Patent ID: 8691306
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A23L,A23N,C13B

Abstract:
1. A process for extracting contents from plant material, said process comprising the steps of: (a) comminuting the plant material into comminuted plant material forming a solid phase, (b) mingling the comminuted plant material into a transporting liquid while obtaining a solid phase and a liquid phase, (c) transporting the solid and liquid phases into a reaction chamber by introduction of said phases into said chamber without aid of any forced conveyance of the phases, (d) transporting the solid and liquid phases through the reaction chamber with simultaneous contactless application of energy for the extraction of the contents from the plant material, wherein a speed at which said solid phase is transported through the reaction chamber is controlled separately from a transport phase of said liquid phase through said chamber, wherein the transport speed of the liquid phase is higher than that of said solid phase, and wherein the liquid phase is transported only by a sucking element located downstream of the reaction chamber, and (e) suction-assisted discharging of the liquid and solid phases having the extracted contents, the liquid phase being sucked away by a sucking element and the solid phase being discharged from the reaction chamber by a conveying element acting mechanically on said solid phase.