaped member 50, while the flanges of the U-shaped member are compressed against the opposite faces of the wax sheet 15.

When the attaching strip 22 is' secured in place by means of nails, as has been previously described, the inner face of the attaching strip will be forced against the flange 5|, likewise forcing the outer flange of the U-shaped member against a wall of the rabbeted portion 20 of the bar l0. It will be seen from this construction that the anchoring bar 2ld will securely hold the connected edge of the sheet within the bar It].

Fig. '7 shows a, further modified form of the anchoring bar designated by the numeral 2le. In this case the U-shaped member 56 is located within a groove 51 of the attaching strip 22 and the wires ll of the wax sheet .l5 are bent at right angles and are received within the, U-shaped member 56 where these wires extend beyond the edge of said sheet.

A flange 58 which forms an extension of the U-shaped member 56 is bent upon itself as shown at 60, and this bent portion is in engagement with one face of the wax sheet while the flange engages a wall of the rabbeted section of the bar 10.

The inner wall or face of the attaching strip 22 is in engagement with the other face of .the wax sheet. Thus it will be seen by this construction that the anchoring bar 2le is securely fixed to the wax sheet and also securely aflixes the inner edge of the sheet within the bar [8 after the nails shown in Fig. 2 are driven diagonally through the attaching strip 22.

While'the top and bottom edges of thewax sheet are shown as secured in the frame l4 along two edges only, nevertheless all four edges of the at one end constituting holding means, an anchoring-bar clamped around one edge of the sheet and provided with an offset portion receiving the offset portion of the wire, and an attach- In other words, the wires are bent into hook formation and are confined.

ing strip having a slot to receive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

2. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet is mounted, one of the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted portion, the wax sheet having a wire embedded therein, .an' anchoring bar being U-shaped in cross section and clamped around one edge of the sheet and one end of the wire, one of .the flanges being provided with a lateral offset portion, and an attaching strip having an elongated slot to receive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

3. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet'is mounted, one of 'the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted to receive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

4. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet is mounted, one of the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted portion, the wax sheet having a wire embedded therein, an anchoring bar being U-shaped' in cross section and clamped around one edge of the sheet and an end of the wire, said anchoring bar adjacent the bight portion being bent at an angle to form an elongated lateral offset portion, said end of the wire extending into the lateral offset, and an attaching strip having an elongated slot to receive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

5. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet is mounted, said frame having a top .bar provided with'a groove, the wax sheet having a wire embedded therein with one end of the wire projecting beyond one edge of'the sheet, an anchoring bar clamped around said edge of the sheet and the projecting end of the wire and adapted to be located in the groove, and an attaching strip also located in the groove and provided with a slot, said. anchoring bar having a lateral "offset received by the slot.

ROY A. GROUT. 1

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