Peeling and softening device for rhubarb processing

By designing a soaking tank for heating and softening and an automated peeling mechanism, the problems of high difficulty and high labor intensity in peeling rhubarb were solved, achieving an efficient and low-cost automated peeling process and ensuring the quality of rhubarb.

CN223554196UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18ENSHI CHENGCHENGTONG CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE IND DEV CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422940731.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-30
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-30

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Technical Problem

In existing technologies, peeling rhubarb is difficult, and manual peeling is slow, labor-intensive, and costly.

Method used

A peeling and softening device including a soaking tank and a peeling mechanism was designed. The outer skin of rhubarb is softened by electric heating. The peeling is automated by using a combination of a motor-driven needle bar and blade, combined with a spring and a telescopic rod. The stirring mechanism provides uniform heating and avoids local overheating.

Benefits of technology

This improved peeling efficiency, reduced manual labor intensity and costs, and ensured that the quality of rhubarb was not compromised.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of rhubarb processing, and discloses a peeling and softening device for rhubarb processing, which comprises a bottom plate, and a softening mechanism and a peeling mechanism are respectively arranged on the bottom plate. Rheum officinale is soaked in the soaking pool, water is heated by starting the electric heating plate to work, so that the outer skin of the rheum officinale is softened, follow-up peeling operation is facilitated, the rheum officinale is inserted into the needle rod, the first motor is started to drive the needle rod and the rheum officinale to rotate, and the outer skin of the rheum officinale is softened. Meanwhile, an electric telescopic rod is started to stretch out and draw back to drive a supporting frame and a mounting ring to vertically move, the mounting ring drives a sliding sleeve, a sliding rod and a blade to move, and meanwhile, the sliding rod is pushed to slide along the inner wall of the sliding sleeve under the elastic force action of a spring, so that the sliding rod drives the blade to move to be attached to the rhubarb, and the outer skin of irregular parts on the rhubarb surface can be effectively removed; and the working efficiency is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to rhubarb processing technical field, concretely is a kind of rhubarb processing is used to peel softening device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Rhubarb is the collective name of a variety of perennial plants of Polygonaceae rhubarb genus, and also the name of Chinese medicinal materials. In the literature of China, "rhubarb" often refers to Rheum palmatum. In China, rhubarb is mainly used for medicinal purposes, but in Europe and the Middle East, their rhubarb often refers to other edible rhubarb varieties. The stem is red, with a clear fragrance, bitter and slightly astringent taste, and a sandy feeling when chewed. The stem and leaves are harvested in late autumn after withering or before sprouting in early spring, and then the fine roots are removed, the outer skin is scraped off, and the rhubarb is cut into pieces or segments, dried by stringing or directly dried. Chinese rhubarb has the effects of resolving accumulation, clearing damp-heat, purging fire, cooling blood, removing blood stasis and detoxifying.

[0003] Due to the extremely irregular shape of rhubarb, peeling is difficult. Currently, the most widely used method is manual peeling with a scraper, which is slow, labor-intensive and costly. Therefore, a rhubarb processing peeling softening device is proposed to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a rhubarb processing peeling softening device to solve the above problems.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the technical scheme of a rhubarb processing peeling softening device, which includes a bottom plate, and a softening mechanism and a peeling mechanism are arranged on the bottom plate.

[0006] The softening mechanism includes a soaking pool fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate, an electric heating plate connected to the inner wall of the bottom of the soaking pool, an electric heating wire arranged in the electric heating plate, and a controller of the electric heating plate connected to an external power source.

[0007] The peeling mechanism includes a first motor connected to the top of the bottom plate, a needle rod fixedly connected to the top end of the output shaft of the first motor, a frame fixedly connected to the top rear of the bottom plate, the frame being arranged in an inverted "L" shape, an electric telescopic rod connected to the top inner side of the frame, a support frame fixedly connected to the piston end of the electric telescopic rod, the support frame being arranged in a "U" shape, an installation ring fixedly connected to the top of the support frame, the needle rod being located in the middle of the installation ring, a sliding sleeve fixedly connected to the inner wall of the installation ring, a sliding rod slidingly connected to the inner wall of the sliding sleeve, a blade fixedly connected to the right end of the sliding rod, a spring fixedly connected to the left end of the sliding rod, and the other end of the spring being fixedly connected to the inner wall of the sliding sleeve.

[0008] Preferably, the number of sliding sleeves, sliding rods, blades and springs is several, and they are arranged at equal intervals on the inner wall of the mounting ring.

[0009] Preferably, the back of the soaking pool is fixedly connected with a drain pipe below, and an electromagnetic valve is arranged on the drain pipe, so that the water in the soaking pool can be discharged from the drain pipe by starting the electromagnetic valve.

[0010] Preferably, the outer wall of the needle rod is fixedly sleeved with a protrusion below, and the protrusion is integrally formed by two opposite tapered blocks, which facilitates the movement of the blade and avoids the collision between the blade and the bottom of the rhubarb and the top of the first motor caused by the shrinkage of the blade, so as to facilitate the blade to scrape the outer skin of the rhubarb.

[0011] Preferably, the soaking pool is provided with a stirring mechanism, which comprises a stirring shaft rotatably connected to the inner wall of the soaking pool through a bearing, and a plurality of stirring paddles fixedly connected to the outer wall of the stirring shaft, so that the stirring shaft drives the stirring paddles to rotate, the stirring paddles stir the soaked rhubarb, the rhubarb is uniformly heated in water, and local overheating is avoided to prevent the quality of the rhubarb from being reduced.

[0012] Preferably, the left side of the soaking pool is connected with a second motor, and the left end of the stirring shaft penetrates through the soaking pool and is fixedly connected with the output end of the second motor through a shaft coupling, so that the stirring shaft can be driven to rotate by starting the second motor.

[0013] The above technical scheme can bring the following beneficial effects:

[0014] 1. The rhubarb processing peeling and softening device, the soaking pool is arranged to soak the rhubarb, the electric heating plate is started to heat the water, the outer skin of the rhubarb is softened, the subsequent peeling operation is facilitated, the rhubarb is inserted on the needle rod, the needle rod and the rhubarb are rotated by starting the first motor, the support frame and the mounting ring are vertically moved by starting the electric telescopic rod, the mounting ring drives the sliding sleeve, the sliding rod and the blade to move, the sliding rod slides along the inner wall of the sliding sleeve under the action of the spring, so that the sliding rod drives the blade to move and adhere to the rhubarb, the outer skin of the irregular part on the surface of the rhubarb can be effectively removed, the working efficiency is improved, and the labor intensity and cost are reduced.

[0015] 2. The rhubarb processing peeling and softening device, the protrusion is arranged to facilitate the movement of the blade, avoid the collision between the blade and the bottom of the rhubarb and the top of the first motor caused by the shrinkage of the blade, and facilitate the blade to scrape the outer skin of the rhubarb, the stirring paddles are rotated by the rotation of the stirring shaft, the stirring paddles stir the soaked rhubarb, the rhubarb is uniformly heated in water, and local overheating is avoided to prevent the quality of the rhubarb from being reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1It is the front view structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 It is the front view section of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 The enlarged view of A of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 4 It is the plan view of the utility model.

[0020] In the figure: 1, bottom plate;2, softening mechanism;201, soaking pool;202, electric heating plate;203, drain pipe;3, peeling mechanism;301, first motor;302, needle bar;303, frame body;304, electric telescopic rod;305, support frame;306, mounting ring;307, sliding sleeve;308, sliding rod;309, blade;310, spring;4, stirring mechanism;401, stirring shaft;402, stirring paddle;5, protruding block;6, second motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.

[0022] In the description of the utility model, it is understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the utility model 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 on the utility model.

[0023] In the description of the utility model, it should be explained that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "setting" should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixedly connected, set, or can be detachably connected, set, or integrally connected, set. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0024] In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh" and "eighth" are only used for descriptive purpose and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or a specific number of the indicated technical features. Thus, features defined with "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh" and "eighth" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "several" is two or more than two, unless otherwise explicitly and specifically limited.

[0025] Please refer to Figures 1-4The utility model discloses an embodiment is: a rhubarb processing is with peeling softening device, including bottom plate 1, and bottom plate 1 is provided with softening mechanism 2 and peeling mechanism 3 respectively, softening mechanism 2 includes: soaking pool 201, and soaking pool 201 fixedly connected at the top of bottom plate 1, and the bottom inner wall of soaking pool 201 is connected with electric heating plate 202, and the inside of electric heating plate 202 is provided with electric heating wire, and the controller of electric heating plate 202 is connected with external power, and through the soaking pool 201 of setting, rhubarb is soaked, and through starting electric heating plate 202 work, water is heated, to soften the outer skin of rhubarb, and facilitate the peeling operation of subsequent, peeling mechanism 3 includes: first motor 301, frame body 303, and first motor 301 is connected at the top of bottom plate 1, and the top of the output shaft of first motor 301 is fixedly connected with needle bar 302, and frame body 303 is fixedly connected at the top rear of bottom plate 1, and frame body 303 is inverted " L " shape setting, and the top inboard of frame body 303 is connected with electric telescopic handle 304, and electric telescopic handle 304 is self-locking type, and the piston end of electric telescopic handle 304 is fixedly connected with support frame 305, and support frame 305 is " U " shape setting, and the top of support frame 305 is fixedly connected with mounting ring 306, and needle bar 302 is located in the middle of mounting ring 306, and the inner wall of mounting ring 306 is fixedly connected with sliding sleeve 307, and the inner wall of sliding sleeve 307 is slidably connected with slide bar 308, and the right end of slide bar 308 is fixedly connected with blade 309, and the left end of slide bar 308 is fixedly connected with spring 310, and the other end of spring 310 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of sliding sleeve 307, the number of sliding sleeve 307, slide bar 308, blade 309, spring 310 is several, and is equidistantly circumferentially arranged on the inner wall of mounting ring 306, by inserting rhubarb on needle bar 302, starting first motor 301 drives needle bar 302 and rhubarb rotation, simultaneously starting electric telescopic handle 304 telescopic drive support frame 305, mounting ring 306 vertical movement, mounting ring 306 drive sliding sleeve 307, slide bar 308, blade 309 move, simultaneously under the self-elastic force of spring 310, slide bar 308 is pushed along the inner wall of sliding sleeve 307 and slides, so that slide bar 308 drive blade 309 move and adhere to rhubarb, can effectively remove the outer skin of irregular part on the surface of rhubarb, improve work efficiency, reduce manual labor intensity and cost, the back lower portion of soaking pool 201 is fixedly connected with drain pipe 203, and drain pipe 203 is provided with electromagnetic valve, by starting electromagnetic valve to open drain pipe 203, the water in soaking pool 201 can be discharged from drain pipe 203.

[0026] Working principle: the rhubarb is placed in the soaking pool 201, and water is added inward, and the water is heated by starting the electric heating plate 202, so that the rhubarb is soaked, and the outer skin of the rhubarb is softened, and the rhubarb is inserted on the needle rod 302, the first motor 301 is started to drive the needle rod 302 and the rhubarb to rotate, and the electric telescopic rod 304 is started to drive the supporting frame 305, the mounting ring 306 to move vertically, the mounting ring 306 drives the sliding sleeve 307, the slide rod 308 and the blade 309 to move, and the slide rod 308 slides along the inner wall of the sliding sleeve 307 under the action of the spring 310, so that the slide rod 308 drives the blade 309 to move and combine with the rhubarb, when the rhubarb rotates in the center, the blade 309 can be self-adapted to combine with the surface of the rhubarb to peel, and the outer skin of the irregular part of the rhubarb can be effectively removed, and the drain pipe 203 is opened by starting the electromagnetic valve, and the water in the soaking pool 201 can be discharged from the drain pipe 203.

[0027] Please refer to Figures 1-4 On the basis of the above embodiment, in another embodiment of the utility model, the outer wall of the needle rod 302 is fixedly provided with a protrusion 5 below, the protrusion 5 is integrally formed by two opposite tapered blocks, the movement of the blade 309 is facilitated by the setting of the protrusion 5, the blade 309 is prevented from being too tight to collide with the bottom of the rhubarb and the top of the first motor 301, and the blade 309 is facilitated to scrape the outer skin of the rhubarb, the stirring mechanism 4 is arranged on the soaking pool 201, the stirring mechanism 4 comprises: a stirring shaft 401, the stirring shaft 401 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the soaking pool 201 through a bearing, a plurality of stirring paddles 402 are fixedly connected to the outer wall of the stirring shaft 401, a second motor 6 is connected to the left side of the soaking pool 201, the left end of the stirring shaft 401 penetrates through the soaking pool 201 and is fixedly connected with the output end of the second motor 6 through a shaft coupling, the stirring shaft 401 is driven to rotate by starting the second motor 6, the stirring paddles 402 are driven to rotate by the rotation of the stirring shaft 401, the soaked rhubarb is stirred by the stirring paddles 402, the rhubarb is uniformly heated in water, and the quality of the rhubarb is prevented from being reduced due to local overheating.

[0028] Working principle: when the blade 309 moves to the protrusion 5, the blade 309 slides along the outer wall of the protrusion 5 and drives the slide rod 308 to compress the spring 310, so that the blade 309 is opened, the blade 309 is prevented from being too tight to collide with the bottom of the rhubarb and the top of the first motor 301, and the blade 309 is facilitated to scrape the outer skin of the rhubarb, the stirring shaft 401 is driven to rotate by starting the second motor 6, the stirring paddles 402 are driven to rotate by the rotation of the stirring shaft 401, the soaked rhubarb is stirred by the stirring paddles 402, the rhubarb is uniformly heated in water, and the quality of the rhubarb is prevented from being reduced due to local overheating.

[0029] It is worth mentioning that the electric heating plate 202, the first motor 301, the electric telescopic rod 304, the second motor 6, and the electromagnetic valve in the above embodiment are common devices in the prior art, and the type and the like can be customized according to actual use requirements, and the power supply interface of the power consumption device in the utility model is connected to the power supply system through a switch (not shown in the figure) and a wire (not shown in the figure), thereby realizing control thereof, wherein the circuit and the control involved are the prior art and are known in the current field, and will not be described in detail here.

[0030] The utility model provides a kind of peeling softening device for rhubarb processing, and the method and approach of specifically realizing the technical scheme are many, above-mentioned is only preferred implementation mode of the utility model, it should be pointed out, for the ordinary skilled in the art of this technology, without departing from the principle of the utility model, still can make several improvements and refinements under the premise, these improvements and refinements also should be regarded as the protection scope of the utility model.The components not explicitly in the embodiment can be realized by the prior art.

Claims

1. A rhubarb peeling and softening device for processing rhubarb, comprising a base plate (1), characterized in that: The base plate (1) is respectively provided with a softening mechanism (2) and a peeling mechanism (3); The softening mechanism (2) includes: a soaking tank (201), which is fixedly connected to the top of the base plate (1), and an electric heating plate (202) is connected to the bottom inner wall of the soaking tank (201); The peeling mechanism (3) includes: a first motor (301) and a frame (303). The first motor (301) is connected to the top of the base plate (1). A needle bar (302) is fixedly connected to the top end of the output shaft of the first motor (301). The frame (303) is fixedly connected to the rear top of the base plate (1). The frame (303) is arranged in an inverted "L" shape. An electric telescopic rod (304) is connected to the inner top of the frame (303). A support frame (305) is fixedly connected to the piston end of the electric telescopic rod (304). The support frame (305) is... 05) It is arranged in a "U" shape. The top of the support frame (305) is fixedly connected to the mounting ring (306), and the needle bar (302) is located in the middle of the mounting ring (306). The inner wall of the mounting ring (306) is fixedly connected to the sliding sleeve (307). The inner wall of the sliding sleeve (307) is slidably connected to the sliding rod (308). The right end of the sliding rod (308) is fixedly connected to the blade (309), and the left end of the sliding rod (308) is fixedly connected to the spring (310). The other end of the spring (310) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the sliding sleeve (307).

2. The rhubarb peeling and softening device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of each of the sliding sleeve (307), sliding rod (308), blade (309), and spring (310) is several, and they are arranged in equal-spaced circles on the inner wall of the mounting ring (306).

3. The rhubarb peeling and softening device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A drain pipe (203) is fixedly connected to the lower back of the soaking pool (201), and a solenoid valve is installed on the drain pipe (203).

4. The rhubarb peeling and softening device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A protrusion (5) is fixedly sleeved on the lower outer wall of the needle bar (302), and the protrusion (5) is integrally formed from two opposing conical blocks.

5. The rhubarb peeling and softening device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The soaking tank (201) is provided with a stirring mechanism (4), which includes a stirring shaft (401). The stirring shaft (401) is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the soaking tank (201) through a bearing, and a plurality of stirring paddles (402) are fixedly connected to the outer wall of the stirring shaft (401).

6. The rhubarb peeling and softening device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The left side of the soaking tank (201) is connected to a second motor (6), and the left end of the stirring shaft (401) passes through the soaking tank (201) and is fixedly connected to the output end of the second motor (6) through a coupling.