A modular automatic beehive

Abstract

The application discloses a combined automatic beehive, which comprises a main beehive device, a cleaning mechanism, a bee driving and wax removing device and an automatic honey extracting device; the main beehive device comprises a bee stomach, a box body, a pressing buckle, a magnet sheet and a buckle seat; the cleaning mechanism comprises a sliding mechanism, a base support, a bottom disc, a cleaning scraper and a cleaning plate; the bee driving and wax removing device comprises an outer box, a bee driving mechanism, a wax removing mechanism and a positioning moving mechanism; and the automatic honey extracting mechanism comprises an outer cylinder, a filter screen, a support, a base and a rotary lifting mechanism. The combined automatic beehive can effectively replace manual honey extracting operation, reduce the labor intensity and improve the work efficiency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a modular automatic beehive, which belongs to the field of agricultural machinery engineering. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, traditional beekeeping suffers from problems such as reliance on manual labor, low production efficiency, and low honey quality, hindering the industry's development. Beekeepers obtain information about bee health manually, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and impacts the bee colony's life cycle, reducing honey quality and yield. Furthermore, the common practice of manually scraping away beeswax before extracting honey using a honey extractor is time-consuming, tedious, and inherently dangerous.

[0003] Therefore, it is indeed necessary to improve existing technologies to address their shortcomings. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present invention provides a combined automatic beehive to solve the problems existing in the prior art.

[0005] The technical solution adopted in this invention is: a combined automatic beehive, including a main beehive device, a cleaning mechanism, a bee-repelling and wax-removing device, and an automatic honey-extraction device;

[0006] The main beehive device includes beehive combs, a hive body, press-type buckles, magnetic pieces, and buckle seats. The hive body includes a box and a triangular roof installed on the upper side of the box. A row of buckle seats is installed symmetrically on the left and right sides of the top surface inside the box. Press-type buckles are installed on the left and right sides of the beehive combs. The beehive combs are vertically fixed to the box by the connection between the press-type buckles and the buckle seats.

[0007] The cleaning mechanism includes a sliding mechanism, a base support, a chassis, a cleaning scraper, and a cleaning plate. The chassis is mounted on top of the base support. Each of the opposite sides of the chassis has a centrally symmetrical garbage trough. Additionally, each of the other two sides has a symmetrical rectangular block. On the sides of these two rectangular blocks near the center of the chassis, there are centrally symmetrical narrow slots. The cleaning plate is symmetrically mounted below the garbage troughs of the chassis on the outer side. The cleaning scraper is mounted on top of the chassis and is fixed to the sliding mechanism through the narrow slots.

[0008] The bee-repelling and wax-removing device includes an outer box, a bee-repelling mechanism, a wax-removing mechanism, and a positioning and moving mechanism. The outer box is equipped with a baffle that divides the interior space of the outer box into upper and lower parts. Both the upper and lower surfaces of the outer box are provided with bee comb slots that communicate with the interior space of the outer box. The two sides of the outer box that are parallel to the long end of the bee comb slots are provided with bee-repelling openings and box-pulling openings, respectively.

[0009] The bee-driving mechanism includes a bee sweeper and a connecting plate. The bee sweeper is located inside the outer box and is installed on both sides below the bee comb opening on the upper side via the connecting plate.

[0010] The dewaxing mechanism includes an electric heating knife, a dewaxing plate, a limiting groove, a torsion spring hinge, and a drawer. The limiting groove is fixed at both ends of the bee comb opening along its length. A top block is installed on each of the two opposite outer walls of the limiting groove. The inclined surface at the upper end of the top block supports the dewaxing plate. An electric heating knife is installed at the top of the dewaxing plate. The two ends of the dewaxing plate along its length are connected to the torsion spring hinge.

[0011] The positioning and moving mechanism includes a rack, a gear, a slider, a guide rail, a gear shaft, and a plate base. The rack meshes with the gear on the gear shaft. The rack is installed on one side of the bottom of the plate base, and a slider is installed on the other side of the bottom of the plate base. The guide rail is installed and fixed on the upper side of the outer box below the slider and slides in contact with the slider.

[0012] The automatic honey extraction device includes an outer cylinder, a filter screen, a support, a base, and a rotary lifting mechanism. The rotary lifting mechanism includes an electromagnet, a U-shaped frame, a lead screw slide, a lifting platform, a rotary motor, a lifting motor, a push bearing, a first bearing seat and a second bearing seat, a T-shaped frame, a hollow shaft, double guide rails, a lead screw, and sliding plates. The outer cylinder is mounted on the support, the base is mounted at the bottom of the support, the lifting motor is mounted below the base, the lead screw is mounted above the lifting motor, the lead screw slide is mounted on the lead screw, and the rear side of the lifting platform is mounted on one side of the lead screw slide. Sliding plates that contact the double guide rails are installed on the left and right sides of the lifting platform. The lifting motor is mounted at the bottom of the lifting platform, and a push bearing is mounted above the lifting motor. A T-shaped frame is mounted on the push bearing, and the other end of the T-shaped frame passes through the second bearing seat and a through hole at the bottom of the outer cylinder. Double guide rails are mounted below the second bearing seat. The U-shaped frame is mounted on the bottom of the outer cylinder and fixed by the hollow shaft. The electromagnet is mounted at the top center of the T-shaped frame, and the filter screen is mounted between the U-shaped frame and the bottom of the outer cylinder.

[0013] Furthermore, the main beehive device also includes a fan, which is installed in the center hole of the left and right triangular faces of the triangular roof.

[0014] Furthermore, the main beehive device also includes a water heater, which has a U-shaped structure and is installed on the inner bottom surface of the triangular roof.

[0015] Furthermore, the cleaning mechanism includes pressure sensors, with four pressure sensors respectively installed at the four corners of the underside of the chassis.

[0016] Furthermore, the sliding mechanism includes a sliding plate, a pulley, and a first servo motor. The sliding plate is installed in the gap between the chassis and the base support. The pulley is installed on the outer side of the bottom of the sliding plate and contacts the base support. The first servo motor is installed on the top of the sliding plate.

[0017] Furthermore, the positioning and moving mechanism also includes a second servo motor and a servo motor coupling, wherein the second servo motor is connected to the gear shaft via the servo motor coupling.

[0018] Furthermore, the cleaning scraper has a rectangular plate along its length, a slender plate is provided above the rectangular plate, a thin column connects the slender plate and the rectangular plate, and a spaced and symmetrically distributed thin top rod is provided below the rectangular plate. The thin column between the slender plate and the rectangular plate passes through a thin slot in the chassis. The rectangular plate is fixed on the sliding plate of the sliding mechanism, and the sliding plate is installed in the gap between the chassis and the base support.

[0019] Furthermore, the bee brush is a rectangular brush, and the bee brush is installed on both sides below the bee comb slot on the upper side of the outer box via connecting pieces.

[0020] Furthermore, the positioning and moving mechanism is assisted by the sliding of the gear shaft linkage plate seat and guide rail driven by the second servo motor, so that the bee comb is aligned with the limiting groove of the bee repelling and wax removal device during the separation of the bee comb.

[0021] Furthermore, the inner diameter of the hollow shaft is larger than the size of the T-shaped bracket, and a U-shaped bracket and a T-shaped bracket are respectively installed at both ends of the inner diameter of the hollow shaft.

[0022] The present invention has the following beneficial effects: the combined automatic beehive of the present invention can effectively replace manual honey harvesting, reduce the intensity of manual labor, and improve work efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the combined automatic beehive of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the dewaxing mechanism.

[0025] Figure 3 This is a partial schematic diagram of the combined automatic beehive of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the positioning and moving mechanism.

[0027] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the cleaning mechanism.

[0028] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of an automatic honey extraction device.

[0029] Figure 7This is a partial schematic diagram of an automatic honey extraction device. Detailed Implementation

[0030] The invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0031] The present invention relates to a combined automatic beehive, comprising a main beehive device, a cleaning mechanism, a bee-driving and wax-removing device, and an automatic honey-extraction device.

[0032] The main beehive assembly includes beehive combs 1, a hive body 2, push-button clips 3, magnetic plates 4, a fan 5, clip seats 6, and a water heater 7. The hive body 2 includes a box 200 and a triangular roof 201 installed on the upper side of the box 200. The fan 5 is installed in the center holes 8 on the left and right triangular faces of the triangular roof 201. The water heater 7 has a U-shaped structure and is installed on the inner bottom surface of the triangular roof 201. A row of clip seats 6 is installed symmetrically on both sides of the inner top surface of the box 200. A queen excluder (not shown) is horizontally inserted between the two rows of clip seats 6 and perpendicular to the center point of the inner top surface of the box 200. Push-button clips 3 are installed on both sides of the beehive combs 1, and the beehive combs 1 are vertically fixed to the box 200 through the connection between the push-button clips 3 and the clip seats 6.

[0033] The cleaning mechanism includes a sliding mechanism, a base bracket 9, a chassis 10, pressure sensors 11, cleaning scrapers 12, and a cleaning plate 13. The sliding mechanism includes a sliding plate 14, pulleys 15, and a first servo motor. The chassis 10 is mounted above the base bracket 9, and four pressure sensors 11 are respectively mounted at the four corners of the lower side of the chassis 10. Each of the opposite sides of the chassis 10 has a centrally symmetrical garbage trough (not shown), and symmetrical rectangular blocks 101 are mounted on each side edge. Centrally symmetrical narrow slots 102 are formed on the sides of these two rectangular blocks 101 near the center of the chassis 10. The cleaning plate 13 is symmetrically mounted below the garbage troughs of the chassis, slightly to the outside. The cleaning scraper 12 is mounted above the chassis 10 and is fixed to the sliding plate of the sliding mechanism through the narrow slots 102. The sliding plate 14 is mounted in the gap between the chassis 10 and the base bracket 9. The pulleys 15 are mounted on the outer bottom of the sliding plate 14 and contact the base bracket 9. The first servo motor is mounted on the top of the sliding plate 14.

[0034] The bee-repelling and wax-removing device includes an outer box 16, a bee-repelling mechanism, a wax-removing mechanism, and a positioning and moving mechanism. Inside the outer box 16, there is a baffle (not shown) that divides the internal space of the outer box 16 into upper and lower parts. Both the upper and lower surfaces of the outer box 16 have beehive slots 160 that communicate with the internal space of the outer box 16. On the two sides of the outer box 16 parallel to the long end of the beehive slots 160, there are bee-repelling openings 161 and drawer openings 162, respectively. The drawer opening 162 is located below the bee-repelling opening 161. On the other two sides of the outer box 16, there are symmetrical holes 163.

[0035] The bee-repelling mechanism includes a bee sweeper 18 and a connecting plate 19. The bee sweeper 18 is located inside the outer box 16 and is installed on both sides below the upper bee comb opening 160 via the connecting plate 19.

[0036] The dewaxing mechanism includes an electric heating knife 23, a dewaxing plate 22, a limiting groove 17, a torsion spring hinge 21, and a drawer box 20. The limiting groove 17 is fixed at both ends of the honeycomb groove opening 160 along its length. A top block 24 is installed on each of the two opposite outer walls of the limiting groove 17. The inclined surface at the upper end of the top block 24 supports the dewaxing plate 22. The dewaxing plate 22 is installed at an angle. The electric heating knife 23 is installed at the top of the dewaxing plate 22. The two ends of the dewaxing plate 22 along its length are connected to the torsion hinge 21. After the drawer box 20 is placed horizontally, it contacts the bottom of the dewaxing plate 22.

[0037] The positioning and moving mechanism includes a second servo motor 26, a rack 27, a gear 28, a slider 29, a guide rail 30, a gear shaft 31, and a base 32. The gear shaft 31 passes through two holes 163 and is fixed by bearings and bearing seats. The rack 27 meshes with the gear on the gear shaft 31. The rack 27 is mounted on one side of the bottom of the base 32, and the slider 29 is mounted on the other side of the bottom of the base 32. The guide rail 30 is mounted and fixed on the upper side of the outer casing 16 below the slider 29 and slides in contact with the slider 29. The second servo motor 26 is connected to the gear shaft 31 via a servo motor coupling 33.

[0038] The automatic honey extraction device mainly includes an outer cylinder 35, a filter screen 36, a bracket 37, a base 38, and a rotary lifting mechanism. The rotary lifting mechanism includes an electromagnet 39, a U-shaped frame 40, a lead screw slide 41, a lifting platform 42, a rotary motor 43, a lifting motor 44, a push bearing 45, a first bearing seat 46 and a second bearing seat 47, a T-shaped frame 48, a hollow shaft 49, double guide rails 50, a lead screw 51, and sliding plates 52. The outer cylinder 35 is mounted on the bracket 37, and the base 38 is mounted at the bottom of the bracket 37. The lifting motor 44 is mounted below the base 38. The lead screw 51 is mounted above the lifting motor 44, and the lead screw slide 41 is mounted on the lead screw 51. The rear side of the lifting platform 42 is mounted on one side of the lead screw slide 41, and sliding plates 52 that contact the double guide rails 50 are mounted on the left and right sides of the lifting platform 42. A lifting motor 44 is installed at the bottom of the lifting platform 42. A push bearing 45 is installed above the lifting motor 44, and a T-shaped frame 48 is installed on the push bearing 45. The other end of the T-shaped frame 48 passes through the second bearing seat 47 and the through hole at the bottom of the outer cylinder 35. A double guide rail 50 is installed below the second bearing seat 47. A U-shaped frame 40 is installed on the bottom of the outer cylinder 35 and fixed by a hollow shaft 49. An electromagnet 39 is installed at the top center of the T-shaped frame 48, and a filter screen 36 is installed between the U-shaped frame 40 and the bottom of the outer cylinder 35.

[0039] The bee comb 1 is fixed inside the box 2 by a press-type buckle 3. The box 2 can be disassembled and separated by applying an upward pressing force to the bee comb 1. The magnet 4 installed at the bottom of the bee comb 1 can be magnetically attracted to the electromagnet 39 installed on the U-shaped frame 40 of the rotating lifting mechanism, thereby fixing the bee comb 1 inside the U-shaped frame 40.

[0040] The cleaning scraper 12 has a rectangular plate 121 along its length. A slender plate 120 is provided above the rectangular plate 121. The slender plate 120 and the rectangular plate 121 are connected by a thin column (not shown). A spaced and symmetrically distributed thin top rod 122 is provided below the rectangular plate 121.

[0041] The thin post between the slender plate 120 and the rectangular plate 121 passes through the thin slot 102 of the chassis 10. The rectangular plate 121 is fixed on the sliding plate 14 of the sliding mechanism. The sliding plate 14 is installed in the gap between the chassis 10 and the base support 9.

[0042] The bee brush 18 is a rectangular brush that is installed on both sides below the bee comb opening 160 on the upper side of the outer box 16 via a connecting piece 19 inside the upper part of the outer box 16.

[0043] The positioning and moving mechanism is driven by the second servo motor 26, which drives the gear shaft 31, the linkage plate seat 32, and the guide rail 30 to slide, so that the bee comb 1 is aligned with the limiting groove 17 of the bee repelling and wax removal device during the separation of the bee comb 1.

[0044] The inner diameter of the hollow shaft 49 is slightly larger than that of the T-shaped bracket 48. U-shaped brackets 40 and T-shaped brackets 48 are respectively installed at both ends of the inner diameter of the hollow shaft 49.

[0045] The working principle of the combined automatic beehive of this invention is as follows:

[0046] The lifting motor 44 of the rotary lifting mechanism drives the lead screw slide 41 of the lead screw 51, thereby driving the T-shaped frame 48 to move the beehive 1. The gear shaft 31 of the positioning and moving mechanism is driven to rotate by the second servo motor 26. The gear 28 connected to the gear shaft 31 also rotates. The rack 27 meshes with the gear 28 to transmit torque and realize linear transmission. The rack 27 is integrated with the plate base 32. The plate base 32 is fixedly connected to the slider 29 with bolts and placed on the guide rail 30, which can move within a set range. The movable beehive allows the beehive 1 to be aligned with the beehive slot 160. The magnet 4 installed at the bottom of the beehive 1 can be magnetically attracted to the electromagnet 39 of the T-shaped frame 48, thereby fixing the beehive 1 on the T-shaped frame 48 and entering the outer box 16. After the beehive 1 is transferred to the beehive slot 160 by the positioning and moving mechanism, it descends along the limiting groove 17. During the descent, the bee sweeper 18 drives the bees away, and the bees can leave the device through the bee-driving port 161 on the outer box 16. The beehive 1 passes through the baffle and first contacts the electric heating knife 23. The electric heating knife 23 cuts and removes the wax from the beehive 1. The cut beeswax slides into the drawer 20 through the inclined dewaxing plate 22. The beekeeper can then remove the drawer 20 from the drawer opening 162 and recycle the beeswax. During the cutting process, the beehive 1 continues to descend until the dewaxing is complete. Then, the beehive 1 opens the dewaxing plate 22 and leaves the device. The dewaxing plate 22 automatically resets under the action of the torsion spring hinge 21. When the beehive 1 enters the outer cylinder 35, the rotary motor 43 installed on the screw slide 41 drives the U-shaped frame 40 to rotate. The hollow shaft 49 driven by the rotary motor 43 performs centrifugal motion around the axis, throwing out the contents of the beehive 1. The contents flow into the outer cylinder 35, where the filter screen 36 removes impurities, completing the centrifugal honey extraction.

[0047] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make several improvements without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements should also be considered within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A modular automatic beehive, characterized in that: Includes the main hive assembly, cleaning mechanism, bee-repelling and wax-removing device, and automatic honey extraction device; The main beehive device includes beehive combs (1), a hive body (2), press-type buckles (3), magnetic pieces (4), and buckle seats (6). The hive body (2) includes a box (200) and a triangular roof (201) installed on the upper side of the box (200). A row of buckle seats (6) is installed symmetrically on the left and right sides of the top surface inside the box (200). Press-type buckles (3) are installed on the left and right sides of the beehive comb (1). The beehive comb (1) is vertically fixed to the box (200) by the connection between the press-type buckles (3) and the buckle seats (6). A fan (5) is installed in the center hole (8) of the left and right triangular faces of the triangular roof (201). A U-shaped water heater (7) is installed on the bottom surface inside the triangular roof (201). The cleaning mechanism includes a sliding mechanism, a base support (9), a chassis (10), a cleaning scraper (12), and a cleaning plate (13). The chassis (10) is installed above the base support (9). The chassis (10) has centrally symmetrical garbage troughs on its opposite sides. In addition, symmetrical rectangular blocks (101) are installed on each of the other two sides. Centrally symmetrical slots (102) are opened on the sides of the two rectangular blocks (101) near the center of the chassis (10). The cleaning plate (13) is symmetrically installed on the outside of the garbage troughs (100) of the chassis. The cleaning scraper (12) is installed above the chassis (10) and is fixed to the sliding mechanism through the slots (102). The bee-repelling and wax-removing device includes an outer box (16), a bee-repelling mechanism, a wax-removing mechanism, and a positioning and moving mechanism. The outer box (16) is equipped with a baffle that divides the interior space of the outer box (16) into upper and lower parts. Both the upper and lower surfaces of the outer box (16) are provided with bee comb slots (160) that communicate with the interior space of the outer box (16). The two sides of the outer box (16) parallel to the long end of the bee comb slots (160) are respectively provided with bee-repelling openings (161) and box-pulling openings (162). The bee-driving mechanism includes a bee sweeper (18) and a connecting piece (19). The bee sweeper (18) is located inside the outer box (16) and is installed on both sides below the upper bee comb slot (160) via the connecting piece (19). The dewaxing mechanism includes an electric heating knife (23), a dewaxing plate (22), a limiting groove (17), a torsion spring hinge (21), and a drawer (20). The limiting groove (17) is fixed at both ends of the honeycomb groove (160) along its length. A top block (24) is installed on each of the two opposite outer walls of the limiting groove (17). The inclined surface at the upper end of the top block (24) supports the dewaxing plate (22). The top of the dewaxing plate (22) is equipped with an electric heating knife (23). The two ends of the dewaxing plate (22) along its length are connected to the torsion hinge (21). The positioning and moving mechanism includes a rack (27), a gear (28), a slider (29), a guide rail (30), a gear shaft (31), and a plate base (32). The rack (27) meshes with the gear on the gear shaft (31). The rack (27) is installed on one side of the bottom of the plate base (32), and the slider (29) is installed on the other side of the bottom of the plate base (32). The guide rail (30) is installed and fixed on the upper side of the outer box (16) below the slider (29) and slides in contact with the slider (29). The positioning and moving mechanism also includes a second servo motor (26) and a servo motor coupling (33). The second servo motor (26) is connected to the gear shaft (31) through the servo motor coupling (33). The positioning and moving mechanism is driven by the second servo motor (26) to drive the gear shaft (31) to link the plate base (32) and the guide rail (30) to slide, so that the bee comb (1) is aligned with the limiting groove (17) of the bee repelling and wax removal device during the separation of the bee comb (1). The automatic honey-squeezing device includes an outer cylinder (35), a filter screen (36), a bracket (37), a base (38), and a rotary lifting mechanism. The rotary lifting mechanism includes an electromagnet (39), a U-shaped frame (40), a lead screw slide (41), a lifting platform (42), a rotary motor (43), a lifting motor (44), a push bearing (45), a first bearing seat (46) and a second bearing seat (47), a T-shaped frame (48), a hollow shaft (49), double guide rails (50), a lead screw (51), and a sliding plate (52). The outer cylinder (35) is mounted on the bracket (37), the base (38) is mounted at the bottom of the bracket (37), the lifting motor (44) is mounted below the base (38), the lead screw (51) is mounted above the lifting motor (44), the lead screw slide (41) is mounted on the lead screw (51), and the rear side of the lifting platform (42) is... Installed on one side of the lead screw slide (41), the lifting platform (42) has sliding plates (52) on its left and right sides that contact the double guide rails (50). A lifting motor (44) is installed at the bottom of the lifting platform (42). A push bearing (45) is installed above the lifting motor (44). A T-shaped frame (48) is installed on the push bearing (45). The other end of the T-shaped frame (48) passes through the second bearing seat (47) and the through hole at the bottom of the outer cylinder (35) in sequence. A double guide rail (50) is installed below the second bearing seat (47). The U-shaped frame (40) is installed on the bottom of the outer cylinder (35) and fixed by a hollow shaft (49). The electromagnet (39) is installed at the top center of the T-shaped frame (48). The filter screen (36) is installed between the U-shaped frame (40) and the bottom of the outer cylinder (35). The inner diameter of the hollow shaft (49) is larger than that of the T-shaped frame (48). The dimensions of the bracket (48) are specified, and a U-shaped bracket (40) and a T-shaped bracket (48) are respectively installed at both ends of the inner hole of the hollow shaft (49).

2. The combined automatic beehive as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism includes pressure sensors (11), and four pressure sensors (11) are respectively installed at the four corners of the underside of the chassis (10).

3. The combined automatic beehive as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The sliding mechanism includes a sliding plate (14), a pulley (15) and a first servo motor. The sliding plate (14) is installed in the gap between the chassis (10) and the base bracket (9). The pulley (15) is installed on the outer side of the bottom of the sliding plate (14) and contacts the base bracket (9). The first servo motor is installed on the top of the sliding plate (14).

4. The combined automatic beehive as described in claim 3, characterized in that: The cleaning scraper (12) has a rectangular plate (121) along its length direction. A slender plate (120) is provided above the rectangular plate (121). A thin column connects the slender plate (120) and the rectangular plate (121). A spaced and symmetrically distributed thin top rod (122) is provided below the rectangular plate (121). The thin column between the slender plate (120) and the rectangular plate (121) passes through the thin slot (102) of the chassis (10). The rectangular plate (121) is fixed on the sliding plate (14) of the sliding mechanism. The sliding plate (14) is installed in the gap between the chassis (10) and the base support (9).

5. The combined automatic beehive as described in claim 4, characterized in that: The bee brush (18) is a rectangular brush, and the bee brush (18) is installed on both sides below the bee comb groove (160) on the upper side of the outer box through the connecting piece (19).

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