Honey extracting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING HONEY FROM HONEY-IMPREGNATED HONEYCOMB FORMATIONS COMPRISING A CENTRIFUGE ADAPTED TO BE ROTATED ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS, SAID CENTRIFUGE INCLUDING SUPPORT MEANS SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID AXIS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE INTEGRALLY WITH THE CENTRIFUGE; MEANS FOR ROTATING THE CENTRIFUGE AT A SELECTED VELOCITY; A FRAME ADAPTED TO CONTAIN HONEYCOMB FORMATIONS AND TO ALLOW HONEY TO FLOW FROM THE FORMATIONS OUTWARDLY OF THE FRAME; MEANS MOUNTING SAID FRAME ON THE SUPPORT MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH THE FRAME IS SUBSTANTIALLY GRAVITATIONALLY SUSPENDED FROM THE SUPPORT MEANS AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH THE FRAME DURING ROTATION OF THE CENTRIFUGE IS EXTENDED SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRIFUGALLY RADIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE SUPPORT MEANS; A FUNNEL-SHAPED RECEIVER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME TO RECEIVE HONEY FLOWING THEREFROM AND HAVING AN OPENING ADAPTED TO PASS HONEY; VALVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME FRO CLOSING SAID OPENING WHEN THE FRAME IS IN THE SECOND POSITION AND OPENING SAID OPENING AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE FRAME IS IN THE FIRST POSITION; AND A COLLECTOR DISPOSED BENEATH THE FIRST POSITION FOR COLLECTING HONEY PASSING THROUGH SAID OPENING.