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US 9,790,451 B2Granted
System and method for extracting oil from plant materials
OwnerBruce Martinsen, Shayne Martinseninventors
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Abstract
A plant oil extraction system may include a reservoir tank, an agitator tank, a boiler tank, a condenser unit, and a vacuum chamber. The reservoir tank may hold a solvent to be used in the system process. The solvent may be deposited into the reservoir tank through a fill port. A pump may transfers the solvent from the reservoir tank to the agitator tank. The agitator tank may hold dry plant matter. The agitator tank may separate oil from the plant matter by use of solvent where the mixture of solvent and plant oil drains to the boiler tank. The boiler tank comprise of a tank stack (condenser) used for separating extracted plant oil from the solvent by boiling off the solvent and a vacuum chamber used to extract residual solvent from the oil.
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A system comprising:
- a reservoir tank, said reservoir tank comprising a fill port for receiving a solvent, said reservoir tank being configured for holding said solvent, wherein said solvent is deposited into said reservoir tank through said fill port;
- an agitator tank, said agitator tank comprising an ultrasonic generator being operable to generally vibrate a mixture of at least a plant material and at least a portion said solvent, wherein said agitator tank is configured to substantially extract oil from said plant material;
- a boiler tank, said boiler tank comprising an oil chamber configured to heat an ancillary oil in approximately safe and controlled uniform heat, in which said boiler tank further comprising a solution chamber configured for receiving at least a portion of a mixture of extracted oil and said solvent;
- said oil chamber is in a generally bottom portion of said boiler tank and said solution chamber is in a generally top portion of said boiler tank generally forming a boiler tank stack, wherein a heated ancillary oil is imparted to at least an entire bottom portion of said solution chamber to heat and substantially separate said received extracted oil and solvent;
- a condenser unit, said condenser unit is configured to substantially condense vapor produced from said boiler tank back into a liquid form and flowed into said reservoir tank for reuse;
- a venting apparatus, said venting apparatus is configured to generally relieve any pressure that accumulates in the system, wherein said venting system generally connects said agitator tank and said condenser unit to said reservoir tank;
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- a burn-off box, wherein said venting apparatus further connects said reservoir tank to said burn-off box, in which said burn-off box is operable to burn off solvent fumes before escaping to an atmosphere outside of said system.
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A system comprising:
- means for receiving a solvent;
- means for storing said solvent, wherein said solvent is deposited into said storing means through said receiving means;
- means for vibrating a mixture of at least a plant material and at least a portion of said solvent, wherein said vibrating means is configured to substantially extract oil from said plant material;
- means for heating an ancillary oil in approximately safe and controlled uniform heat;
- means for holding at least a portion of a mixture of extracted oil and said solvent;
- means for stacking said heating means and holding means, wherein said heating means is in a generally bottom portion of said stacking means, and wherein said holding means is in a generally top portion of said stacking means, in which said heated ancillary oil is imparted to at least an entire bottom portion of said holding means to heat and substantially separate said extracted oil and solvent;
- means for condensing vapor produced from said stacking means back into a liquid form and flowed into said storing means for reuse;
- means for venting pressure that accumulates in the system, wherein said venting means generally connects said stacking means and said condensing means to said storing means;
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- means for burning off solvent fumes before escaping to an atmosphere outside of said system, wherein said venting means further connects said storing means to said means for burning off solvent fumes.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a solvent;
- storing said solvent, wherein said solvent is deposited into a storing means through said receiving step;
- receiving at least a plant material and at least a portion of said stored solvent;
- vibrating said plant material and at least a portion of said stored solvent, wherein said vibrating step is configured to substantially extract oil from said plant material;
- heating an ancillary oil in approximately safe and controlled uniform heat;
- holding at least a portion of a mixture of extracted oil and said solvent;
- separating said extracted oil and solvent, in which said heated ancillary oil is imparted to at least an entire bottom portion of a holding means to heat said extracted oil and solvent;
- condensing vapor produced from said heating step into a liquid form and flowed into said storing means for reuse;
- relieving pressure that accumulates in the system, wherein a venting means generally connects a stacking means and a condensing means to said storing means;
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- burning off solvent fumes before escaping to an atmosphere outside of said system, wherein said venting means further connects said storing means to a burning means for burning off solvent fumes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.