A traditional Chinese medicine processing equipment

Abstract

The application discloses a traditional Chinese medicine processing equipment, which comprises a rack, a cylinder fixed on the rack, a stirring motor installed on the outer side of the cylinder, a stirrer installed in the cylinder, the stirrer being connected with the stirring motor, a heater arranged on the inner wall of the cylinder, a feeding opening and a discharging opening arranged on the cylinder respectively, a refined honey adding groove arranged at the bottom of the cylinder, the refined honey adding groove being connected with a refined honey supply mechanism through an external adding pipe, a top cover arranged at the top of the refined honey adding groove, first openings arranged at both ends of the top cover in the rotating direction of the stirrer, and a screw auger installed in the refined honey adding groove and connected with a screw auger motor. The application can improve the defects of the prior art and realize automatic refined honey processing of large-capacity and high-efficiency traditional Chinese medicinal materials.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a processing equipment for Chinese medicinal materials, and more particularly to a processing equipment for Chinese medicinal materials. Background Technology

[0002] Processing refers to improving the properties of Chinese medicinal materials through heating, making them more suitable for clinical use. Honey processing is a commonly used method. It involves mixing roasted honey with the medicinal herbs and heating the mixture to enhance efficacy and moderate medicinal properties. However, due to the high viscosity of honey, insufficient mixing and uneven heating during processing can prevent the herbs from fully integrating with the honey. Currently, honey processing is typically done manually or using small-capacity automated equipment, which directly impacts the efficiency of the process. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a traditional Chinese medicine processing equipment that overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art and realizes large-capacity, high-efficiency automatic honey-processing of traditional Chinese medicinal materials.

[0004] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows.

[0005] A traditional Chinese medicine processing device includes a frame, a cylinder fixed on the frame, a stirring motor installed on the outside of the cylinder, a stirrer installed inside the cylinder and connected to the stirring motor, a heater installed on the inner wall of the cylinder, a feeding port and a discharging port respectively on the cylinder, a honey refining filling tank at the bottom of the cylinder, the honey refining filling tank being connected to a honey refining supply mechanism through an external filling pipe, a top cover being provided on the top of the honey refining filling tank, a first opening being provided at each end of the top cover in the direction of rotation of the stirrer, and an auger installed inside the honey refining filling tank, the auger being connected to an auger motor.

[0006] Preferably, the edge of the auger is provided with a friction plate that slides in contact with the bottom of the honey refining tank, and the friction plate has several through holes, and the filling pipe is connected to the bottom of the honey refining tank.

[0007] Preferably, the bottom surface of the top cover is provided with several parallel baffles, the baffles and the auger axis are at an angle of 10 to 20°, and there is a gap between the baffles and the auger.

[0008] Preferably, a groove is provided at the connection between the filling pipe and the honey filling tank, the filling pipe is connected to the bottom of the groove, an air inlet pipe is connected inside the groove, the axial angle between the air inlet pipe and the filling pipe is 45°, a mesh plate is provided at the top of the groove, a baffle plate is provided next to the mesh plate, the axial extension line of the air inlet pipe intersects the baffle plate perpendicularly, the air inlet pipe is connected to the air outlet pipe through a high-pressure blower, and the air outlet pipe is connected to the top of the cylinder.

[0009] Preferably, the agitator includes several agitator frames connected to a stirring motor. The outer edge of the agitator frame is connected to a shovel head via a torsion spring. The shovel head slides in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder. A stirring plate is fixed on the agitator frame and is located between the shovel head and the cylinder axis.

[0010] Preferably, the surface of the stirring plate is provided with a second opening, and a guide plate is inclinedly provided below the second opening. The length of the guide plate is greater than the length of the stirring plate, and the end of the guide plate is provided with an arc-shaped raised part with a through groove.

[0011] The beneficial effects of adopting the above technical solution are as follows: By redesigning the honey injection mechanism and the stirrer, the present invention achieves effective dispersion of honey on the surface of Chinese medicinal materials, thereby avoiding honey quality problems caused by uneven mixing. Attached Figure Description

[0012] Figure 1 This is a structural diagram of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] Figure 2 This is a structural diagram of the interior of the honey refining tank in a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] Figure 3 This is a cross-sectional view of the friction plate in a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] Figure 4 This is a structural diagram of the stirring rack in a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 5 This is a structural diagram of the stirring plate in a specific embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0017] The key to the limitation of large-scale honey refining equipment lies in ensuring thorough mixing and heating of the honey with medicinal herbs after it is injected into the large-volume refining device. Manual honey refining involves operator observation and targeted stirring of the concentrated honey-refining area, using various stirring techniques to achieve complete mixing of the honey and herbs. Completely simulating manual operation would require expensive visual inspection systems and multi-degree-of-freedom stirring systems, which is clearly unsuitable for industrial application. Therefore, we abandoned the existing approach of mimicking manual operation and took a different approach, designing a honey refining device suitable for simple mechanized operation, focusing on the honey injection mechanism and stirrer. The specific structure is as follows: Reference Figure 1-5The entire herbal processing equipment includes a frame 1, a cylinder 2 fixed on the frame 1, a stirring motor 3 installed on the outside of the cylinder 2, a stirrer 4 installed inside the cylinder 2, the stirrer 4 connected to the stirring motor 3, a heater 5 installed on the inner wall of the cylinder 2, a feeding port 6 and a discharging port 7 respectively installed on the cylinder 2, a honey refining filling tank 8 installed at the bottom of the cylinder 2, the honey refining filling tank 8 connected to the honey refining supply mechanism 10 through an external filling pipe 9, a top cover 11 installed on the top of the honey refining filling tank 8, a first opening 12 respectively at both ends of the top cover 11 in the direction of rotation of the stirrer 4, an auger 13 installed inside the honey refining filling tank 8, and the auger 13 connected to the auger motor 14.

[0018] Our honey refining injection mechanism adopts the concept of "partial injection and premixing". The honey is first injected into the honey refining tank 8. The Chinese medicinal materials are continuously injected into the honey refining tank 8 from one end of the top cover 11 under the stirring of the stirrer 4. Then, they are transported to the other end by the auger 13. During this process, they are mixed with the honey to achieve the premixing of Chinese medicinal materials and honey.

[0019] To further improve the uniformity of mixing between refined honey and Chinese medicinal herbs, a friction plate 15 is provided at the edge of the auger 13, which slides in contact with the bottom of the honey filling tank 8. Several through holes 16 are formed on the friction plate 15, and the filling pipe 9 is connected to the bottom of the honey filling tank 8. After the refined honey is injected into the honey filling tank 8, the refined honey comes into full contact with the friction plate 15 through the squeezing and friction of the friction plate 15. Most of the refined honey reaches the top of the friction plate 15 through the through holes 16 and is premixed with the Chinese medicinal herbs. Meanwhile, a groove 18 is provided at the connection between the filling pipe 9 and the honey filling tank 8. The filling pipe 9 is connected to the bottom of the groove 18, and an air inlet pipe 19 is connected inside the groove 18. The axial angle between the air inlet pipe 19 and the filling pipe 9 is 45°. A mesh plate 20 is provided at the top of the groove 18, and a baffle plate 21 is provided next to the mesh plate 20. The axial extension line of the air inlet pipe 19 intersects the baffle plate 21 perpendicularly. The air inlet pipe 19 is connected to the air outlet pipe 31 through a high-pressure blower 30, and the air outlet pipe 31 is connected to the top of the cylinder 2. The honey first enters the groove 18, and the air inlet pipe 19 blows a high-speed airflow onto the honey. Some of the honey flows with the airflow to the baffle plate 21. Under the impact of the baffle plate 21, the honey is crushed into small honey droplets. Then, driven by the airflow, the honey flows upward through the mesh plate 20. The small honey droplets can adhere to the surface of the Chinese medicinal materials relatively evenly.

[0020] To further improve the agitation effect of Chinese medicinal herbs in the honey refining tank 8, several parallel baffles 17 are installed on the bottom surface of the top cover 11. The angle between the baffles 17 and the axis of the auger 13 is 10-20°, and a gap is left between the baffles 17 and the auger 13. The auger 13 slides in contact with the bottom of the honey refining tank 8 to push the Chinese medicinal herbs. When the Chinese medicinal herbs move to the top of the auger 13, the gap between the auger 13 and the baffles 17 causes the herbs to become loose. Under the guidance of the baffles 17, the herbs move at a certain angle to the conveying direction of the auger 13, thus achieving thorough mixing and agitation of the Chinese medicinal herbs in the honey refining tank 8, avoiding the problem of insufficient mixing of materials when using traditional auger conveyors. In addition, as a high-speed airflow continuously blows upward from the bottom of the honey refining tank 8, the airflow further agitates the loose Chinese medicinal herbs at the top of the auger 13, thereby effectively improving the mixing effect of the Chinese medicinal herbs.

[0021] Our design for the stirrer 4 is based on the concept of achieving a "tumbling + falling impact" function. We found that if the impact energy of the falling medicinal herbs is fully utilized during the tumbling process, the herbs can be thoroughly mixed and the honey coating on their surface can be fully absorbed by the herbs. Specifically, the stirrer 4 includes several stirring frames 22 connected to the stirring motor 3. The outer edge of each stirring frame 22 is connected to a shovel head 24 via a torsion spring 23. The shovel head 24 slides in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder 2. A stirring plate 25 is fixed on each stirring frame 22, located between the shovel head 24 and the axis of the cylinder 2. The surface of the stirring plate 25 has a second opening 26. Below the second opening 26, a guide plate 27 is inclined and its length is greater than that of the stirring plate 25. The end of the guide plate 27 has an arc-shaped raised portion 28 with a through groove 29. The Chinese medicinal herbs, turned up by the stirring plate 25, slide from the outside to the inside of the stirring plate 25 as the stirring plate 25 rotates. When passing through the second opening 26, some of the Chinese medicinal herbs slide down the stirring plate 25 onto the surface of the guide plate 27 and continue to slide inward along the guide plate 27. At the end of the guide plate 27, the Chinese medicinal herbs sliding along the guide plate 27, the Chinese medicinal herbs sliding down the stirring plate 25, and the Chinese medicinal herbs falling from the upper shovel head 24 are mixed. Since the Chinese medicinal herbs below have two sliding paths, the guide plate 27 and the stirring plate 25, a layered flow trend can be formed. When the Chinese medicinal herbs above fall and mix with it, the mixing effect can be improved, avoiding the problem of reduced local flow efficiency caused by the Chinese medicinal herbs falling into the Chinese medicinal herb area with a single flow trend.

[0022] In addition, we made a different design for the top cover 11. We designed the top cover 11 as an upwardly convex arc structure, and its material is elastic metal. In this way, after the shovel head 24 slides along the cylinder 2 to the top cover 11, the shovel head 24 will apply downward pressure to the top cover 11, thereby causing the top cover 11 to undergo downward elastic deformation. This causes the baffle 17 to squeeze and push the Chinese medicinal materials above the auger 13, further improving the premixing effect of the Chinese medicinal materials in the honey refining tank 8.

[0023] The traditional Chinese medicine processing equipment disclosed in this invention has a simple structure and low cost. It does not require simulating the manual honey-processing operation and can efficiently realize the large-scale automated honey-processing process of Chinese medicinal materials.

[0024] In the description of this invention, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing this invention, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this invention.

[0025] The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles, main features, and advantages of the present invention. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. The embodiments and descriptions in the specification are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention. Various changes and modifications can be made to the invention without departing from its spirit and scope, and all such changes and modifications fall within the scope of the present invention as claimed. The scope of protection of this invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A traditional Chinese medicine processing device, comprising a frame (1), a cylinder (2) fixed on the frame (1), a stirring motor (3) installed on the outside of the cylinder (2), a stirrer (4) installed inside the cylinder (2), the stirrer (4) being connected to the stirring motor (3), a heater (5) provided on the inner wall of the cylinder (2), and a feeding port (6) and a discharging port (7) respectively provided on the cylinder (2), characterized in that: The bottom of the cylinder (2) is provided with a honey refining filling tank (8), which is connected to the honey refining supply mechanism (10) through an external filling pipe (9). The top of the honey refining filling tank (8) is provided with a top cover (11), and the top cover (11) is provided with a first opening (12) at both ends of the direction of rotation of the stirrer (4). An auger (13) is installed inside the honey refining filling tank (8), and the auger (13) is connected to the auger motor (14). Friction plates (15) are provided on the edge of the auger (13) to slide in contact with the bottom of the honey refining filling tank (8). The friction plate (15) has several through holes (16), and the filling pipe (9) is connected to the bottom of the honey filling tank (8); the bottom surface of the top cover (11) is provided with several parallel baffles (17), the angle between the baffles (17) and the axis of the auger (13) is 10-20°, and there is a gap between the baffles (17) and the auger (13); a groove (18) is provided at the connection between the filling pipe (9) and the honey filling tank (8), the filling pipe (9) is connected to the bottom of the groove (18), and an air inlet pipe (19) is connected inside the groove (18). The axial angle between the air inlet pipe (19) and the filling pipe (9) is 45°. A mesh plate (20) is provided on the top of the groove (18), and a baffle plate (21) is provided next to the mesh plate (20). The axial extension line of the air inlet pipe (19) intersects the baffle plate (21) perpendicularly. The air inlet pipe (19) is connected to the air outlet pipe (31) through a high-pressure blower (30). The air outlet pipe (31) is connected to the top of the cylinder (2).

2. The herbal processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stirrer (4) includes several stirring frames (22) connected to the stirring motor (3). The outer edge of the stirring frame (22) is connected to a shovel head (24) by a torsion spring (23). The shovel head (24) slides in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder (2). A stirring plate (25) is fixed on the stirring frame (22). The stirring plate (25) is located between the shovel head (24) and the axis of the cylinder (2).

3. The herbal processing equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The surface of the stirring plate (25) is provided with a second opening (26), and a guide plate (27) is inclinedly provided below the second opening (26). The length of the guide plate (27) is greater than the length of the stirring plate (25). The end of the guide plate (27) is provided with an arc-shaped raised part (28), and a through groove (29) is provided on the arc-shaped raised part (28).

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