An automated logistics line for cabinet extraction equipment

Abstract

The application discloses an automatic logistics line for a cabinet type extraction device, which comprises a cabinet type extraction device, a mobile trolley and a circulating logistics line. The mobile trolley circulates into the cabinet type extraction device along the circulating logistics line to process traditional Chinese medicines in the mobile trolley. A horizontal integral cover plate is used to seal the mobile trolley in the cabinet type extraction device. The top cover of the traditional mobile trolley is removed, and only a horizontal integral cover plate is arranged in the cabinet type extraction device. The horizontal integral cover plate can prevent traditional Chinese medicines from flowing out during the cooking and extraction process, and can provide convenience for the subsequent discharging, cleaning and automatic feeding of the entire logistics line, simplify the process, make the entire logistics line have a higher degree of automation, make the automatic processing easier to realize, reduce the cost and difficulty, combine the advantages of the cabinet type cooking device with the automatic assembly line, realize the unmanned operation of the cabinet type extraction process and material conveying, and achieve great progress in the industrialized production of traditional Chinese medicine cooking and extraction.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine production, and particularly relates to an automatic logistics line for a cabinet type extraction device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Compared with traditional tank type processing, the cabinet type extraction device has the following advantages: 1, the cabinet type extraction device is set on the ground with high safety factor; 2, the cooking capacity can be increased along with the length of the extraction cabinet; 3, the horizontal feeding and discharging mode is convenient and energy-saving; and 4, it is convenient to form an automatic traditional Chinese medicine processing assembly line.

[0003] The application No. CN110575396A entitled "A device for decocting and extracting traditional Chinese medicinal materials" discloses the concept and preliminary design of a traditional Chinese medicine extraction and cooking cabinet. The mobile material container with a cover plate is used as a mobile carrier to load traditional Chinese medicinal materials for cooking. During the cooking process of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials, the cover plate must be used to prevent the traditional Chinese medicinal materials from flowing out of the material container and to prevent the traditional Chinese medicinal materials from mixing with the concentrated liquid.

[0004] However, the cover plate provided on the mobile material container increases the difficulty of automatic unmanned operation during the feeding and discharging processes, and the programming of the automatic operation system and the PLC system is extremely complicated. Moreover, more automatic components are required, which greatly increases the cost.

[0005] Therefore, the present application proposes an automatic logistics line for a cabinet type extraction device to better achieve automatic operation. SUMMARY

[0006] The present application aims to solve the problems in the prior art and proposes an automatic logistics line for a cabinet type extraction device.

[0007] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

[0008] An automatic logistics line for a cabinet type extraction device comprises a cabinet type extraction device, a mobile material container and a circulating logistics line. The mobile material container circulates into the cabinet type extraction device along the circulating logistics line to process the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the mobile material container.

[0009] The mobile material container is a stainless steel container with an upper opening. The inner wall around the container is smooth, and the inner bottom wall is provided with a plurality of convection holes. The outer wall of the mobile material container is provided with a straight rack with downward tooth surfaces on both sides. The straight rack cooperates with the driving gear installed in the circulating logistics line and the cabinet type extraction device to realize displacement.

[0010] The interior of the cabinet type extraction equipment is provided with a horizontal integral cover plate through a vertical guide rod, a plurality of upflow through holes are formed in the surface of the horizontal integral cover plate, a reset spring for pushing the horizontal integral cover plate to move upwards is sleeved on the surface of the vertical guide rod, front and rear displacement translation sealing doors are arranged at the two ends of the cabinet type extraction equipment, guide wheels are arranged at the two ends of the horizontal integral cover plate, an inclined guide groove is formed in the inner side of the translation sealing door, the guide wheels extend into the inclined guide groove and are rolling connected with the inclined guide groove, and when the translation sealing door moves forward to close the cabinet type extraction equipment, the horizontal integral cover plate is driven to move downwards to seal the upper openings of the plurality of mobile trolleys through the cooperation of the inclined guide groove and the guide wheels, and when the translation sealing door moves backwards to open the cabinet type extraction equipment, the horizontal integral cover plate is driven to move upwards through the cooperation of the inclined guide groove and the guide wheels.

[0011] The circulating logistics line comprises a discharging section, a draining section, a feeding section, a conveying section and an inlet section composed of a base track, wherein a discharging transfer platform is arranged between the discharging section and the draining section, and the discharging transfer platform is used for overturning and dumping medicinal materials in the mobile trolley and cleaning the mobile trolley through a cleaning device and then sending the mobile trolley into the circulating logistics line for recycling.

[0012] An adapter platform is arranged at each right-angle corner of the circulating logistics line.

[0013] Preferably, a rectangular pipe is arranged at the bottom of the mobile trolley, the discharging transfer platform is composed of a lower rotating table, a main frame, an upper and lower movable table, an upper rotating table and a fork arm, a servo motor for driving the upper and lower movable table to lift is arranged on the main frame, the upper rotating table is arranged at the side of the upper and lower movable table, a driving motor is arranged in the upper rotating table, the fork arm is arranged on the surface of the upper rotating table and is matched with the rectangular pipe, and the discharging transfer platform drives the mobile trolley to rotate clockwise and sequentially enter the discharging area, the cleaning device and the draining section for conveying.

[0014] Preferably, a plurality of high-pressure cleaning nozzles are arranged at the top of the cleaning device to clean the inverted mobile trolley from above.

[0015] Preferably, an automatic feeding mechanism is arranged at the side of the feeding section and is provided with a contact sensor for sensing the position of the mobile trolley.

[0016] Preferably, the adapter platform is used for driving the mobile trolley to rotate by 90° and is internally provided with a driving gear matched with a straight rack at two sides of the mobile trolley and a driving motor.

[0017] Preferably, the inner bottom wall of the cabinet type extraction equipment is of an inclined structure, a heating element is arranged in the bottom plate of the cabinet type extraction equipment, an upper interface is arranged at the top of the cabinet type extraction equipment, a liquid outlet is arranged at the bottom of the cabinet type extraction equipment, the upper surface of the bottom plate is smooth and a plurality of liquid through holes are formed in the upper surface of the bottom plate.

[0018] The present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0019] 1. The automatic logistics line for the cabinet type extraction equipment provided by the present application removes the top cover of the traditional mobile trolley and only sets a horizontal integral cover plate in the interior of the cabinet type extraction equipment, which can avoid the outflow of medicinal materials during the extraction process, provide convenience for the subsequent discharge, cleaning and automatic feeding of the entire logistics line, simplify the process, make the entire logistics line have a higher degree of automation, make the automatic processing easier to implement, reduce the cost and difficulty, thereby combining the advantages of the cabinet type extraction equipment with the automatic assembly line, realizing the unmanned operation of industrial production, and achieving great progress in the extraction processing of traditional Chinese medicine.

[0020] 2. The automatic logistics line for the cabinet type extraction equipment provided by the present application combines the up-down displacement operation of the horizontal integral cover plate with the translation sealing doors on both sides of the cabinet type extraction equipment to realize linkage, so that the horizontal integral cover plate automatically moves downward when the translation sealing doors are closed and automatically moves upward when the translation sealing doors are opened, and the scheme has a reasonable structure and is simple in design, the entire process adopts physical linkage, and the design is ingenious and can easily realize automatic control.

[0021] 3. In the automatic logistics line for the cabinet type extraction equipment provided by the present application, the mobile trolley uses the gear at the bottom and the straight rack with downward teeth as driving components, which can drive the displacement of the mobile trolley and facilitate the overall lifting of the mobile trolley by the discharge transfer platform for turnover and discharge, and the cabinet type extraction equipment, the discharge area, the cleaning device and the draining section track are arranged around the discharge transfer platform, which facilitates continuous and cyclic operation. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall top view structure of the automatic logistics line provided by the present application.

[0023] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the cabinet type extraction front section structure of the automatic logistics line provided by the present application.

[0024] Figure 3 It is an enlarged schematic diagram of the structure at A in Figure 2

[0025] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the back surface structure of the discharge transfer platform of the automatic logistics line provided by the present application.

[0026] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the front surface structure of the discharge transfer platform of the automatic logistics line provided by the present application.

[0027] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the front surface structure of the discharge transfer platform of the automatic logistics line provided by the present application.

[0028] Figure 7 ​The schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the mobile trolley of the automatic logistics line provided by the application shows that

[0029] Figure 8 The connection state display diagram of the mobile trolley and the circulating track of the automatic logistics line provided by the application shows that

[0030] Figure 9 The connection state display diagram of the horizontal integral cover plate and the translation sealing door in the automatic logistics line provided by the application shows that

[0031] Figure 10 The schematic diagram of the internal structure of the translation sealing door in the automatic logistics line provided by the application shows that

[0032] In the figure: 1 cabinet type extraction equipment, 2 mobile trolley, 3 convection hole, 4 straight rack, 5 vertical guide rod, 6 horizontal integral cover plate, 7 upflow hole, 8 translation sealing door, 9 guide wheel, 10 inclined guide groove, 11 unloading transfer platform, 12 liquid outlet, 13 upper interface, 14 rectangular tube, 1101 lower turntable, 1102 main frame, 1103 upper and lower movable table, 1104 upper turntable, 1105 fork arm, 15 bottom plate, 16 heating element. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the application, not all the embodiments.

[0034] In the description of the application, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the application.

[0035] Reference Figures 1-10 An automatic logistics line for cabinet type extraction equipment, comprising a cabinet type extraction equipment 1, a mobile trolley 2 and a circulating logistics line, the mobile trolley 2 circulates into the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 along the circulating logistics line to process traditional Chinese medicine in the mobile trolley 2.

[0036] Among them, the inner bottom wall of the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 is inclined, the bottom plate 15 of the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 is provided with a heating element 16 inside, and the top is provided with an upper interface 13, the bottom of the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 is provided with a liquid outlet 12, the upper surface of the bottom plate 15 is smooth, and a plurality of liquid through holes are formed.

[0037] The mobile trolley 2 is an upper opening stainless steel container, the inner wall of which is smooth, and the inner bottom wall is provided with a plurality of convection holes 3, and the outer wall of the mobile trolley 2 is provided with a straight rack 4 with downward tooth surface on both sides, which cooperates with the driving gear installed in the circulating logistics line and the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 to realize displacement.

[0038] The inside of the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 is provided with a horizontal integral cover plate 6 through a vertical guide rod 5, the surface of the horizontal integral cover plate 6 is provided with a plurality of upflow holes 7, the surface of the vertical guide rod 5 is sleeved with a reset spring for pushing the horizontal integral cover plate 6 to move upward, and the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 is provided with front and rear displacement translation sealing doors 8 at both ends, both ends of the horizontal integral cover plate 6 are provided with guide wheels 9, the inner side of the translation sealing door 8 is provided with an inclined guide groove 10, the guide wheel 9 extends into the inclined guide groove 10 and is rollingly connected therewith, and when the translation sealing door 8 moves forward to close the cabinet type extraction equipment 1, the horizontal integral cover plate 6 is driven to move downward to cover the upper openings of the plurality of mobile trolleys 2 through the cooperation of the inclined guide groove 10 and the guide wheel 9, and when the translation sealing door 8 moves backward to open the cabinet type extraction equipment 1, the horizontal integral cover plate 6 is driven to move upward.

[0039] The up and down displacement operation of the horizontal integral cover plate 6 is combined with the translation sealing doors 8 on both sides of the cabinet type extraction equipment 1 to realize linkage, so that when the translation sealing door 8 is closed, the horizontal integral cover plate 6 automatically moves downward, and when the translation sealing door 8 is opened, the horizontal integral cover plate 6 automatically moves upward, which is a reasonable and simple design, uses physical linkage in the whole process, and is cleverly designed to easily realize automatic control.

[0040] The circulating logistics line includes a discharging section, a draining section, a feeding section, a conveying section and an inlet section composed of a base track, wherein a discharging transfer platform 11 is arranged between the discharging section and the draining section, and the discharging transfer platform 11 is used to overturn and pour out the medicinal materials in the mobile trolley 2 and to clean the mobile trolley 2 through a cleaning device and then to send the mobile trolley 2 into the circulating logistics line for recycling.

[0041] The mobile trolley 2 uses a driving gear and a straight rack 4 with downward tooth surface as driving components, which can not only drive the displacement of the mobile trolley 2, but also facilitate the discharging transfer platform 11 to lift and overturn the mobile trolley 2.

[0042] An automatic feeding mechanism is installed on the side of the feeding section, and a contact sensor is provided, which is used to sense the position of the mobile trolley 2.

[0043] The bottom of the mobile trolley 2 is provided with a rectangular tube 14, and the discharging transfer platform 11 is composed of a lower rotary table 1101, a main frame 1102, an up-down movable table 1103, an upper rotary table 1104 and a fork arm 1105, the main frame 1102 is provided with a servo motor for driving the up-down movable table 1103 to ascend and descend, the upper rotary table 1104 is installed on the side of the up-down movable table 1103, the inside of the upper rotary table 1104 is provided with a driving motor, the fork arm 1105 is installed on the surface of the upper rotary table 1104 and is matched with the rectangular tube 14, and the discharging transfer platform 11 drives the mobile trolley 2 to rotate clockwise to enter the discharging area, the cleaning device and the draining section in sequence.

[0044] The lower rotary table 1101 can rotate by 360 degrees, the up-down movable table 1103 can move up and down along the main frame 1102 as a track, and the upper rotary table 1104 can realize at least 180 degrees of overturning.

[0045] The top of the cleaning device is provided with a plurality of high-pressure cleaning nozzles for cleaning the inverted mobile trolley 2 from above.

[0046] The cabinet type extraction equipment 1, the discharging area, the cleaning device and the draining section track are arranged around the discharging transfer platform 11, so that continuous and circulating operation is facilitated.

[0047] The transfer platform is arranged at each right-angle corner of the circulating logistics line, the transfer platform is used for driving the mobile trolley 2 to rotate by 290 degrees, and is internally provided with a driving gear matched with the two side straight racks 4 of the mobile trolley 2 and a driving motor, so that 90-degree turning of the mobile trolley 2 is facilitated.

[0048] The core point of the present application is that the top cover of the traditional mobile trolley 2 is removed, and only a horizontal integral cover plate 6 is arranged in the cabinet type extraction equipment 1, so that the outflow of medicinal materials during the cooking and extraction process is avoided, the subsequent discharging, cleaning and automatic feeding of the entire logistics line are facilitated, the process is simplified, the automation degree of the entire logistics line is higher, automatic processing is easier to realize, the cost and difficulty are reduced, the advantages of the cabinet type cooking equipment 1 are combined with the automatic assembly line, and great progress is made in the cooking, extraction and processing of traditional Chinese medicines.

[0049] Working Principle: When using the automated logistics line combined with cabinet-type extraction equipment 1 to process Chinese medicinal materials through steaming and extraction, the moving trolley 2 is first driven to load the Chinese medicinal materials into the moving trolley 2 via the automatic feeding mechanism. Then, the sliding sealing door 8 is controlled to move backward, driving the moving trolley 2 into the cabinet-type extraction equipment 1. As the sliding sealing door 8 moves backward, it drives the horizontal integral cover plate 6 to move upward, and then closes the sliding sealing door 8. At this time, under the action of the inclined guide groove 10 and guide wheel 9, the horizontal integral cover plate 6 moves downward, covering the upper openings of multiple moving trolleys 2. Next, the steaming solvent is injected into the sealed cabinet-type extraction equipment 1, and the heating element 16 is used to heat the solvent to carry out the extraction operation. After the extraction is completed, the steaming liquid is discharged through the liquid outlet 12, and the sliding sealing door 1 is opened. The sealed door 8, through the drive gear inside the cabinet-type extraction device 1, drives the mobile material cart 2 into the discharge section, so that the fork arm 1105 is inserted into the rectangular tube 14. Then, the upper and lower movable platforms 1103 are lifted as a whole, driving the mobile material cart 2 to rise. Then, the lower turntable 1101 is used to rotate the mobile material cart 2 to the discharge area. The upper turntable 1104 is controlled to make the mobile material cart 2 rotate 180° to discharge material. Then, the lower turntable 1101 is rotated to make the mobile material cart 2 move upside down into the cleaning device for cleaning. Finally, it is rotated to the top of the drain section track, then rotated 180° so that the opening of the mobile material cart 2 faces upward. Then, the upper and lower movable platforms 11030 are controlled to descend, placing the mobile material cart 2 on the circulation track, and continuing to enter the feeding section, thus completing the cycle operation.

[0050] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any equivalent substitutions or modifications made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in the present invention, based on the technical solution and inventive concept of the present invention, should be covered within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type extraction device, comprising a cabinet-type extraction device (1), a mobile material cart (2), and a circulating logistics line, wherein the mobile material cart (2) circulates into the cabinet-type extraction device (1) along the circulating logistics line to process the traditional Chinese medicine inside the mobile material cart (2), characterized in that: The mobile material cart (2) is a stainless steel container with an open top. The inner walls are smooth, and the bottom wall has multiple convection holes (3). The outer walls of the mobile material cart (2) are equipped with straight toothed racks (4) with their teeth facing downwards. The straight toothed racks (4) cooperate with the drive gears installed in the circulating logistics line and the cabinet extraction equipment (1) to achieve displacement. The cabinet-type extraction device (1) has a horizontal integral cover plate (6) installed inside via a vertical guide rod (5). The surface of the horizontal integral cover plate (6) has multiple upper flow holes (7), both of which are densely packed holes. A return spring is fitted onto the surface of the vertical guide rod (5) to push the horizontal integral cover plate (6) upwards. Both ends of the cabinet-type extraction device (1) are equipped with sliding sealing doors (8) for forward and backward displacement. Both ends of the horizontal integral cover plate (6) are equipped with guide wheels (9) for sliding sealing. An inclined guide groove (10) is provided on the inner side of the door (8). The guide wheel (9) extends into the interior of the inclined guide groove (10) and is tumbled to it. When the sliding sealing door (8) moves forward to close the cabinet extraction device (1), the inclined guide groove (10) and the guide wheel (9) work together to drive the horizontal integral cover plate (6) to move down to cover the upper opening of multiple moving material carts (2). When the sliding sealing door (8) moves backward to open the cabinet extraction device (1), the inclined guide groove (10) and the guide wheel (9) work together to drive the horizontal integral cover plate (6) to move up. The circular logistics line includes a discharge section, a drain section, a loading section, a conveying section and a feeding section, which are composed of basic tracks. A material transfer platform (11) is set between the discharge section and the drain section. The material transfer platform (11) is used to overturn and dump the medicinal materials inside the mobile material cart (2) and send the mobile material cart (2) into the circular logistics line for recycling after cleaning by a cleaning device. Transfer platforms are set up at each right-angle turn of the circular logistics line.

2. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the mobile material cart (2) is equipped with a rectangular tube (14). The unloading and transfer platform (11) is composed of a lower turntable (1101), a main frame (1102), an upper and lower movable platform (1103), an upper turntable (1104), and a fork arm (1105). The main frame (1102) is equipped with a servo motor that drives the upper and lower movable platform (1103) to rise and fall. The upper turntable (1104) is installed on the side of the upper and lower movable platform (1103). The upper turntable (1104) is equipped with a drive motor inside. The fork arm (1105) is installed on the surface of the upper turntable (1104) and is adapted to the rectangular tube (14). The unloading and transfer platform (11) drives the mobile material cart (2) to rotate clockwise and enter the discharge area for discharge, the cleaning device for cleaning, and the dewatering section for conveying.

3. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning device is equipped with multiple high-pressure cleaning nozzles on its top to clean the inverted mobile material cart (2) from above.

4. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that: An automatic feeding mechanism is installed on the side of the feeding section, and a contact sensor is provided to sense the position of the moving material cart (2).

5. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer platform is used to drive the mobile material cart (2) to rotate 90°, and is equipped with drive gears and drive motors that cooperate with the straight racks (4) on both sides of the mobile material cart (2).

6. An automated logistics line for a cabinet-type retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cabinet-type extraction device (1) has an inclined inner bottom wall structure. The bottom plate (15) of the cabinet-type extraction device (1) is equipped with a heating element (16) and an upper interface (13) at the top. The bottom of the cabinet-type extraction device (1) is equipped with a liquid outlet (12). The upper surface of the bottom plate (15) is smooth and has multiple liquid through holes.

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