Hive feeder for honey bees

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from the top, front and right side of a hive feeder for honey bees showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view taken from the top, front and right side thereof, the wire mesh being broken away for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view taken from the bottom rear and right side thereof;

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 2.

The broken line showing of a bee hive in FIG. 1 and the broken line representation of syrup feed in FIGS. 4 and 5 is for purposes of illustration only.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D221870 September 1971 Kett
1414284 April 1922 Jones
1607659 November 1926 Will
2001463 May 1935 Kohrle
2075318 March 1937 Whitehouse
3978534 September 7, 1976 Mitios
4214329 July 29, 1980 Kozlowicz
Foreign Patent Documents
155746 December 1920 GBX
462197 March 1937 GBX
Patent History
Patent number: D272567
Type: Grant
Filed: May 14, 1981
Date of Patent: Feb 7, 1984
Inventor: Richard C. Anderson (Fox Hollow, Branchburg Township, County of Somerset, NJ)
Primary Examiner: James R. Largen
Attorney: Martha G. Pugh
Application Number: 6/263,423
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D30/13
International Classification: D3003; D302;