Essential oil standing and separating device

By designing an essential oil settling and separation device with a funnel-shaped inlet, a flat-bottomed settling and dispensing section, and a temperature control chamber, the cumbersome and time-consuming process of essential oil settling and separation in existing technologies has been solved. This device achieves precise measurement and efficient essential oil settling and separation, enabling rapid and efficient essential oil settling and separation, and simplifying and improving the accuracy of essential oil settling and separation in existing technologies.

CN223607234UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-28ZHEJIANG FORESTRY ACAD
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Application Number
CN202422982923.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-04
Publication Date
2025-11-28
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-04

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies lack specialized essential oil settling and separation devices, resulting in a cumbersome and time-consuming settling and separation process with incomplete essential oil extraction, which affects the accuracy of yield calculations.

Method used

An essential oil settling and separating device was designed, which includes an inlet, a measuring and separating section, and a settling and separating section. The funnel-shaped inlet facilitates quick pouring of materials, the flat-bottomed settling and separating section facilitates stable stratification, the scale inside the elongated cavity is used for accurate measurement, the temperature control chamber regulates the temperature, and the essential oil outlet facilitates convenient separation.

Benefits of technology

It enables rapid and efficient separation of essential oils, accurate measurement, simplified operation, and improved efficiency of essential oil extraction and accuracy of yield calculation.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an essential oil standing and separating device which comprises a liquid inlet part, a measuring and liquid separating part and a standing and liquid separating part which are communicated in sequence, the liquid inlet part is trumpet-shaped and is provided with a trumpet-shaped liquid inlet; the standing liquid separation part is provided with a standing liquid separation cavity which is gradually shrunk from the cavity bottom to the cavity top and is in a shape with a large bottom and a small top, and the bottom of the standing liquid separation part is a flat bottom; the measuring liquid separation part is provided with a slender cavity, a top end opening of the slender cavity is communicated with the horn contraction opening of the liquid inlet part, and a bottom end opening of the slender cavity is communicated with a top opening of the standing liquid separation cavity; the outer wall of the slender cavity is provided with scales used for measuring the amount of essential oil in the slender cavity and an essential oil outlet located between the scales and the standing liquid separation part and used for discharging the essential oil in the slender cavity. The device can accurately and intuitively measure the amount of the supernatant liquid after standing and layering, can quickly and efficiently separate the supernatant liquid after standing and layering, and is simple to operate, time-saving and labor-saving.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to separating device technical field, concretely relates to a static separating device of essential oil. BACKGROUND

[0002] Plant essential oil is a natural plant component extracted from aromatic plants such as rose, mint, lavender, citrus, chrysanthemum, pine, pepper, etc. The aromatic plants contain essential oil, and the components and flavors are different, which can be used as daily chemical products, food seasonings, pesticides, etc.

[0003] The existing essential oil separating device is basically designed based on the existing extraction methods of natural plant essential oil such as steam distillation method, pressing method, immersion method, supercritical CO2 extraction method, etc. For example, the condensation reflux device in the steam distillation method, Chinese patent application CN118909698A discloses an improved device based on the existing condensation reflux device, which comprises a distillation flask, a first elbow, a condenser, a second elbow, a U-shaped tube and a separator. The distillation flask is provided with a water supplement port on one side, and the top opening of the distillation flask is sealingly connected with the first end of the first elbow. The second end of the first elbow is sealingly connected with the first end of the condenser. The second end of the condenser is sealingly connected with the first end of the second elbow. The second end of the second elbow is sealingly connected with the first end of the U-shaped tube. The second end of the U-shaped tube is connected with the first end of the separator through a flow guide pipe. The separator is provided with a hydrolate outlet. These separating devices need to be used with essential oil extraction devices to play a role, and are not suitable for directly separating essential oil by static layering. There is no device specially designed for essential oil static separation in existing production or actual operation. When static separation is needed, the existing liquid storage container is directly used for static layering. After static layering is completed, the essential oil is taken out, and then the extracted essential oil is measured to calculate the yield, etc. The process is complicated, and the extraction process is time-consuming and prone to improper operation, which affects the accuracy of yield calculation. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] In order to solve the technical problem that there is no device specially designed for essential oil static separation at present, the utility model provides an essential oil static separating device, which is simple to operate, can accurately measure the amount of extracted essential oil, and can quickly and efficiently separate the essential oil after static layering.

[0005] In order to realize the purpose of the utility model, the utility model designs the following technical scheme:

[0006] The application discloses an essential oil standing separation device, which comprises a liquid inlet part, a measuring separation part and a standing separation part which are sequentially connected; the liquid inlet part is trumpet-shaped and has a trumpet-shaped liquid inlet; the standing separation part has a standing separation cavity which is gradually contracted from a bottom to a top and has a shape of a large bottom and a small top; the bottom of the standing separation part is flat; the measuring separation part has an elongated cavity; the top opening of the elongated cavity is connected with the trumpet-shaped contraction opening of the liquid inlet part; the bottom opening of the elongated cavity is connected with the top opening of the standing separation cavity; the outer wall of the elongated cavity is provided with a scale for measuring the amount of essential oil in the elongated cavity and an essential oil outlet between the scale and the standing separation part for discharging the essential oil in the elongated cavity.

[0007] The essential oil standing separation device has the following advantages: when the device is used, the oil-water mixture containing essential oil or other materials or extracts which need to be separated by standing are poured into the trumpet-shaped liquid inlet, and the trumpet-shaped liquid inlet facilitates the quick pouring of the materials or extracts which need to be separated by standing and prevents the materials or extracts from spilling; the flat bottom of the standing separation part facilitates the stable placement of the device and the separation by standing; the elongated cavity in the measuring separation part can make the essential oil in the upper layer of the separation by standing be distributed in the elongated space, and the scale on the outer wall of the elongated cavity can be used to accurately and directly measure and read the amount of essential oil after the separation by standing; the essential oil outlet between the scale and the standing separation part can conveniently and quickly discharge the essential oil in the elongated cavity.

[0008] In order to achieve better technical effects, the following preferences are made:

[0009] The standing separation part further has a temperature control cavity which surrounds the cavity wall of the standing separation cavity and is used for the circulation of temperature control substances; the outlet of the temperature control cavity is arranged at the upper part of the standing separation part, and the inlet of the temperature control cavity is arranged at the lower part of the standing separation part. When the oil-water mixture containing essential oil or other materials or extracts which need to be separated by standing need to be separated by standing at a specific temperature, water or other temperature control substances with a temperature of 1-20 DEG C can be injected into the temperature control cavity to control the temperature of the materials or extracts at a lower temperature, so that the volatilization and loss of essential oil are reduced.

[0010] The volume of the standing separation cavity is much larger than the volume of the elongated cavity, and the standing separation cavity is more suitable for the separation by standing of essential oil. The shape of the standing separation cavity can be set as an oval shape or other shapes.

[0011] In order to facilitate reading, the zero scale line of the scale is preferably arranged on the upper part of the outer wall of the elongated cavity, and the essential oil outlet is arranged at the maximum scale of the scale.

[0012] Preferably, the elongated cavity of the measuring section includes a plurality of cavities with different diameters, which are arranged from large to small from the position communicating with the top opening of the static separation cavity to the position communicating with the trumpet-shaped neck of the liquid inlet section. This arrangement can be suitable for the material or extract with a large amount of essential oil to be separated by static layering.

[0013] In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the material or extract to be separated by static layering, the following arrangement is made: the mutual connection of the plurality of cavities with different diameters is in the form of a circular arc. The connection between the bottom opening of the elongated cavity and the top opening of the static separation cavity is in the form of a circular arc. The connection between the top opening of the elongated cavity and the trumpet-shaped neck of the liquid inlet section is in the form of a circular arc.

[0014] The inner wall of the liquid inlet is provided with a frosted layer, which forms a sealing layer with the frosted cover to prevent the essential oil from evaporating during the static layering process.

[0015] The material of the essential oil static separation device can be food-grade material, such as food-grade stainless steel material, food-grade glass, food-grade enamel, food-grade polymer, etc.

[0016] The advantages of the present utility model are:

[0017] The essential oil static separation device of the present utility model can accurately and intuitively measure the amount of the upper liquid such as essential oil after static layering, and quickly and efficiently separate the upper liquid such as essential oil after static layering, which is simple to operate, time-saving and labor-saving, and convenient for industrial application. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of the essential oil static separation device of the present utility model.

[0019] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is another structural schematic view of the essential oil static separation device of the present utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be further described in detail in combination with the drawings and examples, so that those skilled in the art can better understand the technical solutions of the present utility model, but this does not limit the technical solutions of the present utility model.

[0021] As Figure 1As shown in the utility model discloses a kind of essential oil stationary separation devices, including sequentially communicating liquid inlet portion 1, measuring liquid separation portion 2 and stationary liquid separation portion 3;Liquid inlet portion 1 is trumpet-shaped, with the liquid inlet of trumpet mouth;Stationary liquid separation portion 3 has from cavity bottom to cavity top gradually contract and present the shape of the bottom big top small of stationary liquid separation cavity 301, the bottom of stationary liquid separation portion 3 is flat bottom;Measuring liquid separation portion 2 has elongated cavity 201, the top end opening of elongated cavity 201 is communicated with the trumpet contraction port of liquid inlet portion 1, the bottom end opening of elongated cavity 201 is communicated with the top opening of stationary liquid separation cavity 301, the outer wall of elongated cavity 201 is equipped with the scale 202 for measuring the amount of essential oil in elongated cavity 201 and essential oil outlet 203 for discharging essential oil in elongated cavity 201 between scale 202 and stationary liquid separation portion 3.

[0022] As Figure 2 shown, the utility model discloses another kind of essential oil stationary separation device, including sequentially communicating liquid inlet portion 1, measuring liquid separation portion 2 and stationary liquid separation portion 3;Liquid inlet portion 1 is trumpet-shaped, with the liquid inlet of trumpet mouth;Stationary liquid separation portion 3 has from cavity bottom to cavity top gradually contract and present the shape of the bottom big top small of stationary liquid separation cavity 301, the bottom of stationary liquid separation portion 3 is flat bottom;Measuring liquid separation portion 2 has elongated cavity 201, the top end opening of elongated cavity 201 is communicated with the trumpet contraction port of liquid inlet portion 1, the bottom end opening of elongated cavity 201 is communicated with the top opening of stationary liquid separation cavity 301, the outer wall of elongated cavity 201 is equipped with the scale 202 for measuring the amount of essential oil in elongated cavity 201 and essential oil outlet 203 for discharging essential oil in elongated cavity 201 between scale 202 and stationary liquid separation portion 3. Wherein the elongated cavity 201 of measuring liquid separation portion 2 includes multiple different cavity of different thickness, from the top opening of stationary liquid separation cavity 301 communicated place to the trumpet contraction port of liquid inlet portion 1 communicated place is distributed from thick to thin. This setting can be applied to the material or extract such as oil-water mixture containing essential oil to be stationary layered with more essential oil.

[0023] The utility model essential oil stationary separation device uses, and the material or extract such as oil-water mixture containing essential oil to be stationary layered is poured from the liquid inlet of trumpet mouth, since liquid inlet portion 1 is trumpet-shaped, and the material or extract to be stationary layered is quickly poured and not easy to spill out;The bottom of stationary liquid separation portion 3 is flat bottom, and the device is placed in stable state, and it is beneficial to stationary layering;Elongated cavity 201 in measuring liquid separation portion 2 can make essential oil in the upper layer of stationary layering distribute in the elongated space, and the scale 202 of the outer wall of elongated cavity 201 can accurately, directly measure and read the amount of essential oil after stationary layering, and essential oil outlet 203 between scale 202 and stationary liquid separation portion 3 can conveniently and quickly discharge essential oil in elongated cavity 201.

[0024] In order to achieve better technical effect, the following preferred:

[0025] The standing separation part 3 also has a temperature control cavity 302 for temperature control substance flow around the cavity wall of the standing separation cavity 301. The outlet 303 of the temperature control cavity 302 is arranged at the upper part of the standing separation part 3, and the inlet 304 of the temperature control cavity 302 is arranged at the lower part of the standing separation part 3. When the oil-water mixture containing essential oil or other materials or extracts to be standing separation needs to be standing separation at a specific temperature, the temperature control substance such as water at 1-20℃ can be injected into the temperature control cavity 302 to control the temperature of the materials or extracts at a lower temperature, and reduce the volatilization and loss of essential oil.

[0026] The volume of the standing separation cavity 301 is much larger than that of the elongated cavity 201, and is more suitable for standing separation of essential oil. The shape of the standing separation cavity 301 can be set as an oval shape or the like.

[0027] In order to facilitate reading, the zero scale line of the scale 202 is preferably arranged on the outer wall of the upper part of the elongated cavity 201, and the essential oil outlet 203 is arranged at the maximum scale of the scale 202.

[0028] In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the materials or extracts to be standing separation, the following settings are made: the connection between the multiple cavities with different thicknesses is in an arc shape. The connection between the bottom opening of the elongated cavity 201 and the top opening of the standing separation cavity 301 is in an arc shape. The connection between the top opening of the elongated cavity 201 and the trumpet contraction opening of the liquid inlet part 1 is in an arc shape.

[0029] The inner wall of the liquid inlet is provided with a frosted layer, which forms a sealing layer with the frosted cover to prevent essential oil from volatilizing during standing separation.

[0030] The material of the essential oil standing separation device can be food-grade material, such as food-grade stainless steel material, food-grade glass, food-grade enamel, food-grade polymer, etc.

[0031] The essential oil standing separation device can accurately and intuitively measure the amount of the upper liquid such as essential oil after standing separation, and quickly and efficiently separate the upper liquid such as essential oil after standing separation. It is simple to operate, time-saving and labor-saving, and convenient for industrial application.

Claims

1. An essential oil standing separation device, characterized by, The measuring device comprises sequentially connected liquid inlet part, measuring liquid distribution part and static liquid distribution part; the liquid inlet part is trumpet-shaped, and has trumpet-shaped liquid inlet; the static liquid distribution part has static liquid distribution cavity which is gradually contracted from cavity bottom to cavity top and has bottom large and top small shape, and the bottom of the static liquid distribution part is flat; the measuring liquid distribution part has elongated cavity, the top opening of the elongated cavity is communicated with the trumpet-shaped contraction opening of the liquid inlet part, the bottom opening of the elongated cavity is communicated with the top opening of the static liquid distribution cavity, and the outer wall of the elongated cavity is provided with scale for measuring the amount of essential oil in the elongated cavity and essential oil outlet between the scale and the static liquid distribution part for discharging essential oil in the elongated cavity.

2. The device for the decanting of essential oils according to claim 1, characterized in that, The static liquid distribution part further has temperature control cavity for temperature control substance flow around the cavity wall of the static liquid distribution cavity, the outlet of the temperature control cavity is arranged at the upper part of the static liquid distribution part, and the inlet of the temperature control cavity is arranged at the lower part of the static liquid distribution part.

3. The essential oil stand-alone separation device according to claim 1, wherein, The zero scale line of the scale is arranged on the upper part of the outer wall of the elongated cavity, and the essential oil outlet is arranged at the maximum scale of the scale.

4. The standing oil separation device according to claim 1 or 3, characterized by The elongated cavity of the measuring liquid distribution part comprises cavities with different thicknesses, and the cavities are distributed from thick to thin from the position communicated with the top opening of the static liquid distribution cavity to the position communicated with the trumpet-shaped contraction opening of the liquid inlet part.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is configured to be used in a manner such that the device is placed on a surface and the device is used in a manner such that the device is not placed on a surface. The mutual connection positions of the cavities with different thicknesses are in circular arc shape.

6. The essential oil stand-alone separation device of claim 1, wherein, The connection position of the bottom opening of the elongated cavity and the top opening of the static liquid distribution cavity is in circular arc shape.

7. The essential oil stand-alone separation device of claim 1, wherein, The connection position of the top opening of the elongated cavity and the trumpet-shaped contraction opening of the liquid inlet part is in circular arc shape.

8. The essential oil stand-alone separation device of claim 1, wherein, The inner wall of the liquid inlet is provided with frosted layer for forming sealing layer with frosted cover.

9. The essential oil stand-alone separation device of claim 1, wherein, The volume of the static liquid distribution cavity is much larger than the volume of the elongated cavity.

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