Laboratory distillation apparatus

Claim 1

A DISTILLATION APPARATUS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF VOLATILE SUBSTANCES FROM A BOILING SOLUTION IN A CONTAINER COMPRISING, A RECEIVING CHAMBER ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ADJACENT SAID CONTAINER RECEIVING BOILING VAPORS FROM SAID CONTAINER, A U-SHAPED EXTRACTION CHAMBER, A FIRST END OF SAID EXTRACTION CHAMBER BEING IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH AND RECEIVING THE VAPORS FROM SAID RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID EXTRACTION CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTLET VALVE POSITIONED AT THE CURVED PORTION, A CONDENSER CHAMBER SECURED TO THE SECOND END OF THE EXTRACTION CHAMBER, SAID EXTRACTION CHAMBER HAVING A SEALABLE OPENING FOR THE INSERTION OF MATERIAL, SAID CONDENSER CHAMBER HAVING A REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION WHICH ALLOWS THE PASSAGE OF VAPORS BUT COLLECTS AND DIRECTS CONDENSATE, A FUNNEL POSITIONED BELOW AND SPACED FROM THE REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION COLLECTING THE CONDENSATE FROM THE CONDENSER CHAMBER, A PASSAGEWAY FROM SAID FUNNEL TO THE RECEIVING CHAMBER TO A POINT ABOVE THE BOILING SOLUTION IN THE CONTAINER AND IN FLUID PARALLEL TO SAID EXTRACTION CHAMBER, A VAPOR TRAP IN SAID PASSAGEWAY PERMITTING THE DOWNWARD PASSAGE OF CONDENSATE BUT PREVENTING THE UPWARD PASSAGE OF VAPORS, AND A FEEDER PASSAGEWAY HAVING A VAPOR TRAP COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RECEIVING CHAMBER.