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EP0252025B1 - Dispositif d'extraction d'huiles des pâtes de grains ou de fruits contenant de l'huile - Google Patents

Dispositif d'extraction d'huiles des pâtes de grains ou de fruits contenant de l'huile Download PDF

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EP0252025B1
EP0252025B1 EP87830230A EP87830230A EP0252025B1 EP 0252025 B1 EP0252025 B1 EP 0252025B1 EP 87830230 A EP87830230 A EP 87830230A EP 87830230 A EP87830230 A EP 87830230A EP 0252025 B1 EP0252025 B1 EP 0252025B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11B—PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
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  • the present invention concerns a tank extractor for the separation of the oil or juice from oily seed or fruit pastes, more in particular, from olive paste, and in the inside of which two rotors having helicoidal blades rotate, one in clockwise, the other in counterclockwise direction respectively and in interlacing portions of said tank, which is provided with perforated bottom walls for the discharge of the oil therethrough and which comprises a longitudinal central bottom channel into which a screw member rotates in order to discharge the treated oily paste.
  • Extractors for the separation of the oil from oily pastes and hte like of the press type are already known, as well as other apparatus of extractive type which treat the paste by means of one or two rotors provided with helicoidal blades in the inside of a tank having perforated bottom.
  • the large part of said known apparatuses are designed to treat the paste in batches so that, at predetermined time intervals, the apparatuses have to be stopped and the treated paste has to be discharged, in general, by overturning the tank.
  • Said extractors of the known type have a reduced yield and require frequent cleaning operations of the oil discharge holes which are often obstructed by the paste.
  • LU-A-51045 is also known that concerns an apparatus in which a continuous process is applied for the separation of oil from oil palm fruit pulp, subjecting said oil palm pulp to a pressing method in the inside of the tubular treating chamber along which said pulp is caused to be pushed forwards.
  • Said chamber is defined by a tubular wall open at its ends and having the shape of two partial circular cylinder sectors each having an angular amplitude slightly higher than 180° so as to have a generally oval cross section.
  • the cylinder sectors have parallel axes, spaced apart from one another less than the radius of said cylinders. Along said axes parallel shafts, having interfitting helicoid surfaces are mounted, which rotate in opposite directions.
  • Holes or slits are arranged through the treatment chamber wall for the escaping of the oil expressed from the oily pulp by passage over helicoid pressing surfaces.
  • Said separation system of the oil from the oily pulp, under the effect of a high pressure, has the disadvantage that this system causes an undesired overheating of the oil.
  • the present invention relates to a tank extractor having an automatic charge and an automatic discharge of the treated paste, at the end of the extraction cycle, by means of a bottom channel into which a rotating screw operates so that this apparatus requires very short dwell of time.
  • the tank is open; this latter has a parallelopiped shape, rectangular in plan view, while at its lower part it comprises a bottom wall consisting of two sections of cylinders of a circular cross section, having parallel axes, said cylinders partially interpenetrating one into the other and at the central lower part they are connected to a longitudinal channel, semicircular in cross section, into which a discharge screw operates, said tank being intermittently fed by two superimposed kneading tanks.
  • the tank has a form symmetric with respect to a longitudinal vertical plane X-X.
  • the tank is provided with two longitudinal shafts, each respectively connected to a transmission assembly, adapted to cause said two shafts to rotate contemporaneously in opposite directions.
  • One of said shafts supports pairs of helicoidal blade lengths, radially extending nearly up to the tank walls, said blade lengths having opposite rotation directions and being spaced apart from each other so that other pairs of blade lengths can operate in interlacing condition therebetween, which are mounted about the other rotating shafts, said helicoidal blade lengths having respectively an opposite winding arrangement as compared with that of the blade lengths mounted on the first shaft.
  • the lengths of helicoidal blades of the first rotating shaft are designed to act along the respective work surface shaped as a sector of a cylinder of a circular cross section, said cylinder sector having an angular amplitude lightly lesser than 180° and identically the blade lengths of the second shaft extend within an equal angle, but said blade lengths are mounted so as to be able to act on the oily paste at alternating time periods, i.e. they are dephased with respect to the preceding ones, so that said helicoidal blade lengths alternatively press the oily paste towards the outside or towards the longitudinal center plane of the tank as well as to and from the tank heads, thus causing an intimate squeezing and mixing of the paste, thus promoting the removal of the oil from the oily paste or pulp.
  • the lower cylindrical tank portions are constructed as separated segments or subsectors of a cylindrical wall and are provided with longitudinal rows of slits extending in planes perpendicular to the axes of the shafts supporting the helicoidal blades and the comb-like members, these latter being provided with teeth duly spaced apart from each other by means of interposed slots so positioned as to respectively face said wall slits.
  • slits are designed to move to and from rows of vertical flat small baldes carried by longitudinal bars, mounted on the outside of the tank, each bar being supported by pairs of radial arms which can reciprocate radially so as to cause said rows of small blades to enter from the outside through said slits so as to disobstruck and clean these latter from the paste inserted therein, while during their return stroke said small blades entrain together the oil towards the outer space, where the oil drips down under the effect of the force of gravity.
  • the small blades and the wall slits are so mutually positioned that, during the sliding of each comb-like member provided with teeth, said small blades can enter into the slots comprised between each pair of adjacent teeth of the comb-like member so as to clean the respective tooth slots, thus maintaining the elasticity of the respective comb-like member.
  • each tank head mounted on the outside of each tank head and which are designed to support and reciprocate radially each assembly of small blades, are actuated respectively by a respective came device designed to cause that one of the blade assemblies, in turn, performs radial reciprocating strokes according to a predetermined sequence with respect to those of the adjacent blades series.
  • the improved extractor of the invention has a higher yield as compared with those of the known machines and it permits to treat greater amounts of oily paste with a remarkably increased yield per hour.
  • the tank extractor which is object of the present invention, is advantageously employed in an extraction plant of the oil from oily seeds or fruits, as olives and the like, in order to perform the first extraction of the oil from the oily paste, said tank extractor being mounted underneath kneading or breaking machines which are fed by a mill unit of the olives conveyed therein through a feeding hopper.
  • Said extractor consists of a tank, substantially rectangular in a plan view, generally indicated 1; near one of the heads 1t of said tank, kneading machines are mounted (not shown in the drawings, since they are of a well known type), said machines feeding the oily paste into the extractor tank 1.
  • Said tank 1 at its upper part has longitudinal vertical walls 1a and has a shape which is symmetric with regard to the longitudinal vertical plane X-X.
  • the lower part 1 b of the tank 1 consists of two walls each having the shape of a sector of a cylinder, circular in cross section, said cylinders have longitudinal axes Y-Y and Z-Z respectively, which are spaced apart from each other of a distance lesser than the radius of these cylinders so that the inner spaces defined by the two cylinders mutually interpenetrate themselves beyond the plane X-X.
  • the walls 1b shaped in the form of sectors of circular cylinders, having the axes Y-Y and Z-Z respectively, are constituted of cylinder sub-sectors or lengths 3.
  • Each sub-sector or length 3 is provided with two longitudinal rows of through slits 5, each slit extending in a plane perpendicular to the respective axis Y-Y and Z-Z; these slits 5 pass through the wall of the sub-sector or length 3, since through said slits 5 is designed to be discharged the oil that will be separated from the oily paste.
  • pairs of lengths of helicoidal blades 11 a are mounted, designed to work near the inner surface of the cylindrical wall 1b, placed on the left hand in Figure 1.
  • the two lengths 11 a of the respective blades of the respective pairs have opposite operative directions and extend through a cylindrical sector lesser than 180°, said blade lengths 11 a being spaced apart one from the other parallely to the axis Y-Y.
  • Said blade lengths 11 b are wound in opposite operative directions, either with respect to one another and to the adjacent blade lengths 11 a.
  • the blade lengths 11 b operate in a cylindric sector of an angular amplitude substantially equal, but dephased with respect to that in which the blade lengths 11 a operate.
  • a longitudinal bar 4a is also supported which carries, a comb-like member 7a extending towards the outside, and provided with teeth 28, (Fig. 6), said comb-like member being made of an elastomeric material, as rubber or the like, and being so dimensioned as to be able to slide by means of their teeth 28 in contact with the wall 1 b at the left hand of Figure 1.
  • the teeth 28 are spaced apart from each other by slots so positioned as to present themselves just in aligned facing relationship with the ends of the slits during the rotation of the shaft 10a.
  • Identically radial arms 13b made integral with the shaft 10b carry a bar 4b supporting a comb-like member 7b provided with teeth 28 arranged and proportioned as the preceding described one.
  • Each device 6 generally indicates a device associated to each wall sub-sectors or length 3.
  • Each device 6 comprises two parallel radial arms 14a or 14b supporting longitudinal bar 8a or 8b, each of which, in this embodiment, supports two pluralities of small blades 9, each blade being so dimensioned and arranged as to be able to enter one split 5a or 5b or to come out therefrom as a result of the reciprocating strokes of the pairs of radial arms 14a or 14b, which are arranged out of the heads 1t of the tank, in a radial disposition with respect to the respective axis Y-Y or Z-Z of the shaft 10a or 10b.
  • each disc 15a or 15b by means of a series of rolling rollers 16 can rotate in the inside of a peripheral ring 17a or 17b, to which, by means of hinge pins 18, the flattened ends 14a' or 14b' of the arms 14a or 14b are articulated respectively.
  • the pairs of arms 14a or 14b in sequence cause the devices 6a, 6b to perform in sequence reciprocating strokes or radial translation, so that the pairs of rows of small blades 9a and 9b come into and out the slits 5a or 5b.
  • the entrance stroke they disobstruct the slits 5a, 5b, and during the exit stroke, they entrain the oil towards the outside, owing to an adhesion effect, where said oil under the force of gravity, falls down into a suitable collecting container.

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1. Dispositif d'extraction d'huiles ou de jus des pâtes de grains ou de fruits, en particulier de la pâte d'olive, comprenant un réservoir de traitement (1), lequel présente vu en plan une forme rectangulaire et comporte des parois latérales verticales supérieures (1a) et des parois inférieures (1 b) qui ont chacune la forme d'un secteur de cylindre circulaire d'amplitude angulaire inférieure à 180°, lesdites parois cyl driques (1 b) ayant des axes longitudinaux parallèles (Y-Y et Z-Z) écartés l'un de l'autre d'une distance inférieure à leur rayon et comportant des séries de fentes (5a, 5b) disposées longitudinalement, celles-ci étant associées à des dispositifs (6a, 6b) conçus pour maintenir périodiquement lesdites fentes dans un état non obstrué et pour faciliter le déversement de l'huile, caractérisé par le fait qu'entre lesdites parois inférieures cylindriques (1b) et près du plan médian longitudinal vertical (X-X) du réservoir (1), à la base de ce dernier, est ménagé un canal longitudinal pratiquement semi-cylindrique (1c) à l'intérieur duquel tourne une vis (2, 2a) et qui est muni d'un orifice de déversement pour la pâte traitée imprégnée d'huile, qu'à l'intérieur dudit réservoir (1) sont montés de manière active deux rotors qui tournent dans des directions opposées autour d'axes respectifs (Y-Y et Z-Z), lesdits rotors comprenant respectivement des arbres parallèles (10a, 10b) qui supportent des paires de lames hélicoïdales (11a-11a et 11b-11b respectivement), les bords périphériques de ces- dites lames agissant juste au voisinage de la surface interne des parois respectives (1b) du réservoir, les paires de lames montées autour de chaque arbre (10a, 10b) ayant des directions d'enroulement opposées et étant déphasées angulairement de façon que les paires de lames (11a) montées sur l'arbre (10a) traversent l'espace ou zone intérieure active d'entrelacement du réservoir (1) pendant des intervalles de temps qui sont différents de ceux pendant lesquels passent les paires de lames (11b) montées sur l'arbre (10b), les lames (11a) étant espacées le long de l'arbre (10a) de façon à permettre aux paires de lames (11b) montées sur l'arbre (10b) d'agir dans des zones qui ne sont pas traversées par les lames (11a), et que les lames hélicoïdales (11a et 11 b) font avec leurs arbres de support respectifs (10a-10b) un angle inférieur à 180°, alors qu'en plus un organe en forme de peigne (7a ou 7b), porté par des bras radiaux (13a ou 13b), est monté sur chaque arbre respectif (10a et 10b), lesdits organes en forme de peigne ayant des dimensions et des positions telles que chaque organe (7a et 7b) peut coulisser le long de la surface intérieure des parois cylindriques (1 b), lesdites rangées longitudinales de fentes (5a, 5b) et lesdits dispositifs coopérant avec elles (6a, 6b) étant associés à des moyens (14a, 14b) conçus pour communiquer des mouvements alternatifs radiaux auxdits dispositifs (6a, 6b), chaque dispositif (6a, 6b) comprenant une barre longitudinale extérieure (8) supportant au moins une série de petites lames qui sont conformées, disposées et écartées les unes des autres de façon à pouvoir pénétrer dans les fentes (5a, 5b) et à coulisser à travers elles pour que, pendant leur course d'entrée, elles puissent procéder au débouchage desdites fentes (5a, 5b), alors que pendant la course de retour elles entraînent l'huile vers l'extérieur par un effet d'adhérence, cette huile tombant par gravité dans un récipient de collecte disposé en-dessous.
2. Dispositif d'extraction selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les parois inférieures (1b) du réservoir (1), qui ont chacune la forme d'un secteur cylindrique (1b), sont constituées par des sous-secteurs ou longueurs cylindriques (3) de chaque secteur cylindrique (1 b), chacune desdites longueurs (3) comportant deux séries longitudinales de fentes traversantes (5a, 5b) disposées dans des plans perpendiculaires à l'axe de rotor respectif (Y-Y, Z-Z), chaque dispositif (6a, 6b), qui agit à l'extérieur du réservoir (1), comprenant deux bras radiaux (14a, 14b) qui portent les barres longitudinales (8a, 8b) servant de supports pour deux rangées de petites lames (9), lesdits bras (14a, 14b) étant articulés à leurs autres extrémités, au moyen d'axes (18), à un anneau (17) à l'intérieur duquel peut tourner un disque excentrique (15a, 15b) avec interposition de galets (16), lesdits deux disques excentriques étant fixés respectivement aux extrémités des arbres de rotor (10a, 10b) qui font saillie des parois de tête verticales du réservoir (1).
3. Dispositif d'extraction selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque organe en forme de peigne (7a et 7b) est en caoutchouc durci et est porté par une barre (4a, 4b) au moyen de bras radiaux (13a, 13b), lesdits organes en forme de peigne étant montés sur les rotors respectifs (10a, 11 a et 10b, 11b) en des positions déphasées angulairement, tandis que leurs dents (28) ont des dimensions telles que les fentes respectives ménagées entre elles coulissent le long des bandes de paroi annulaires correspondantes dans lesquelles sont formées les fentes (5a, 5b), de sorte qu'à la fin des courses avant des séries de petites lames (9) celles-ci peuvent aussi pénétrer dans lesdites fentes et s'insérer entre les fentes des dents (28) de l'élément en forme de peigne (7a ou 7b).
4. Dispositif extracteur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les deux barres (4a, 4b) portant les organes en forme de peigne (7a, 7b) réalisés en caoutchouc agissent en synchronisme, en facilitant ainsi grandement l'opération d'extraction.
EP87830230A 1986-06-24 1987-06-19 Dispositif d'extraction d'huiles des pâtes de grains ou de fruits contenant de l'huile Expired - Lifetime EP0252025B1 (fr)

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IT48181/86A IT1191971B (it) 1986-06-24 1986-06-24 Estrattore perfezionato dell'olio da paste di simi e frutti oleosi o simili
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WO1999004655A1 (fr) * 1997-07-21 1999-02-04 Rolando Colantoni Dispositif de separation/decantation en continu pour la production industrielle d'huile d'olive

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IT1191971B (it) 1988-03-31
EP0252025A2 (fr) 1988-01-07
EP0252025A3 (en) 1988-04-20
GR3001661T3 (en) 1992-11-23
IT8648181A0 (it) 1986-06-24

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