Patent ID: 9259666
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B01D,B01L

Claim Text:
1. A vertical extractor/separator for a continuous or stage-by-stage process comprising: an extraction tube having a first volume configured to receive a sample, having a first open upper part and a second closed lower part opposite to said first open upper part, a right extraction upper port and a right extraction lower port; a pre-cooling tube having a second volume smaller than said first volume, a second opened upper part, an exchange chamber below said second opened upper part, a pre-cooling left port structurally connected to said right extraction upper port, a pre-cooling right port opposite to said pre-cooling left port and vertically located above said pre-cooling left port, a bottom portion below said exchange chamber having a diameter smaller than the diameter of said exchange chamber, an elongated tube parallel to said extraction tube and having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein said upper portion is structurally connected to said bottom portion; a distillation column having an upper distillation part structurally connected to said pre-cooling right port, a distillation mid part parallel to said elongated tube, a distillation lower part; a first valve having a first valve upper port structurally connected to said elongated tube lower portion, a first valve left port structurally connected to said right extraction lower port through a second reduced-diameter tube, a first valve right port; a second valve having a second valve upper port structurally connected to said first valve right port, a second valve right port and a second valve left port structurally coupled to a collection tube; a pressure exchange chamber comprising a first chamber having a first chamber upper and lower part and a second chamber having a second chamber upper and lower part, wherein said first chamber upper part is structurally connected to said distillation lower part, the first chamber lower part is structurally connected to said second chamber upper part, said second chamber lower part having a diameter smaller than said second chamber upper part diameter, a second chamber left port structurally connected to said second valve right port.