CN213680580U - Preparation facilities of hydrolat - Google Patents

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CN213680580U
CN213680580U CN202022466251.2U CN202022466251U CN213680580U CN 213680580 U CN213680580 U CN 213680580U CN 202022466251 U CN202022466251 U CN 202022466251U CN 213680580 U CN213680580 U CN 213680580U
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任启均
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周杰
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The utility model discloses a device for preparing hydrolat, which is provided with a sealing cover which is in threaded connection with the bottom of a steaming cylinder through a sealing bolt, thereby increasing the contact area, leading the sealing cover to be in closer contact with the inner wall of the steaming cylinder and realizing better sealing effect; the bottom of the steaming cylinder is connected with the sealing cover by adopting air pressure transmission, the opening and closing of the sealing cover are completed by utilizing air pressure, the automation of the discharge port is realized, the time and the labor are saved compared with the manual opening of the discharge port of the traditional steaming device, the sassafras absolute contains a certain amount of sassafras oil component, and the sassafras absolute can be used for replacing purified water in daily chemical products such as laundry detergent, shampoo and the like and has certain bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects.

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Preparation facilities of hydrolat
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a hydrolat preparation technical field especially relates to a preparation facilities of hydrolat.
Background
The hydrolat is a condensation byproduct generated when the camphor oil is extracted by using water vapor, and contains a small amount of eucalyptus oil, can replace deionized water to be used in daily chemical products, and can play a certain role in disinfection and sterilization when being applied to the daily chemical products; the eucalyptus oil can be added into daily chemical products needing to be added with the eucalyptus oil, so that the using amount of the eucalyptus oil can be reduced, and the effect of reducing the production cost is achieved; the hydrolat can also be applied to functional purposes such as disinfectant, laundry detergent and the like.
Further exploration and optimization of the hydrolat preparation technology to make it have better performance in serving the hydrolat preparation technology field is a technical problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.
Disclosure of Invention
The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is: the problem of leakproofness between discharge gate and the lid.
To the technical problem that above-mentioned provided, the utility model provides a preparation facilities of hydrolat has guaranteed when the camphor-oil hydrolat draws, the leakproofness between the sealed lid of steam cylinder bottom and the barrel.
The technical means of the scheme is as follows:
a hydrolat preparation device comprising: the steam-steaming machine comprises a steam-steaming cylinder, a sealing cover, a clamping piece, a first driving device and a second driving device, wherein a circle of clamping grooves are annularly and uniformly distributed at the bottom of the steam-steaming cylinder, the clamping piece is used for connecting the sealing cover and the steam-steaming cylinder, and the clamping piece can be matched with the clamping grooves;
the second driving device is used for driving the steaming drum to rotate, so that the clamping groove is matched with the clamping piece;
the first driving device is used for completing the opening and closing actions of the sealing cover.
When in actual use in this scheme, put into steaming barrel with the camphor leaf earlier, first drive arrangement moves, realizes sealed lid with the in close contact with of steaming barrel bottom, this moment second drive arrangement moves, drives steaming barrel is rotatory, realizes the cooperation of draw-in groove and joint spare, joint spare is used for connecting sealed lid with steaming barrel has then realized steaming barrel's the action of closing, and steaming barrel's the action of opening then can according to the contrary step operation above.
Furthermore, the clamping piece is a sealing bolt, the part of the sealing bolt matched with the clamping groove is a polished rod, and the part connected with the sealing cover is a thread.
Furthermore, the clamping grooves are L-shaped, one end of each clamping groove is connected with the bottom surface of the steaming barrel, the connected end is taken as a connecting end, the other end of each clamping groove is an opening end, the directions of the opening ends of all the clamping grooves are consistent, and the interval between the clamping grooves is larger than the outer diameter of the connecting section of the clamping piece;
the open end of the clamping groove can be matched with the clamping piece.
Further, second drive arrangement is the second pneumatic cylinder, the second piston rod of second pneumatic cylinder is connected with steaming a section of thick bamboo, the second piston rod of second pneumatic cylinder is used for driving the rotary motion who evaporates a section of thick bamboo, realizes the joint spare with the joint of draw-in groove.
Furthermore, the first driving device is a first pneumatic cylinder, the number of the first pneumatic cylinders is two, the first pneumatic cylinders are symmetrically arranged on the outer walls of the two sides of the steaming cylinder, a first piston rod of each first pneumatic cylinder is connected with a pipeline, and the pipeline is used for being inserted into the sealing cover and connected with the first piston rods of the two first pneumatic cylinders.
Further, a sealing ring is arranged on the inner wall of the steaming cylinder between the steaming cylinder and the sealing cover.
Further, the sealing cover is basin-shaped, and the edge of the upper end of the sealing cover is matched with the inner wall of the steaming barrel; the convex surface of the sealing cover is connected with the pipeline.
Furthermore, the number of the second pneumatic cylinders is 3, and the second pneumatic cylinders are all located on the same horizontal plane of the side wall of the steaming cylinder.
Further, the device also comprises a condenser and an oil-water separator, wherein the condenser is used for cooling the fumigated oil-water mixture; the oil-water separator is used for separating camphor oil from hydrolat.
In the scheme, the sealing cover is detachably connected with the sealing bolt, and the sealing cover is in threaded connection with the steaming barrel through the sealing bolt; the steam cylinder is cylindrical, the diameter of the upper part of the steam cylinder is larger than that of the lower part of the steam cylinder, and a sealing ring is arranged between the steam cylinder and the sealing cover and positioned in the steam cylinder at the part with the smaller diameter of the lower part of the steam cylinder, so as to enhance the sealing effect between the steam cylinder and the sealing cover;
the two ends of the pipeline arranged on the sealing cover are respectively connected with a first piston rod of the first pneumatic cylinder, when the first pneumatic cylinder acts, the first piston rod drives the sealing cover to move in the vertical direction, so that the outer edge of the sealing cover is matched with the inner wall of the steaming barrel, the seamless connection between the upper end edge of the sealing cover and the inner wall of the steaming barrel is realized, the condition that the sealing cover and the barrel wall leak air is avoided, and the sealing bolt enters a gap between the clamping grooves;
the clamping groove is L-shaped, when the second pneumatic cylinder arranged on the steaming cylinder drives the steaming cylinder to rotate, the sealing bolt in threaded connection with the sealing cover is clamped with the opening end of the clamping groove through rotation, so that the sealing performance of the sealing cover is guaranteed, and the sealing is realized in a pneumatic cylinder mode, so that the time and the labor are saved;
the bottom of the steaming cylinder is connected with an air inlet pipe and an exhaust pipe;
the two first pneumatic cylinders are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the steaming cylinder, and can balance the whole device, so that the first pneumatic cylinders cannot deflect when in work.
The working principle is as follows: the oil camphor leaf enters into in the section of thick bamboo 1 through steaming section of thick bamboo 1 upper end opening part, the vapor that intake pipe 7 carried acts on the camphor leaf in the section of thick bamboo 1, utilize the volatility of camphor leaf oil in the camphor leaf, vapor is from following stifling camphor leaf, let volatile oil in the camphor leaf and vapor come out from blast pipe 8 together, cool off oil water mixture through the condenser again, cool off into liquid, because profit is immiscible, separate out oil and pure dew again, later make the section of thick bamboo 1 toward the opening end direction motion of draw-in groove through the second pneumatic cylinder effect, sealing bolt 3 moves the clearance of draw-in groove 4 and draw-in groove, sealed lid 5 and the section of thick bamboo 1 separation of messenger is moved to rethread first pneumatic cylinder 2, accomplish the processing of camphor leaf sediment in the section of thick bamboo 1.
In actual preparation, the method comprises the following steps:
1) aligning a clamping piece connected to the sealing cover to a gap between the clamping grooves, and pushing the clamping piece into the gap through a first driving device; and then the second driving device is started to rotate the steaming barrel, and the clamping piece enters the clamping groove to realize clamping.
2) Introducing steam into the steaming cylinder to steam the camphor leaves to obtain oil-water mixed steam;
3) and cooling the oil-water mixed steam through a condenser, and separating the camphor oil and the hydrolat through an oil-water separator.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model, following advantage and beneficial effect have:
1) the utility model provides a device for extracting sassafras sauce hydrolat, a sealing cover is in threaded connection with the bottom of a steaming cylinder through a sealing bolt, so that the contact area is increased, the sealing cover is in closer contact with the inner wall of the steaming cylinder, and a better sealing effect is realized;
2) the utility model provides a sassafras hydrolat extraction device, the bottom of a steaming barrel is connected with a sealing cover to adopt air pressure transmission, the opening and closing of the sealing cover are completed by utilizing air pressure, the automation of a discharge port is realized, and the device saves more time and labor than the traditional steaming device which is manually opened;
3) the cinnamomum camphora hydrosol contains a certain amount of cinnamomum camphora oil components, can replace purified water when being applied to daily chemical products such as laundry detergent, shampoo and the like, and has certain bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a device for preparing hydrolat according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the structure of fig. 1 at a;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the sealing bolt of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the sealing cover structure of the present invention.
The reference numerals in the figures are respectively: 1-steaming the barrel; 2-a first pneumatic cylinder; 3-sealing bolts; 4-a card slot; 5-sealing cover; 6-a second pneumatic cylinder; 7-an air inlet pipe; 8-an exhaust pipe; 9-a pipeline; 10-a first piston rod; 11-second piston rod.
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The apparatus for preparing hydrolat of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings.
Example 1:
as shown in fig. 1 to 4, a manufacturing apparatus for hydrolat includes: the steam pot comprises a steam pot 1, a sealing cover 5, a clamping piece, a first driving device and a second driving device, wherein a circle of clamping grooves 4 are annularly and uniformly distributed at the bottom of the steam pot 1, the clamping piece is used for connecting the sealing cover 5 with the steam pot 1, and the clamping piece can be matched with the clamping grooves 4;
the second driving device is used for driving the steaming drum 1 to rotate, so that the clamping groove 4 is matched with the clamping piece;
the first driving means is used to perform the opening and closing actions of the sealing cover 5.
When in actual use in this scheme, put into a section of thick bamboo 1 with the camphor leaf earlier, first drive arrangement action is realized sealed lid 5 with the in close contact with of 1 bottom of a section of thick bamboo, this moment second drive arrangement action, drive a section of thick bamboo 1 is rotatory, realizes the cooperation of draw-in groove 4 and joint spare, joint spare is used for connecting sealed lid 5 and a section of thick bamboo 1 have then realized closing action of a section of thick bamboo 1, and opening action of a section of thick bamboo 1 then can according to the contrary step operation above.
Example 2:
example 2 is a further limitation proposed on the basis of example 1, as shown in fig. 1 to 4:
furthermore, the clamping piece is a sealing bolt 3, the part of the sealing bolt 3 matched with the clamping groove 4 is a polished rod, and the part connected with the sealing cover 5 is a thread.
Furthermore, the clamping grooves 4 are L-shaped, one end of each clamping groove 4 is connected with the bottom surface of the steaming cylinder 1, the connected end is taken as a connecting end, the other end of each clamping groove is an opening end, the directions of the opening ends of all the clamping grooves 4 are consistent, and the interval between the clamping grooves 4 is larger than the outer diameter of the connecting section of the clamping piece;
the opening end of the clamping groove 4 can be matched with the clamping piece.
Further, second drive arrangement is second pneumatic cylinder 6, second piston rod 11 and the steamer 1 of second pneumatic cylinder 6 are connected, second piston rod 11 of second pneumatic cylinder 6 is used for driving the rotary motion of steamer 1, realizes the joint spare with the joint of draw-in groove 4.
Further, the first driving device is a first pneumatic cylinder 2, the number of the first pneumatic cylinders 2 is two, the first pneumatic cylinders 2 are symmetrically arranged on the outer walls of the two sides of the steaming cylinder 1, a first piston rod 10 of each first pneumatic cylinder 2 is connected with a pipeline 9, and the pipeline 9 is used for being inserted into the sealing cover 5 and is connected with the first piston rods 10 of the two first pneumatic cylinders 2.
Further, a sealing ring is arranged on the inner wall of the steaming cylinder 1 between the steaming cylinder 1 and the sealing cover 5.
Further, the sealing cover 5 is basin-shaped, and the edge of the upper end of the sealing cover 5 is matched with the inner wall of the steaming barrel 1; the convex surface of the sealing cover 5 is connected with the pipeline 9.
Further, the number of the second pneumatic cylinders 6 is 3, and the second pneumatic cylinders are all located on the same horizontal plane of the side wall of the steaming cylinder 1.
Further, the device also comprises a condenser and an oil-water separator, wherein the condenser is used for cooling the fumigated oil-water mixture; the oil-water separator is used for separating camphor oil from hydrolat.
In the scheme, the sealing cover 5 is detachably connected with the sealing bolt 3, and the sealing cover 5 is in threaded connection with the steaming cylinder 1 through the sealing bolt 3; the steam cylinder 1 is cylindrical, the diameter of the upper part of the steam cylinder 1 is larger than that of the lower part of the steam cylinder 1, and a sealing ring is arranged between the steam cylinder 1 and the sealing cover 5 and positioned in the steam cylinder 1 at the part with the smaller diameter of the lower part of the steam cylinder 1, so as to enhance the sealing effect between the steam cylinder 1 and the sealing cover 5;
two ends of a pipeline 9 arranged on the sealing cover 5 are respectively connected with a first piston rod 10 of the first pneumatic cylinder 2, when the first pneumatic cylinder 2 acts, the first piston rod 10 drives the sealing cover 5 to move in the vertical direction, so that the outer edge of the sealing cover 5 is matched with the inner wall of the steaming cylinder 1, the seamless connection between the upper end edge of the sealing cover 5 and the inner wall of the steaming cylinder 1 is realized, the condition that the sealing cover 5 and the cylinder wall leak air is avoided, and the sealing bolt 3 enters a gap between the clamping grooves 4;
the clamping groove 4 is L-shaped, when the second pneumatic cylinder 6 arranged on the steaming barrel 1 drives the steaming barrel 1 to rotate, the sealing bolt 3 in threaded connection with the sealing cover 5 is clamped with the opening end of the clamping groove 4 through rotation, so that the sealing performance of the sealing cover 5 is ensured, and the sealing is realized in a pneumatic cylinder mode, so that the time and the labor are saved;
the bottom of the steaming cylinder 1 is connected with an air inlet pipe 7 and an air outlet pipe 8;
the two first air cylinders 2 are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the steaming cylinder 1, and can balance the whole device, so that the first air cylinders 2 cannot deflect during working.
The working principle is as follows: the oil camphor leaf enters into in the section of thick bamboo 1 through steaming section of thick bamboo 1 upper end opening part, the vapor that intake pipe 7 carried acts on the camphor leaf in the section of thick bamboo 1, utilize the volatility of camphor leaf oil in the camphor leaf, vapor is from following stifling camphor leaf, let volatile oil in the camphor leaf and vapor come out from blast pipe 8 together, cool off oil water mixture through the condenser again, cool off into liquid, because profit is immiscible, separate out oil and pure dew again, later make the section of thick bamboo 1 toward the opening end direction motion of draw-in groove through 6 effects of second pneumatic cylinder, sealing bolt 3 moves the clearance of draw-in groove 4 and draw-in groove, sealed lid 5 and the separation of section of thick bamboo 1 are made in the motion of rethread first pneumatic cylinder 2, accomplish the processing of camphor leaf sediment in the section of thick bamboo 1.
In actual preparation, the method comprises the following steps:
1) aligning the gap between the sealing bolt 3 and the clamping groove 4, starting the first pneumatic cylinder 2, driving the sealing cover 5 connected with the pipeline 9 by a first piston rod 10 of the first pneumatic cylinder 2, enabling the outer edge of the upper end of the sealing cover 5 to be matched with the inner wall of the steaming cylinder 1, starting the second pneumatic cylinder 6 at the moment, driving the steaming cylinder 1 to rotate by a second piston rod 11 of the second pneumatic cylinder 6, and enabling the sealing bolt 3 to rotate to enter the opening end of the clamping groove 4 to realize clamping;
2) introducing steam into the steaming cylinder 1 to steam the camphor leaves to obtain oil-water mixed steam;
3) it is right through the condenser oil water mixed steam cools off, separates camphor oil and pure dew through oil water separator again, starts second pneumatic cylinder 6, the second piston rod 11 drive of second pneumatic cylinder 6 the steamer 1 is rotatory, makes sealed bolt 3 is rotatory to be broken away from the open end of draw-in groove 4 is located during the clearance between draw-in groove 4, start first pneumatic cylinder 2, the sealed lid 5 that the first piston rod 10 drive of first pneumatic cylinder 2 links to each other with pipeline 9 makes the outer edge of the upper end of sealed lid 5 with the inner wall of steamer 1 breaks away from, handles the camphor leaf sediment.
The above-mentioned embodiments, further detailed description of the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, it should be understood that the above description is only the embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A hydrolat preparation device comprising: the steam pot is characterized in that a circle of clamping grooves (4) are annularly and uniformly distributed at the bottom of the steam pot (1), the clamping pieces are used for connecting the sealing cover (5) with the steam pot (1), and the clamping pieces can be matched with the clamping grooves (4);
the second driving device is used for driving the steaming drum (1) to rotate so as to enable the clamping groove (4) to be matched with the clamping piece;
the first driving device is used for completing the opening and closing actions of the sealing cover (5).
2. A hydrolat preparation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fastener is a sealing bolt (3), the part of said sealing bolt (3) matching with said slot (4) is a polish rod, and the part connecting with said sealing cover (5) is a screw thread.
3. The apparatus for preparing hydrolat according to claim 1, wherein the slots (4) are L-shaped, one end of the slots (4) is connected with the bottom surface of the steaming cylinder (1), the connected end is regarded as a connecting end, the other end is an opening end, the directions of the opening ends of all the slots (4) are consistent, and the interval between the slots (4) is larger than the outer diameter of the connecting section of the clamping piece;
the opening end of the clamping groove (4) can be matched with the clamping piece.
4. A hydrolat preparation device according to claim 3, wherein the second driving device is a second pneumatic cylinder (6), a second piston rod (11) of the second pneumatic cylinder (6) is connected with the steaming cylinder (1), and the second piston rod (11) of the second pneumatic cylinder (6) is used for driving the steaming cylinder (1) to rotate, so that the clamping of the clamping piece and the clamping groove (4) is realized.
5. A manufacturing apparatus of a hydrolat according to claim 1, wherein the first driving device is a first pneumatic cylinder (2), the number of the first pneumatic cylinders (2) is two, and the two first pneumatic cylinders are symmetrically arranged on the outer walls of the two sides of the steaming cylinder (1), the first piston rod (10) of the first pneumatic cylinder (2) is connected with a pipeline (9), the pipeline (9) is used for being inserted into the sealing cover (5), and the first piston rods (10) of the two first pneumatic cylinders (2) are connected.
6. A hydrolat preparation device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that between the steam drum (1) and the sealing cover (5), the inner wall of the steam drum (1) is provided with a sealing ring.
7. A device for preparing hydrolat according to claim 5, wherein the sealing cover (5) is basin-shaped, the edge of the upper end of the sealing cover (5) is engaged with the inner wall of the steaming cylinder (1); the convex surface of the sealing cover (5) is connected with the pipeline (9).
8. A device for preparing hydrolat according to claim 4, characterized in that the number of said second pneumatic cylinders (6) is 3, all located on the same horizontal plane of the lateral wall of the steaming cylinder (1).
9. The apparatus for preparing hydrolat according to claim 1, further comprising a condenser for cooling the fumigated oil-water mixture and a water separator; the oil-water separator is used for separating camphor oil from hydrolat.
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