RU165304U1 - INSTALLATION FOR OBTAINING LAVENDER OIL - Google Patents

Abstract

Installation for producing lavender oil, containing a column and steam supply and output fittings, characterized in that the top of the column contains a movable lever with a movable stop, a rotary pusher and a cover, and the bottom is designed as a unloading rectangular chamber with an ejector containing a shutter, on one side and a hinged an unloading hatch with a lock in the form of a rotary plate and eyes - on the other.

Description

The lavender oil production unit refers to devices for extracting substances from plant materials and can be used to process plant materials with water vapor in various industries: pharmaceutical, food, etc.

A known installation, which relates to equipment for the extraction of essential oils, used at the place of collection of essential oil raw materials. The installation comprises an airtight container, a steam boiler, a refrigerator and Florentine, while bubblers are installed in the airtight container, the airtight container is additionally equipped with a steam pipe on the inside of the container and a central steam pipe, with bubblers placed on the central steam pipe. The container is also equipped with hollow annular stops with nozzles and a pulsator. Springs are fixed on the nozzles, on which the loading metal discs are supported, the latter being made in the form of a round corrugated plate with solid edges around the circumference and holes along the rest of the surface (RF patent "Installation for the extraction of essential oils", RU 2491327 from 03/26/2012, class C11B 9/02).

In this case, the disadvantage of this design is the loss of time when loading and unloading raw materials when closing and opening the lid of the container with the appropriate tightening and releasing fasteners (bolts, brackets, clamps, etc.).

In addition, there is a known installation for producing lavender oil containing a steam supply fitting with a manually operated rotary boiler mounted on racks, as well as a cover removable on hinged bolts with a fitting for discharging the vapor mixture into the refrigerator, condensate from which enters the Florentine to separate water and oil . Hot steam is supplied to the boiler to heat the plant matter, which is placed on a wire rack. At the end of the extraction process, turn off the steam supply, unscrew the hinged bolts, lift the lid and, turning the boiler over, unload the processed raw materials (http://willbeauty.com/willbeauty-blog/63_metodi-polyhenia-efirnix-masel).

Loading and unloading lavender raw materials in this installation require: removal and placement of hinged bolts in place, tipping the boiler and returning it to its working position. Therefore, the loss of time for these operations is a significant part of the processing cycle and are related to the disadvantages of this installation.

The task of creating this installation is to reduce unproductive losses of time for loading and unloading operations of processing raw materials during the process.

The problem is solved in that the top of the column contains a movable lever with a stop, a pusher and a cover, and the bottom is designed as a unloading rectangular chamber with an ejector containing a shutter on one side and a hinged hatch with a lock in the form of a rotary plate and eyelets on the other.

The installation is shown in the drawings, where:

FIG. 1 shows a general view of the installation;

FIG. 2 shows a view A (in FIG. 1);

FIG. 3, view B is made (in FIG. 1);

FIG. 4 shows a section bb (in Fig. 1).

The installation contains (Fig. 1) a column 1 with a fixed stand 2, on which a pivot arm 3 with a movable stop 4 and a spring 5 is located, and a pusher 6 and a cover 7 with a steam outlet fitting 8 are located. Column 1 is mounted on a discharge rectangular chamber 9, which contains a pusher 10 with a rod 11 and a shutter 12, and at the opposite end of the unloading rectangular chamber a folding unloading hatch 13 is made with a pivot plate 14, which is installed in the eyes 15, and a steam supply fitting 16.

After the cycle of purging the raw materials, in the steam supply fitting 16 the steam is turned off and the rotary plate 14 (Fig. 3) is disengaged (shown by a dotted line) with eyes 15. Turn and open the folding unloading hatch 13 and simultaneously the rod 11 (Fig. 1) with using the ejector 10 unload a portion of the spent raw materials from the unloading rectangular chamber 9. After that, the ejector 10 is returned to its original position, the hinged unloading hatch 13 is lowered and closed with a pivot plate 14, which is inserted into the eyes 15. Column 1 is ready for loading a new portion of raw materials from above and lowering the column of raw materials down into the unloading rectangular chamber 9.

Push down the handle of the rotary lever 3, release the movable stop 4 and translate it into an inoperative position supported by the spring 5 (Fig. 1). Raise the cover 7 with the rotary lever 3 and after it is rotated (Fig. 2, two-way arrow), a rotary pusher 6 is installed over the column 1, by which the column of raw materials is lowered down into the freed space of the unloading rectangular chamber 9.

Raise the pusher 6, take the pivot arm 3 aside and load a new portion of the plant material from above into the column 1. By reverse rotation of the pivoting lever 3, a cover 7 is mounted above the column 1 and pressed onto it from above, while setting the movable stop 4 in the working vertical position. Turn on the steam supply nozzle 16 and withdraw it from the column 1 for condensation through the steam outlet nozzle 8. A new cycle of purging the raw material with steam is started.

When unloading the spent raw materials (Fig. 4), the shutter 12 completely covers the cross-section of the column 1, and the ejector 10 (shown by a dotted line) unloads the spent portion of the raw material outside the unloading rectangular chamber 9.

The experiments with the extraction of lavender oil in Feodosia, in the summer season of 2015, on a column with a diameter of 100 mm showed that the hydraulic resistance to steam passage through the raw materials is very low (about 50 mm water column per 1 m column of lavender raw material), due to the low linear vapor transmission rates and the branching structure of the backfill of lavender raw materials. Therefore, you can use a simple type of manual sealing of the working space of the column, namely, by pressing the cover 7 to the end of the column body 1 and the folding unloading hatch 13 to the end of the unloading rectangular chamber 9. This can significantly reduce the time to create a seal of the working chamber of the column, compared to the method bolt seals in which the twist of each bolt is slow.

Checking the duration of the column switching between cycles shows a longer operation time than on a column with a housing replacement with raw materials, and is about 22-28 seconds. The loss of the outside temperature of the case during this time is insignificant - within one degree Celsius.

For a manual way of controlling the installation, a device with a diameter of 300 mm and a height of the working part of 1200 mm is designed. The volume of such a column is 85 liters and with a density of raw materials of 0.2 kg / l will allow to load about 17 kg of plant material. The manufacture of columns of such dimensions is possible in small locksmith workshops.

Claims (1)

Installation for producing lavender oil, containing a column and steam supply and output fittings, characterized in that the top of the column contains a movable lever with a movable stop, a rotary pusher and a cover, and the bottom is designed as a unloading rectangular chamber with an ejector containing a shutter, on one side and a hinged an unloading hatch with a lock in the form of a rotary plate and eyes - on the other.

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