Traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece processing and cooking device
By designing a processing, steaming and cooking device for Chinese herbal medicines including a steam box and a placing box, combined with the design of breathable plate, driving rack, threaded rod and scraping assembly, the problem of uneven steaming and cooking of Chinese herbal medicines is solved, and the uniform steaming and efficient steaming and cooking efficiency of Chinese herbal medicines is achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411572726.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-06
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-28
AI Technical Summary
When the existing steaming device for processing Chinese herbal medicines is steamed, the problem of uneven steaming of Chinese herbal medicines is prone to occur because the Chinese herbal medicines are in a standstill state in the cooking box.
A processing, steaming and cooking device for Chinese herbal medicine is designed, including a steam box and a placing box. The Chinese herbal medicine is placed on the breathable plate inside the placing box. The steam generated by the steam box enters the placing box through the breathable plate. Combined with the design of driving racks, threaded rods and scraping components, it realizes even steaming and cooking of Chinese herbal medicines.
Through this device, Chinese herbal medicines can be heated evenly, avoid heat loss, improve steaming efficiency and uniformity, and ensure the safety and effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicines.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine processing, in particular to a device for processing and boiling traditional Chinese medicine pieces. Background Art
[0002] The roots and above-ground parts of the plant are common medicinal parts of Chinese herbal medicines. Due to differences in harvesting seasons and methods, the effective, strong or toxic effects of the medicinal parts on human physiological functions are different. In order to ensure the safety of clinical drug use, according to the general processing requirements of the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", the steaming process can change the inherent properties of Chinese herbal medicines, eliminate or reduce the toxicity and side effects of Chinese herbal medicines, and is a unique pharmaceutical technology for Chinese herbal medicine processing. Among them, Chinese herbal medicine slices are Chinese herbal medicines that have been processed and processed according to Chinese medicine theory and Chinese herbal medicine processing methods, and can be directly used in Chinese medicine clinical practice. Chinese herbal medicine slices include some Chinese herbal medicine slices processed at the place of origin, original herbal medicine slices, and slices that have been cut and processed; Chinese herbal medicine slices need to be steamed during production to soften the medicinal materials and achieve the purpose of disinfection.
[0003] However, in the existing steaming device for processing Chinese herbal medicine slices, the Chinese herbal medicine slices are usually piled together for steaming, and the Chinese herbal medicine slices in the steaming box are in a static state. Therefore, the Chinese herbal medicine slices are prone to uneven steaming during the steaming process.
[0004] Therefore, we propose a Chinese herbal medicine processing and cooking device. Summary of the invention
[0005] In order to make up for the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: A Chinese herbal medicine slice processing and cooking device comprises a steam box, a placing box is sealed and fixedly installed on the top of the steam box, a sealing cover is arranged on the top of the placing box, a ventilation plate is fixedly installed in the middle of the bottom of the placing box, an arc-shaped plate located on both sides of the ventilation plate is fixedly installed inside the placing box, a driving motor located outside the arc-shaped plate is fixedly installed at the bottom of the placing box, a driving rack is fixedly installed on the front and back sides inside the placing box, a sliding seat is slidably connected to the bottom of the driving rack, a rotating rod located above the driving rack is rotatably connected to the top of the sliding seat, follower gears are fixedly installed at both ends of the rotating rod, a flip plate located between the two follower gears is fixedly installed in the middle of the rotating rod, a scraping assembly is arranged on one side of the rotating rod, the bottom of the follower gear is meshed with the driving rack, a threaded rod located below the driving rack is rotatably connected to the arc-shaped plate, one end of the threaded rod is transmission-connected to the output end of the driving motor, and the threaded rod is threadedly connected to the middle of the sliding seat.
[0006] Preferably, a slide rail is fixedly installed at the bottom of the driving rack, the middle part of the sliding seat is slidably connected to the slide rail, the threaded rod is located below the slide rail, and both ends of the rotating rod are in sliding contact with the front and rear sides of the inside of the placement box.
[0007] Preferably, the two ends of the threaded rod are respectively rotatably connected to the front and rear sides of the two arc plates, the drive motor is located outside one side of the arc plate, the output end of the drive motor is transmission-connected to one end of a threaded rod, and the other ends of the two threaded rods are fixedly mounted with synchronous wheels located outside the other arc plate, and the two synchronous wheels are connected via a synchronous belt transmission.
[0008] Preferably, a first bevel gear is fixedly mounted on the output end of the driving motor, a second bevel gear located outside the arc plate is fixedly mounted on one end of one of the threaded rods, and the first bevel gear is meshed with the second bevel gear.
[0009] Preferably, the plurality of flip plates fixedly mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating rod are evenly distributed, and adjacent flip plates are deflected in the same direction and at the same angle.
[0010] Preferably, the scraping assembly includes a half gear fixedly mounted on the rotating rod, and an auxiliary bracket fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the placement box, a changing rack is fixedly mounted on the top of the auxiliary bracket, flip brackets are fixedly mounted on both sides of the half gear, and a scraper located between the two driving racks is fixedly mounted on the other end of the flip bracket.
[0011] Preferably, two of the flip brackets form a group, and one group of the flip brackets is fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the half gear respectively, and one end of the flip bracket is penetrated by the rotating rod.
[0012] Preferably, the half gear is located on a side of the sliding seat away from the follower gear, the length of the flip bracket is greater than the length of the flip plate, the scraper is arc-shaped, and the center of the scraper coincides with the center of the rotating rod.
[0013] Preferably, the two half gears are fixedly mounted on the two ends of the rotating rod respectively, and the deflection phase angle of the two half gears is one hundred and eighty degrees.
[0014] Preferably, the auxiliary bracket is L-shaped, the change-direction rack fixedly installed on the top of the auxiliary bracket is at the same height as the driving rack, and the two auxiliary brackets are respectively fixedly installed diagonally at the front and rear sides of the interior of the placement box.
[0015] Beneficial Effects
[0016] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device, which has the following beneficial effects:
[0017] 1. A Chinese herbal medicine processing and cooking device, by arranging a placement box on the top of a steam box, the Chinese herbal medicine pieces to be cooked are placed on a breathable plate inside the placement box, the steam generated by the steam box directly enters the placement box through the through holes of the breathable plate, so that the heat is directly absorbed by the Chinese herbal medicine pieces, thereby avoiding excessive heat loss, and because the Chinese medicine is not in direct contact with the heat source, the cooking effect is uniform.
[0018] 2. This Chinese herbal medicine processing and cooking device, by setting a threaded rod and a driving rack, when the Chinese herbal medicine pieces placed on the breathable plate are subjected to high-temperature cooking, the driving motor is started to drive a threaded rod to rotate back and forth, and at the same time drives another threaded rod to rotate synchronously through a synchronous wheel and a synchronous wheel, thereby driving the sliding seat and the rotating rod to move back and forth along the slide rail. When the rotating rod moves, the driving rack drives the follower gear to rotate, thereby causing the rotating rod to rotate, so that the reciprocating rotating rod drives the flip plate to flip the Chinese herbal medicine pieces on the breathable plate, so that the Chinese herbal medicine pieces located above the breathable plate are fully in contact with water vapor, thereby improving the cooking efficiency and the heating uniformity of the Chinese herbal medicine pieces.
[0019] 3. This Chinese herbal medicine processing and cooking device is equipped with a scraping component. When the rotating rod drives the flip plate to move, the scraper is located on the rear side of the moving direction of the rotating rod. With the movement of the rotating rod and the flip plate, the scraper scrapes the Chinese herbal medicine flipped by the flip plate. When the rotating rod drives the flip plate to move close to the end of the slide rail, the flip gear on one side of the rotating rod is engaged with the changing rack. With the movement of the rotating rod, the flip gear rotates and drives the flip bracket to rotate, thereby causing the scraper to flip to the other side of the rotating rod. As the moving direction of the rotating rod changes, the Chinese herbal medicine is further flipped. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;
[0021] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the placement box of the present invention;
[0022] Figure 3 For the present invention Figure 2 The enlarged view of point A in the middle;
[0023] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the local structure of the curved plate of the present invention;
[0024] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the rotating rod of the present invention;
[0025] Figure 6 For the present invention Figure 5 The enlarged view of point B in the middle;
[0026] Figure 7It is a structural schematic diagram of the scraping assembly of the present invention;
[0027] Figure 8 For the present invention Figure 7 Enlarged view of point C in the middle.
[0028] In the figure: 1, steam box; 2, placement box; 3, sealing cover; 4, breathable plate; 5, arc plate; 6, driving rack; 7, threaded rod; 8, driving motor; 9, sliding seat; 10, rotating rod; 11, follower gear; 12, flip plate; 13, synchronous wheel; 14, synchronous belt; 15, scraping assembly; 1501, auxiliary bracket; 1502, change rack; 1503, half gear; 1504, flip bracket; 1505, scraper; 16, slide rail; 17, first bevel gear; 18, second bevel gear. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0030] See also Figures 1 to 8 A Chinese medicine slice processing and cooking device comprises a steam box 1, a placing box 2 is sealed and fixedly installed on the top of the steam box 1, a sealing cover 3 is arranged on the top of the placing box 2, a ventilation plate 4 is fixedly installed in the middle of the bottom of the placing box 2, and arc plates 5 located on both sides of the ventilation plate 4 are fixedly installed inside the placing box 2. By arranging the placing box 2 on the top of the steam box 1, the Chinese medicine slices to be cooked are placed on the ventilation plate 4 inside the placing box 2, and the steam generated by the steam box 1 directly enters the inside of the placing box 2 through the through holes of the ventilation plate 4, so that the heat is directly absorbed by the Chinese medicine slices, thereby avoiding excessive heat loss, and because the Chinese medicine is not in direct contact with the heat source, the cooking effect is uniform, and the bottom of the placing box 2 is fixedly installed with a A driving motor 8 is arranged on the outside of the arc-shaped plate 5, and a driving rack 6 is fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the inside of the placement box 2. The bottom of the driving rack 6 is slidably connected to a sliding seat 9, and the top of the sliding seat 9 is rotatably connected to a rotating rod 10 located above the driving rack 6. Follower gears 11 are fixedly installed at both ends of the rotating rod 10, and a flip plate 12 located between the two follower gears 11 is fixedly installed in the middle of the rotating rod 10. A scraping assembly 15 is arranged on one side of the rotating rod 10, and the bottom of the follower gear 11 is meshed with the driving rack 6. The arc-shaped plate 5 is rotatably connected to a threaded rod 7 located below the driving rack 6, and one end of the threaded rod 7 is transmission-connected to the output end of the driving motor 8, and the threaded rod 7 is threadedly connected to the middle of the sliding seat 9.
[0031] As an embodiment of the present invention, a slide rail 16 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the driving rack 6, the middle part of the sliding seat 9 is slidably connected to the slide rail 16, the threaded rod 7 is located below the slide rail 16, and the two ends of the rotating rod 10 are in sliding contact with the front and rear sides inside the placement box 2. The sliding slide seat 9 is guided by setting the slide rail 16, and the sliding distance of the sliding seat 9 is limited at the same time, so as to prevent the sliding seat 9 from sliding out of the range of the driving rack 6 under the action of the threaded rod 7, thereby preventing the flip plate 12 from colliding with the arc plate 5.
[0032] As an embodiment of the present invention, two ends of the threaded rod 7 are respectively rotatably connected with the front and rear sides of the two arc plates 5, the driving motor 8 is located outside the arc plate 5 on one side, the output end of the driving motor 8 is transmission-connected with one end of a threaded rod 7, and the other ends of the two threaded rods 7 are fixedly mounted with a synchronous wheel 13 located on the outside of the other arc plate 5, and the two synchronous wheels 13 are transmission-connected through a synchronous belt 14. By setting two synchronous wheels 13, when the driving motor 8 drives one threaded rod 7 to rotate, the other threaded rod 7 is driven to rotate synchronously through the synchronous wheel 13 and the synchronous belt 14, so that the sliding seats 9 at both ends of the rotating rod 10 move synchronously.
[0033] As an embodiment of the present invention, a first bevel gear 17 is fixedly installed at the output end of the drive motor 8, and a second bevel gear 18 located on the outside of the arc plate 5 is fixedly installed at one end of a threaded rod 7. The first bevel gear 17 is meshed with the second bevel gear 18. By arranging the drive motor 8 on the outside of the arc plate 5, the steam generated by the steam box 1 is prevented from heating the drive motor 8, causing the temperature of the drive motor 8 to be too high, and the drive motor 8 drives the first bevel gear 17 to rotate, thereby causing the second bevel gear 18 meshing with the first bevel gear 17 to rotate, thereby driving the threaded rod 7 to rotate.
[0034] As an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of flip plates 12 fixedly installed on the outer circumference of the rotating rod 10 are evenly distributed, and adjacent flip plates 12 are deflected in the same direction and at the same angle. By setting the threaded rod 7 and the driving rack 6, when the Chinese herbal medicine pieces placed on the breathable plate 4 are subjected to high-temperature steaming, the driving motor 8 is started to drive one threaded rod 7 to rotate reciprocatingly, and at the same time, the other threaded rod 7 is driven to rotate synchronously through the synchronous wheel 13 and the synchronous wheel 13, thereby driving the sliding seat 9 and the rotating rod 10 to reciprocate along the slide rail 16. When the rotating rod 10 moves, the driving rack 6 drives the follower gear 11 to rotate, thereby causing the rotating rod 10 to rotate, so that the reciprocating rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to flip the Chinese herbal medicine pieces on the breathable plate 4, so that the Chinese herbal medicine pieces located above the breathable plate 4 are fully in contact with the water vapor, thereby improving the steaming efficiency and the heating uniformity of the Chinese herbal medicine pieces.
[0035] As an embodiment of the present invention, the scraping assembly 15 includes a half gear 1503 fixedly mounted on the rotating rod 10, and an auxiliary bracket 1501 fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the placement box 2, a direction-changing rack 1502 is fixedly mounted on the top of the auxiliary bracket 1501, flip brackets 1504 are fixedly mounted on both sides of the half gear 1503, and a scraper 1505 located between the two driving racks 6 is fixedly mounted on the other end of the flip bracket 1504. The two flip brackets 1504 form a group, and a group of flip brackets 1504 are respectively fixedly mounted on the front and rear sides of the half gear 1503, one end of the flip bracket 1504 is arranged to penetrate the rotating rod 10, the half gear 1503 is located on the side of the sliding seat 9 away from the follower gear 11, the length of the flip bracket 1504 is greater than the length of the flip plate 12, the scraper 1505 is arc-shaped, and the center of the scraper 1505 coincides with the center of the rotating rod 10, the two half gears 1503 are respectively fixedly mounted on the two ends of the rotating rod 10, and the two half gears 1503 are respectively fixedly mounted on the two ends of the rotating rod 10. The deflection phase angle of the wheel 1503 is 180 degrees, the auxiliary bracket 1501 is L-shaped, and the change-direction rack 1502 fixedly installed on the top of the auxiliary bracket 1501 is at the same height as the driving rack 6. The two auxiliary brackets 1501 are respectively fixedly installed at the diagonals of the front and rear sides of the placement box 2. By setting the scraping assembly 15, when the rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to move, the scraper 1505 is located at the rear side of the moving direction of the rotating rod 10. As the rotating rod 10 and the flip plate 12 move, the scraper 1505 is located at the rear side of the moving direction of the rotating rod 10. The scraper 1505 scrapes the Chinese herbal medicine slices turned over by the flip plate 12. When the rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to move close to the end of the slide rail 16, the half gear 1503 on one side of the rotating rod 10 engages with the changing rack 1502. As the rotating rod 10 moves, the half gear 1503 rotates and drives the flip bracket 1504 to rotate, thereby causing the scraper 1505 to flip to the other side of the rotating rod 10. As the moving direction of the rotating rod 10 changes, the Chinese herbal medicine slices are further flipped.
[0036] It should be noted that, when in use, the Chinese herbal medicines to be steamed are placed on the air-permeable plate 4 inside the placement box 2, and the steam generated by the steam box 1 directly enters the placement box 2 through the through holes of the air-permeable plate 4, so that the heat is directly absorbed by the Chinese herbal medicines, thereby avoiding excessive heat loss, and because the Chinese medicines are not in direct contact with the heat source, the steaming effect is uniform. When the Chinese herbal medicines placed on the air-permeable plate 4 are steamed at high temperature, the driving motor 8 is started, driving a threaded rod 7 to rotate reciprocatingly, and at the same time, the synchronous wheel 13 and the synchronous wheel 13 drive another threaded rod 7 to rotate synchronously, thereby driving the sliding seat 9 and the rotating rod 10 to reciprocate along the slide rail 16. When the rotating rod 10 moves, the driving rack 6 drives the follower gear 11 to rotate, thereby causing the rotating rod 10 to rotate, so that the reciprocating rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to rotate. The Chinese herbal medicine slices on the air permeable plate 4 are turned over, so that the Chinese herbal medicine slices located above the air permeable plate 4 are fully in contact with the water vapor, thereby improving the cooking efficiency and the heating uniformity of the Chinese herbal medicine slices. When the rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to move, the scraper 1505 is located on the rear side of the moving direction of the rotating rod 10. With the movement of the rotating rod 10 and the flip plate 12, the scraper 1505 scrapes the Chinese herbal medicine slices turned over by the flip plate 12. When the rotating rod 10 drives the flip plate 12 to move close to the end of the slide rail 16, the half gear 1503 on one side of the rotating rod 10 is engaged with the changing rack 1502. With the movement of the rotating rod 10, the half gear 1503 rotates and drives the flip bracket 1504 to rotate, thereby making the scraper 1505 flip to the other side of the rotating rod 10. As the moving direction of the rotating rod 10 changes, the Chinese herbal medicine slices are further turned over.
[0037] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.
[0038] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
[0039] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or replace some or all of the technical features therein with equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
Claims
1. A Chinese herbal medicine slice processing and boiling device, comprising a steam box (1), characterized in that: A placement box (2) is sealed and fixedly installed on the top of the steam box (1), a sealing cover (3) is arranged on the top of the placement box (2), a ventilation plate (4) is fixedly installed in the middle of the bottom of the placement box (2), an arc-shaped plate (5) located on both sides of the ventilation plate (4) is fixedly installed inside the placement box (2), a driving motor (8) located outside the arc-shaped plate (5) is fixedly installed on the bottom of the placement box (2), a driving rack (6) is fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the placement box (2), the bottom of the driving rack (6) is slidably connected to a sliding seat (9), and the top of the sliding seat (9) is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft located on the driving rack ( 6), the two ends of the rotating rod (10) are fixedly mounted with follower gears (11), the middle part of the rotating rod (10) is fixedly mounted with a flip plate (12) located between the two follower gears (11), one side of the rotating rod (10) is provided with a scraping assembly (15), the bottom of the follower gear (11) is meshed with the driving rack (6), the arc plate (5) is rotatably connected with a threaded rod (7) located below the driving rack (6), one end of the threaded rod (7) is transmission-connected with the output end of the driving motor (8), and the threaded rod (7) is threadedly connected with the middle part of the sliding seat (9).
2. A Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A slide rail (16) is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the driving rack (6), the middle of the sliding seat (9) is slidably connected to the slide rail (16), the threaded rod (7) is located below the slide rail (16), and the two ends of the rotating rod (10) are in sliding contact with the front and rear sides of the interior of the placement box (2).
3. The Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two ends of the threaded rod (7) are respectively connected to the front and rear sides of the two arc plates (5) for rotation. The drive motor (8) is located outside the arc plate (5) on one side. The output end of the drive motor (8) is connected to one end of a threaded rod (7) for transmission. The other ends of the two threaded rods (7) are fixedly mounted with a synchronous wheel (13) located outside the other arc plate (5). The two synchronous wheels (13) are connected for transmission via a synchronous belt (14).
4. A Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A first bevel gear (17) is fixedly mounted on the output end of the driving motor (8), and a second bevel gear (18) located outside the arc plate (5) is fixedly mounted on one end of one of the threaded rods (7), and the first bevel gear (17) is meshed with the second bevel gear (18).
5. The Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of flip plates (12) fixedly mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating rod (10) are evenly distributed, and adjacent flip plates (12) are deflected in the same direction and at the same angle.
6. The Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The scraping assembly (15) comprises a half gear (1503) fixedly mounted on the rotating rod (10), and an auxiliary bracket (1501) fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the placement box (2), a direction-changing rack (1502) fixedly mounted on the top of the auxiliary bracket (1501), flip brackets (1504) fixedly mounted on both sides of the half gear (1503), and a scraper (1505) located between two driving racks (6) fixedly mounted on the other end of the flip bracket (1504).
7. A Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 6, characterized in that: Two of the flip brackets (1504) form a group, and one group of the flip brackets (1504) is fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the half gear (1503) respectively, and one end of the flip bracket (1504) is penetrated by the rotating rod (10).
8. The Chinese herbal medicine slice processing and boiling device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The half gear (1503) is located on a side of the sliding seat (9) away from the follower gear (11), the length of the flip bracket (1504) is greater than the length of the flip plate (12), the scraper (1505) is arc-shaped, and the center of the scraper (1505) coincides with the center of the rotating rod (10).
9. A Chinese herbal medicine processing and boiling device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The two half gears (1503) are respectively fixedly mounted on the two ends of the rotating rod (10), and the deflection phase angle of the two half gears (1503) is one hundred and eighty degrees.
10. The Chinese herbal medicine slice processing and boiling device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The auxiliary bracket (1501) is L-shaped, and the change-direction rack (1502) fixedly installed on the top of the auxiliary bracket (1501) is at the same height as the driving rack (6). The two auxiliary brackets (1501) are respectively fixedly installed at the diagonals on the front and rear sides of the placement box (2).