Safe lifting and medicine draining device for traditional Chinese medicine decocting pot

Abstract

The invention discloses a safe lifting and medicine draining device for a traditional Chinese medicine decocting pot, a lifting mechanism comprises a movable support, a lifter, a lifting table and a grabber, the grabber is hooked with a boss of an inner pot to realize mechanical lifting, the lifter provides stable power, and the movable support ensures that a vertical track is accurate; the conveying mechanism comprises a translation support, a translation trolley, a clamp and a positioner, the clamp clamps the medicine decocting pot to translate, the positioner (photoelectric sensing or mechanical limiting) ensures that the inner pot is accurately stopped to the preset position below the lifting table, and the translation support and the translation trolley cooperate to construct the full-automatic process of horizontal conveying, accurate positioning and vertical lifting; and reliable force transmission is achieved through the design of the grabber and the boss. According to the system, through mechanical optimization and track control, the risk of man-machine contact is eliminated, muscle strain caused by manual pot lifting and extrusion and collision accidents caused by misoperation of equipment are avoided, the stability and reliability are improved through a positioner, and the working efficiency is remarkably improved while safety is guaranteed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of automatic decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, and particularly to a safe lifting and draining device for a traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the prior art, more and more automatic devices are applied in the decoction process of traditional Chinese medicine, such as a decoction device for decocting medicinal materials, a filling device for filling medicinal liquid, and a squeezing device for squeezing medicinal liquid from medicinal residues. The long process of decocting traditional Chinese medicine is split into several devices performing specific processes, which greatly improves the efficiency of each process of decocting traditional Chinese medicine and the number of processes that can be processed at the same time. In order to facilitate the quick connection of the process of decoction between these devices, a decoction pot with an inner and outer structure is designed.

[0003] Before entering the process of removing medicinal residues, the inner pot of the decoction pot needs to be lifted to a certain height above the outer pot, so that the medicinal liquid is completely filtered from the inner pot to the outer pot, and then the medicinal residues remaining in the inner pot are squeezed to completely separate the medicinal liquid.

[0004] In the prior art, the inner pot is usually lifted manually, which poses a great threat to the personal safety of workers of the automatic running mechanical equipment. If the workers are not familiar with the environment of the workshop, there is a high probability that they will be harmed by the running equipment. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a safe lifting and draining device for a traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot, which solves the problem of manually lifting the inner pot, which poses a great threat to the personal safety of workers of the automatic running mechanical equipment.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application adopts the following technical scheme: a safe lifting and draining device for a traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot, comprising an inner pot of a decoction pot, a lifting mechanism for lifting the inner pot of the decoction pot, and a conveying mechanism for moving the decoction pot into the lifting mechanism; The inner pot has a protrusion extending outward, the lifting mechanism includes a moving bracket, an elevator, a lifting platform, and a gripper, the elevator is arranged on the moving bracket, the lifting platform is fixedly connected with the elevator and is lifted in the vertical direction of the moving bracket, the gripper is arranged on the inner side of the lifting platform and is used for hooking the protrusion, and the lifting platform is lifted to lift the inner pot; The conveying mechanism includes a translation bracket, a translation trolley, a clamp, and a positioner, the translation bracket is located below the lifting platform and extends outward, the translation trolley is arranged on the translation bracket, the clamp is arranged on the translation trolley and is used for clamping the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot and translating along the translation bracket to below the lifting platform, and the positioner is arranged on the translation trolley or the clamp.

[0007] Further, the moving support is in a cuboid shape and comprises a supporting frame with four vertical sides, the first side and the third side are arranged at intervals to form a channel with a width suitable for the conveying mechanism to pass through, and the elevator is arranged on the first side and the third side symmetrically.

[0008] Further, the elevator comprises a first mounting base, a lifting screw rod, and a lifting block, the first mounting base is arranged on the first side and the third side, the lifting screw rod is arranged on the first mounting base, the lifting nut is arranged on the lifting screw rod in a matched manner, and the lifting platform is fixedly connected with the lifting nut.

[0009] Further, the lifting platform is in a rectangular frame shape and has a pressing channel in the middle, and a grabber is arranged on each of the four inner sides of the lifting platform.

[0010] Further, the grabber comprises an elastic base, a guide column, a guide block, an elastic member, and a hook, the elastic base is fixedly connected with the lifting platform, the elastic base is internally provided with an elastic channel, the guide column is arranged in the elastic channel, the guide block is sleeved on the guide column, the elastic member is sleeved on the guide column at the rear of the guide block, and the hook is arranged on the guide block.

[0011] Further, the hook comprises a support rod, a support platform, a separation platform, and a limiting platform, the support rod is fixedly connected with the guide block, the support platform is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the support rod, the bottom of the support platform is a spherical surface, the top surface is a flat surface to form a clamping platform, the separation platform is slidingly arranged on the support rod and above the support platform, the diameter of the separation platform is greater than that of the support platform, and the peripheral surface of the separation platform has upward and downward tapered surfaces, and the limiting platform is fixedly arranged above the separation platform.

[0012] Further, the translation trolley comprises a second mounting base, a translation screw rod, and a translation block, the second mounting base is symmetrically arranged at both ends of the translation support, the translation screw rod is arranged on the second mounting base, the translation block is arranged on the translation screw rod, and the clamp is arranged on the translation block.

[0013] Further, the clamp comprises a clamping jaw support, a bidirectional air cylinder clamping jaw, and a placement platform, the clamping jaw support is in an L-shaped support, the bidirectional air cylinder clamping jaw is arranged above the clamping jaw support, and the placement platform is arranged below the bidirectional air cylinder clamping jaw.

[0014] Further, the positioner comprises a buffer base, a limiting table and a laser sensor, the buffer base is arranged on the translation support, the limiting table is arranged on the buffer base, and the laser sensor is arranged on the buffer base, the jaw support is in abutment with the limiting table, and the inner pot center is aligned with the lifting table center. Further comprising a pot cover lifting assembly, the pot cover lifting assembly comprises a lifting cylinder and a pot cover clamping block, the lifting cylinder is arranged above the moving support, the pot cover clamping block is arranged at the bottom of the lifting cylinder, the pot cover clamping block clamps the pot cover, and the lifting cylinder drives the pot cover to separate from the inner pot.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages: The complete automatic mechanical system completely replaces the traditional manual lifting operation, and fundamentally solves the safety hazard of manually lifting the inner pot in the decoction process. The core technical scheme includes two core technologies working cooperatively: the lifting mechanism adopts a combined structure of a moving support, an elevator and a lifting table, and realizes mechanical contact type lifting through mechanical hooking of the gripper and the inner pot boss, wherein the elevator provides stable power output, the moving support ensures the accuracy of the vertical lifting track, and the specially designed boss structure enables the gripper to reliably bear the load; the conveying mechanism constructs a conveying system including a translation support, a translation trolley, a clamp and a positioner, the translation trolley moves smoothly on the support rail, the clamp firmly clamps the decoction pot, and the high-precision positioner ensures that the inner pot is accurately parked at the preset position directly below the lifting table through photoelectric sensing or mechanical limiting. The two mechanisms jointly construct a full-automatic working process of "horizontal transportation-accurate positioning-vertical lifting", wherein the spatial layout of the lifting table and the translation support forms a safety operation area isolation, the mechanical design of the gripper and the boss realizes reliable force transmission, the whole system completely eliminates the contact possibility of the operator and the running equipment, not only avoids the muscle strain risk when manually lifting the pot, but also effectively prevents industrial accidents such as crushing and collision caused by equipment misoperation, and the introduction of the positioner significantly improves the stability and reliability of the equipment operation, so that the whole decoction process realizes higher working efficiency on the premise of ensuring safety. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] The present application will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings: Figure 1 It is a whole structure schematic view of a traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot safety lifting and draining device of the present application; Figure 2 It is a structure schematic view of a translation support of the present application; Figure 3 It is a structure schematic view of a lifting table of the present application; Figure 4 It is a structure schematic view of a conveying mechanism of the present application; Figure 5 Structure diagram of the grabber of the present application; In the figure: 1 lifting mechanism, 11 moving support, 12 lifting machine, 121 first mounting base, 122 lifting lead screw, 123 lifting slider, 13 lifting table, 131 pressing channel, 14 grabber, 141 elastic base, 142 guide column, 143 guide slider, 144 elastic member, 15 hook, 151 support rod, 152 support table, 153 separation table, 154 limiting table, 2 conveying mechanism, 21 translation support, 22 translation trolley, 221 second mounting base, 222 translation lead screw, 223 translation slider, 23 clamp, 231 clamping jaw support, 232 bidirectional air cylinder clamping jaw, 233 placement table, 24 positioner, 3 decocting pot, 31 inner pot, 32 boss. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all the embodiments.

[0018] The technical scheme of the present application will be described in detail below with specific embodiments. The following several specific embodiments can be combined or replaced according to actual conditions, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be described in some embodiments.

[0019] As Figures 1 to 5As shown, the present application provides a traditional Chinese medicine decocting pot 3 automatic lifting and draining device, which comprises an inner pot 31 of the decocting pot 3, a lifting mechanism 1 capable of lifting the inner pot 31 of the decocting pot 3, and a conveying mechanism 2 capable of moving the decocting pot 3 into the lifting mechanism 1, wherein the inner pot 31 has a boss 32 extending outward, the lifting mechanism 1 comprises a moving bracket 11, an elevator 12, a lifting platform 124, and a grabber 14, the elevator 12 is arranged on the moving bracket 11, the lifting platform 124 is fixedly connected with the elevator 12 and is vertically lifted along the moving bracket 11, the grabber 14 is arranged on the inner side of the lifting platform 124 and is used for hooking with the boss 32, and the lifting platform 124 is lifted to lift the inner pot 31, the conveying mechanism 2 comprises a translation bracket 21, a translation trolley 22, a clamp 23, and a positioner 24, the translation bracket 21 is located below the lifting platform 124 and extends outward, the translation trolley 22 is arranged on the translation bracket 21, the clamp 23 is arranged on the translation trolley 22 and is used for clamping the traditional Chinese medicine decocting pot and being horizontally translated along the translation bracket 21 to below the lifting platform 124, and the positioner 24 is arranged on the translation trolley 22 or the clamp 23, the inner pot 31 is integrally formed with an annular boss 32 (the diameter is 50 mm larger than that of the pot body, and the thickness is 10 mm) on the outer side as a core stress structure, the moving bracket 11 is a square frame welded by 304 stainless steel square tubes, four vertical columns have linear guides arranged on the inner sides and form vertical guide pairs with the sliding grooves on the sides of the lifting platform 124, the lifting platform 124 is rigidly connected with lifting nuts through four corner flanges, four groups of grabbers 14 are uniformly arranged on the inner sides of the lifting platform 124 and are spaced apart by 90°, when the conveying mechanism 2 sends the inner pot 31 to directly below the lifting platform 124, the side edge of the boss 32 is coincident with the horizontal projection of the hook 15 of the grabber 14, the lifting platform 124 is lowered to make the hook 15 contact the boss 32, the elastic mechanism is compressed and reset to complete the hooking, at this time, the elevator 12 drives the screw rod to rotate, the lifting platform 124 is vertically lifted by 50 cm through the nut transmission, and the inner pot 31 is completely separated from the outer pot to realize the draining.

[0020] The moving bracket 11 is a cuboid-shaped supporting frame comprising four vertical sides, the first side and the third side are spaced apart to form a channel with a width suitable for the conveying mechanism 2 to pass through, the elevator 12 is arranged on the symmetrically arranged first side and third side, the servo motor of the first side and the third side of the moving bracket 11 drives two ball screws through a coupling, and the two ends of the screw rod are fixed to the top plate and the bottom plate of the bracket by angular contact bearings, the four corners of the lifting platform 124 are connected with the lifting nuts through universal joints, the motor receives the PLC pulse signal during work, the lifting platform 124 is lifted by 10 mm per rotation of the screw rod, the motor is energized and self-locked after reaching the set height, at this time, the axial force of the screw rod is transmitted to the ground through the bracket frame to avoid structural deformation.

[0021] The elevator 12 comprises a first mounting base 121, a lifting screw 122 and a lifting slider 123, the first mounting base 121 is arranged on the first side and the third side, the lifting screw 122 is arranged on the first mounting base 121, the lifting nut is matched with the lifting screw 122, and the lifting platform 124 is fixedly connected with the lifting nut; the servo motor receives the PLC instruction to start, drives two lifting screws to rotate synchronously through a speed reducer, and the lifting nut converts the rotary motion of the screw into linear motion to vertically push the lifting platform 124 to rise or fall at a preset speed.

[0022] The grabber 14 comprises an elastic base 141, a guide column 142, a guide slider 143, an elastic member 144 and a hook 15, the elastic base 141 is fixedly connected with the lifting platform 124, the elastic base 141 is internally provided with an elastic channel, the guide column 142 is arranged in the elastic channel, the guide slider 143 is sleeved on the guide column 142, the elastic member 144 is sleeved on the guide column 142 at the back of the guide slider 143, and the hook 15 is arranged on the guide slider 143; when the boss 32 of the inner pot 31 contacts the hook 15, the boss 32 slides along the conical surface of the disengagement platform 153 and extrudes the supporting rod 151, the guide slider 143 is pushed to displace backward along the guide column 142, after the boss 32 completely passes the clamping platform plane of the hook 15, the spring releases the rebound force to push the guide slider 143 to reset, so that the clamping platform plane is tightly attached to the lower edge of the boss 32 to form rigid support; during the lifting process, the upper conical surface of the disengagement platform 153 and the edge of the boss 32 form mechanical interlocking (prevent horizontal unhooking), and the spring continuously applies the pre-tightening force to maintain the hooking state. The core purpose of the design is to solve the safety risk and positioning error problems of manual operation: the elastic buffer structure can adaptively position the deviation to avoid mechanical hard collision to cause damage to the equipment.

[0023] The hook 15 comprises a supporting rod 151, a supporting platform 152, a disengagement platform 153 and a limiting platform 154, the supporting rod 151 is fixedly connected with the guide slider 143, the supporting platform 152 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the supporting rod 151, the bottom of the supporting platform 152 is a spherical surface, the top surface is a plane to form a clamping platform, the disengagement platform 153 is slidingly arranged on the supporting rod 151 and located above the supporting platform 152, the diameter of the disengagement platform 153 is larger than that of the supporting platform 152, and the peripheral surface has upward and downward conical surfaces, and the limiting platform 154 is fixedly arranged above the disengagement platform 153; the reliable hooking and safe release are realized through mechanical linkage: the bidirectional conical surface of the disengagement platform 153 and the diameter difference constitute the mechanical logic of "guiding hooking → forced release", which completely eliminates the need for manual disassembly and solves the risk of being injured by the equipment in the background technology.

[0024] The translation trolley 22 comprises a second mounting base 221, a translation screw 222 and a translation sliding block 223, the second mounting base 221 is symmetrically arranged at both ends of the translation support 21, the translation screw 222 is arranged on the second mounting base 221, and the translation sliding block 223 is arranged on the translation screw 222, and the clamp 23 is arranged on the translation sliding block 223.

[0025] The clamp 23 comprises a clamp jaw support 231, a bidirectional air cylinder clamp jaw 232 and a placement table 233, the clamp jaw support 231 is an L-shaped support, the bidirectional air cylinder clamp jaw 232 is arranged above the clamp jaw support 231, and the placement table 233 is arranged below the bidirectional air cylinder clamp jaw 232.

[0026] The positioner 24 comprises a buffer base, a limiting table 154 and a laser sensor, the buffer base is arranged on the translation support 21, the limiting table 154 is arranged on the buffer base, and the laser sensor is arranged on the buffer base, the clamp jaw support 231 abuts against the limiting table 154, and the center of the inner pot 31 is aligned with the center of the lifting table 124.

[0027] In addition to the preferred embodiments described above, the present application also has other embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative labor belong to the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A traditional Chinese medicine decocting pot safety lifting and medicine draining device, comprising an inner pot capable of being placed in a decocting pot, a lifting mechanism capable of lifting the inner pot and a conveying mechanism capable of moving the decocting pot into the lifting mechanism, characterized in that ； The inner pot has a boss extending outwardly, the lifting mechanism includes a moving support, an elevator, a lifting platform and a grabber, the elevator is arranged on the moving support, the lifting platform is fixedly connected with the elevator and is lifted along the vertical direction of the moving support, the grabber is arranged on the inner side of the lifting platform and is used for hooking with the boss, and the lifting platform is lifted to lift the inner pot; The conveying mechanism includes a translation support, a translation trolley, a clamp and a positioner, the translation support is located below the lifting platform and extends outwardly, the translation trolley is arranged on the translation support, the clamp is arranged on the translation trolley, is used for clamping the traditional Chinese medicine pot and is translated along the translation support to below the lifting platform, and the positioner is arranged on the translation trolley or the clamp.

2. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 1, characterized in that, The moving support is in the shape of a cube and includes a vertical support frame with four vertical sides, the first side and the third side are arranged at intervals to form a channel with a width adapted to the conveying mechanism and through which the conveying mechanism passes, and the elevator is arranged on the first side and the third side which are symmetrically arranged.

3. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 2, characterized in that, The elevator includes a first mounting base, a lifting screw and a lifting block, the first mounting base is arranged on the first side and the third side, the lifting screw is arranged on the first mounting base, the lifting nut is arranged on the lifting screw in cooperation, and the lifting platform is fixedly connected with the lifting nut.

4. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 3, characterized in that, The lifting platform is in the shape of a rectangular frame and has a pressing channel in the middle, and the grabber is arranged on the four inner sides of the lifting platform.

5. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 4, characterized in that, The grabber includes an elastic base, a guide column, a guide block, an elastic member and a hook, the elastic base is fixedly connected with the lifting platform, the elastic base is internally provided with an elastic channel, the guide column is arranged in the elastic channel, the guide block is sleeved on the guide column, the rear of the guide block is provided with the elastic member which is sleeved on the guide column, and the hook is arranged on the guide block.

6. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 5, characterized in that, The hook includes a support rod, a support table, a disengagement table and a limiting table, the support rod is fixedly connected with the guide block, the support table is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the support rod, the bottom of the support table is a spherical surface and the top surface is a flat surface to form a clamping table, the disengagement table is slidingly arranged on the support rod and above the support table, the diameter of the disengagement table is greater than that of the support table, and the peripheral surface of the disengagement table has upward and downward tapered surfaces, and the limiting table is fixedly arranged above the disengagement table.

7. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 1, characterized in that, The translation trolley includes a second mounting base, a translation screw and a translation block, the second mounting base is symmetrically arranged at the two ends of the translation support, the translation screw is arranged on the second mounting base, the translation block is arranged on the translation screw, and the clamp is arranged on the translation block.

8. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 7, characterized in that, The clamp includes a jaw support, a bidirectional air cylinder jaw and a placement table, the jaw support is in the shape of an L-shaped support, the bidirectional air cylinder jaw is arranged above the jaw support, and the placement table is arranged below the bidirectional air cylinder jaw.

9. The safety lifting and decoction draining device of the traditional Chinese medicine decoction pot according to claim 8, characterized in that, The positioner comprises a buffer base, a limiting table and a laser sensor, the buffer base is arranged on the translation support, the limiting table is arranged on the buffer base, the laser sensor is arranged on the buffer base, the clamping jaw support is in abutment with the limiting table, and the inner pot center is aligned with the lifting table center.

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