A raw material steaming device for plant essential oil production
By using multiple independent processing chambers and a support structure in the plant essential oil production device, the steam is ensured to contact each layer of raw material evenly, which solves the problems of raw material stacking and uneven contact in existing devices, and achieves more efficient cooking and essential oil extraction.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HEFEI WEIYING PRIVATE BEAUTY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-21
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
The existing plant essential oil production equipment has a simple cavity structure, which leads to the stacking of raw materials. The steam has little effect on the reaction with the upper raw materials, resulting in poor cooking effect and potential waste of raw materials.
Multiple support plates divide the interior of the steamer into independent processing chambers. Each chamber is equipped with a bracket and a tray. Steam is evenly distributed through the through holes of the support plates. The brackets can be flipped to flatten the raw materials, ensuring that each layer of raw materials is in full contact with the steam. The essential oil and waste liquid are separated by condenser tubes and spiral tubes.
It improves the uniformity and efficiency of raw material cooking, reduces raw material waste, and enhances the extraction effect of essential oils.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model belongs to the field of plant essential oil production technology, and in particular relates to a raw material cooking device for plant essential oil production. Background Technology
[0002] Plant essential oils are extracted from the unique aromatic substances of plants, derived from the flowers, leaves, roots, bark, fruits, seeds, and resins of herbaceous plants through distillation and pressing. Because aromatherapy essential oils are highly volatile and have small molecules, they are easily absorbed by the body and can quickly penetrate internal organs, expelling excess components from the body in just a few minutes. The plant's own fragrance also directly stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete enzymes and hormones, balancing bodily functions and contributing to skincare and beauty.
[0003] Chinese Patent Publication No. CN117778103B discloses a cooking device for raw materials in the production of plant essential oils. This device uses a first supporting structure to carry the raw materials into a steaming chamber, where steam generated by a steam generator cooks the materials. During cooking, the material is rotated or stirred to improve cooking efficiency. A second supporting structure is also included to increase the storage area for the raw materials. However, this device has a single-cavity structure, causing the raw materials to stack upon entering the chamber. When steam reacts with the lower layer of plant material before flowing to the upper layer, the reaction effect is less pronounced, resulting in poor cooking efficiency and potential waste of the upper layer of material. Utility Model Content
[0004] This utility model provides a raw material cooking device for plant essential oil production, aiming to solve the problem that the existing raw material cooking device for plant essential oil production has a single cavity structure. When the raw materials are put into the cavity, they will stack up. After the steam reacts with the plant raw materials in the lower layer, it flows to the upper layer. When the raw materials in the upper layer come into contact with the steam, the reaction effect is not obvious, the cooking effect is poor, and there may be waste of raw materials.
[0005] This utility model is implemented as follows: a raw material steaming device for the production of plant essential oils includes a device base, a steam cabinet is fixedly connected to the top of the device base, a steam inlet pipe and a material outlet pipe are respectively provided in the inner side walls of the steam cabinet, a steam generator for providing steam to the steam cabinet is fixedly connected to the device base, and the steam outlet of the steam generator is connected to the steam inlet pipe through a connecting pipe.
[0006] The interior of the steamer is provided with multiple support plates spaced from top to bottom, which divide the interior of the steamer into multiple independent processing chambers. Each processing chamber has a bracket that can be pulled out along the front-to-back direction of the steamer. The upper part of the inner cavity of each processing chamber has an air outlet that communicates with the discharge pipe. The interior of the support plate is hollow and the internal cavity communicates with the steam inlet pipe. The top of the support plate has multiple first through holes, and the steam in the steam inlet pipe flows to each processing chamber through the first through holes on each support plate.
[0007] Preferably, a connecting shaft is fixedly connected to the rear of the bracket in a transverse direction, and rollers are rotatably connected to both ends of the connecting shaft. Each processing cavity has a sliding groove on both sides in the front-rear direction. Each roller moves inside one of the sliding grooves. When the roller moves along the sliding groove to the front end, the front end of the bracket can be flipped downward.
[0008] Preferably, a limiting plate is fixedly connected to the rear end of each bracket, and a baffle is provided at the front end of the top of each processing cavity. When the bracket is flipped downward, the limiting plate gradually presses against the baffle and locks the bracket to stop it from rotating.
[0009] Preferably, the top of the bracket has a groove and the bottom of the groove has multiple second through holes. A tray can be fitted into the top of the bracket, and the bottom of the tray has multiple third through holes. When the tray is fitted into the bracket, the second through holes and the third through holes correspond one-to-one.
[0010] Preferably, a condenser tube is provided on one side of the steamer, a storage tube is connected to the lower part of the condenser tube, a spiral tube is connected to the discharge end of the discharge tube, and the other end of the spiral tube passes through the condenser tube and extends to the upper part of the inner cavity of the storage tube.
[0011] Preferably, the upper part of the condenser tube is connected to a water outlet pipe, and the lower part of the condenser tube is connected to a water inlet pipe.
[0012] Preferably, a collection bottle for collecting essential oils is provided on one side of the storage tube, and a collection cup for collecting waste liquid is provided below the storage tube.
[0013] Beneficial effects
[0014] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: The raw material steaming device for plant essential oil production of this utility model divides the interior of the steamer into multiple independent processing chambers by setting multiple support plates. Each processing chamber contains an appropriate amount of raw material, which does not need to be stacked too high, thus improving the steaming effect of the raw material; and the steam can also react with the raw material in each chamber equally to release essential oil, reducing the waste of raw material. Attached Figure Description
[0015] Figure 1 This is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;
[0016] Figure 2 This is the front view of the present invention;
[0017] Figure 3 This is a side view of the bracket when it is pulled out in this utility model;
[0018] Figure 4 This is a top view of the support plate in this utility model;
[0019] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the sliding groove and roller in this utility model.
[0020] In the diagram: 1-device base, 2-steamer, 3-steam generator, 4-condenser, 5-storage pipe, 6-air pump, 7-collection bottle, 8-collection cup, 9-connecting pipe, 10-steam inlet pipe, 11-discharge pipe, 12-support plate, 13-bracket, 14-tray, 15-air nozzle, 16-roller, 17-slide groove, 18-connecting shaft, 19-limiting plate, 20-baffle, 21-spiral tube. Detailed Implementation
[0021] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this utility model clearer, the present utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the present utility model.
[0022] First Embodiment
[0023] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 3 and Figure 5 As shown, this utility model provides a technical solution: a raw material steaming device for the production of plant essential oils, including a device base 1, a steam cabinet 2 fixedly connected to the top of the device base 1, a steam inlet pipe 10 and a discharge pipe 11 respectively provided in the inner side walls of the steam cabinet 2, a steam generator 3 for providing steam to the steam cabinet 2 fixedly connected to the device base 1, and the steam outlet of the steam generator 3 connected to the steam inlet pipe 10 through a connecting pipe 9.
[0024] The interior of the steamer 2 is provided with multiple support plates 12 arranged from top to bottom. The multiple support plates 12 divide the interior of the steamer 2 into multiple independent processing chambers. Each processing chamber is provided with a bracket 13 that can be pulled out along the front and back direction of the steamer 2. The upper part of the inner cavity of each processing chamber is provided with an air outlet that is connected to the discharge pipe 11. The interior of the support plate 12 is hollow and the internal cavity is connected to the steam inlet pipe 10. The top of the support plate 12 is provided with multiple first through holes. The steam in the steam inlet pipe 10 flows to each processing chamber through the first through holes on each support plate 12.
[0025] In this embodiment, the device base 1 serves as the support for the device. Multiple casters are installed at the bottom of the device base 1 to facilitate movement of the device. The steamer 2 and steam generator 3 are existing devices. The steam generated by the steam generator 3 is saturated steam with a certain micro-pressure, high temperature, and low moisture content, which can quickly heat the plant materials. Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, the steam generated by the steam generator 3 flows into the steam inlet pipe 10 through the connecting pipe 9. Multiple air nozzles 15 can be installed on the steam inlet pipe 10. The outlet of each air nozzle 15 extends to the cavity inside a corresponding support plate 12. Steam is injected into the cavity inside each support plate 12 through the air nozzles 15. Since the steam itself is inherently upward, it passes through multiple first through holes and comes into contact with the plant materials, reacting to release essential oils. All the released essential oils continue to flow upward to the air outlet and flow into the discharge pipe 11. Each layer of plant materials reacts one-to-one with the steam sprayed from each air nozzle 15, improving the steaming effect. An air pump 6 can also be installed on the top of the steamer 2. The air pump 6 is connected to the discharge pipe 11 to draw in air to assist the flow of essential oils into and out of the discharge pipe 11.
[0026] A connecting shaft 18 is fixedly connected to the rear of the bracket 13 in a transverse direction. Rollers 16 are rotatably connected to both ends of the connecting shaft 18. Slide grooves 17 are provided on both sides of the inner wall of each processing cavity in the front and rear directions. Each roller 16 moves inside a slide groove 17. When the roller 16 moves along the slide groove 17 to the front end, the front end of the bracket 13 can be flipped downward.
[0027] In this embodiment, with Figure 1 The direction indicated in the text is defined as the forward direction. Each groove 17 has a limiter at its front end, preventing the roller 16 from completely rolling out of the groove 17. When the roller 16 moves to its foremost position, it will be stopped, preventing the bracket 13 from moving forward further. At this point, the bracket 13 can rotate downwards about the connecting shaft 18, achieving the desired effect. Figure 3The effect described herein is to facilitate the loading and unloading of materials; it should be further explained that when the front end of the bracket 13 moves to the front side of the support plate 12, the bracket 13 can also be flipped upwards, which can spread the plant material at the front end evenly and flatten it towards the rear end.
[0028] Second Embodiment
[0029] Please refer to Figure 3 Each bracket 13 has a fixed limit plate 19 at its rear end, and a baffle 20 is provided at the front end of the top of each processing cavity. When the bracket 13 is flipped downward, the limit plate 19 gradually presses against the baffle 20 and locks the bracket 13 to stop it from rotating.
[0030] In this embodiment, when the bracket 13 is flipped downward, the rear end of the bracket 13 is gradually lifted upward. At this time, the state of the bracket 13 is tilted downward from back to front. In order to prevent the bracket 13 from tilting too much and causing the material to overturn, the tilting angle of the bracket 13 is further limited by the limiting plate 19 and the baffle 20.
[0031] Furthermore, the top of the bracket 13 has a groove and the bottom of the groove has multiple second through holes. The top of the bracket 13 can be fitted with a tray 14, and the bottom of the tray 14 has multiple third through holes. When the tray 14 is fitted onto the bracket 13, the second through holes and the third through holes correspond one-to-one.
[0032] In this embodiment, the tray 14 is used as a support to store plant materials. When the tray 14 is fitted into the top of the bracket 13, the second through hole and the third through hole should correspond one-to-one to ensure that steam can flow from the bottom of the bracket 13 and come into contact with the plant materials on the tray 14; or some gaps are left between the bottom of the tray 14 and the top of the bracket 13 to form a small cavity, which can also facilitate the flow of steam.
[0033] Furthermore, a condenser pipe 4 is provided on one side of the steamer 2, and a storage pipe 5 is connected to the lower part of the condenser pipe 4. The discharge end of the discharge pipe 11 is connected to a spiral pipe 21, and the other end of the spiral pipe 21 passes through the condenser pipe 4 and extends to the upper part of the inner cavity of the storage pipe 5.
[0034] In this embodiment, such as Figure 1 As shown, the essential oil and steam in the discharge pipe 11 have not yet been separated. Further cooling processing is needed to refine pure oil. Therefore, the essential oil needs to flow into the spiral tube 21 and be cooled by the condenser tube 4 to become a liquid.
[0035] Furthermore, the upper part of the condenser tube 4 is connected to a water outlet pipe, and the lower part of the condenser tube 4 is connected to a water inlet pipe.
[0036] In this embodiment, since the essential oil flows into the condenser 4 from top to bottom, the cooling water in the condenser 4 is injected into the condenser 4 from bottom to top in the opposite direction, which will result in a better cooling effect.
[0037] Furthermore, a collection bottle 7 for collecting essential oils is provided on one side of the storage tube 5, and a collection cup 8 for collecting waste liquid is provided below the storage tube 5.
[0038] In this embodiment, the cooled essential oil and vapor fall into the storage tube 5. Since the density of essential oil is less than that of water, the essential oil will float on the liquid. It should be noted that the storage tube 5 has an observation port and an interface. When the essential oil is observed to float to the height of the interface, the interface can be opened and the oil can be poured into the collection bottle 7. If too much waste liquid is found at the bottom of the storage tube 5, the interface can be closed first, and then the valve at the bottom of the storage tube 5 can be opened to discharge some of the waste liquid into the collection cup 8.
[0039] The working principle and usage process of this utility model are as follows: After the utility model is installed, the staff first pulls out all the brackets 13 one by one and flips them downwards. Then, they lay an appropriate amount of raw materials on each tray 14 and push all the brackets 13 into the steamer 2. Then, they start the steam generator 3 and start injecting cooling water through the water inlet pipe at the bottom of the condenser pipe 4. They observe the height of the essential oil accumulation in the storage pipe 5. When the height of the essential oil is at the height of the interface, they open the interface to collect the essential oil. When too much waste liquid accumulates in the storage pipe 5, they temporarily close the interface and open the valve at the bottom of the storage pipe 5 to collect the waste liquid. When the solution in the collection bottle 7 and the collection cup 8 is almost full, they are replaced. The collection bottle 7, which is full of essential oil, is collected and stored by the staff.
[0040] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the present utility model. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present utility model should be included within the protection scope of the present utility model.
Claims
1. A raw material cooking apparatus for the production of plant essential oils, characterized in that: The device includes a base (1), on which a steam cabinet (2) is fixedly connected. Steam inlet pipe (10) and outlet pipe (11) are respectively provided in the two side walls of the steam cabinet (2). A steam generator (3) for providing steam to the steam cabinet (2) is fixedly connected on the base (1). The steam outlet of the steam generator (3) is connected to the steam inlet pipe (10) through a connecting pipe (9). The interior of the steamer (2) is provided with multiple support plates (12) spaced from top to bottom. The multiple support plates (12) divide the interior of the steamer (2) into multiple independent processing chambers. Each processing chamber is provided with a bracket (13) that can be pulled out along the front and back direction of the steamer (2). The upper part of the inner cavity of each processing chamber is provided with an air outlet that communicates with the discharge pipe (11). The interior of the support plate (12) is a hollow structure and the internal cavity is connected to the steam inlet pipe (10). The top of the support plate (12) is provided with multiple first through holes. The steam in the steam inlet pipe (10) flows to each processing chamber through the first through holes on each support plate (12).
2. The raw material cooking apparatus for plant essential oil production as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The rear of the bracket (13) is horizontally and fixedly connected to a connecting shaft (18). Rollers (16) are rotatably connected to both ends of the connecting shaft (18). Slide grooves (17) are provided on both sides of the inner wall of each processing cavity in the front and rear directions. Each roller (16) moves inside a slide groove (17). When the roller (16) moves along the slide groove (17) to the front end, the front end of the bracket (13) can be flipped downward.
3. The raw material cooking apparatus for plant essential oil production as described in claim 2, characterized in that: Each of the brackets (13) is fixedly connected to a limiting plate (19) at its rear end. Each of the processing cavities has a baffle (20) at the front end of its top. When the bracket (13) is flipped downwards, the limiting plate (19) gradually presses against the baffle (20) and locks the bracket (13) to stop it from rotating.
4. The raw material cooking apparatus for producing plant essential oils as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The bracket (13) has a groove at the top and multiple second through holes at the bottom of the groove. A tray (14) can be fitted into the top of the bracket (13). Multiple third through holes are provided at the bottom of the tray (14). When the tray (14) is fitted into the bracket (13), the second through holes and the third through holes correspond one-to-one.
5. The raw material cooking apparatus for producing plant essential oils as described in claim 1, characterized in that: A condenser tube (4) is provided on one side of the steamer (2), and a storage tube (5) is connected to the lower part of the condenser tube (4). The discharge end of the discharge tube (11) is connected to a spiral tube (21), and the other end of the spiral tube (21) passes through the condenser tube (4) and extends to the upper part of the inner cavity of the storage tube (5).
6. The raw material cooking apparatus for producing plant essential oils as described in claim 5, characterized in that: The upper part of the condenser tube (4) is connected to a water outlet pipe, and the lower part of the condenser tube (4) is connected to a water inlet pipe.
7. The raw material cooking apparatus for plant essential oil production as described in claim 5, characterized in that: A collection bottle (7) for collecting essential oils is provided on one side of the storage tube (5), and a collection cup (8) for collecting waste liquid is provided below the storage tube (5).