Crushing device for hard capsule production

By employing a spiral blade and a partitioned hopper structure in the pulverizing device, the raw material flow rate and pulverizing speed are controlled, solving the problem of long pulverizing time for hard capsules, achieving continuous production, and improving pulverizing efficiency.

CN223602607UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-28SHENZHEN NEPTUNUS PHARM CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422823995.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-20
Publication Date
2025-11-28
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-20

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Technical Problem

Existing pulverizing equipment takes a long time to pulverize hard capsule particles, resulting in low pulverizing efficiency and making it impossible to continuously carry out processes such as feeding, pulverizing, and unloading.

Method used

A pulverizing device for hard capsule production was designed, which adopts a spiral blade and a partitioned bucket structure. The raw material flow rate is controlled by a dredging hole and a permeation groove. Combined with an electric motor driving a circular roller and a receiving roller, the raw material can be continuously flowed and rapidly pulverized in the cylinder.

Benefits of technology

It enables rapid pulverization of hard capsule granules, shortens pulverization time, and allows for continuous feeding, pulverization, and unloading processes, thereby improving production efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of crushing devices, and particularly relates to a crushing device for producing hard capsules, which comprises a machine table, a cylinder is fixedly connected to the upper end of the machine table, and a round roller is rotatably connected to the inside of the cylinder; the through groove plays a role in slowly releasing the hard capsule particle raw materials in the hopper, the crushed hard capsule particle raw materials wriggle into the discharging channel along with rotation of the spiral cutter, and the hard capsule particle raw materials slowly enter the cylinder in the hopper through the slow release effect of the permeation groove on the hard capsule particle raw materials. Hard capsule particle raw materials entering the cylinder are rapidly crushed by the spiral cutter, the hard capsule particle raw materials conveyed by the hopper can be continuously crushed after the crushed hard capsule particle raw materials in the cylinder are emptied from the discharging channel, and the procedures of feeding, crushing, discharging and the like can be continuously executed in sequence. The problem that the working efficiency is reduced due to the fact that an existing crushing device is long in hard capsule particle crushing time is solved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of the crushing device, especially relates to a crushing device for hard capsule production. BACKGROUND

[0002] The definition of hard capsule is: a certain amount of medicinal material extract and medicinal powder or excipient are made into uniform powder or granule, pill, semi-solid or liquid, etc. Filling in the hollow capsule to make, or the medicinal material powder is directly packed in the hollow capsule to make. It has the characteristics of clean appearance, beautiful appearance and covering the bad smell of medicine, and is convenient to take.

[0003] In the actual production process, due to the technical limitation of the structure and layout of the crushing cutter, the feeding and discharging mode is unreasonable, the crushing cutter needs a long time to crush the raw material, the raw material needs a long time to contact with the raw material, and the feeding, crushing and discharging steps need to be executed separately, so that the feeding, crushing and discharging processes cannot be continuously carried out, the crushing processing time is prolonged, and the crushing efficiency is reduced. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model solves the technical problems, overcomes the defects of the prior art, and solves the problem of long crushing time of the existing crushing device for hard capsule particles and low work efficiency.

[0005] The utility model adopts the technical scheme that a crushing device for hard capsule production, including the machine table, the upper end fixed connection of machine table has the cylinder, the inside rotation connection of cylinder has the round roll, the outer fixed connection of round roll has the spiral knife, the outer of spiral knife is equipped with a plurality of dredge hole;

[0006] The front and rear ends of the cylinder are connected with the end cover through the detachable connection, and the two end covers are respectively covered on the front and rear ends of the round roll.

[0007] The front end of the end cover is provided with a discharging channel, and the upper side of the rear end of the end cover is provided with a feeding channel.

[0008] The front end of the end cover is provided with a discharging channel, and the upper side of the rear end of the end cover is provided with a feeding channel.

[0009] In the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the center of the round roll is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the rear end of the rotating shaft is drivingly connected with the second electric motor, and the front and rear ends of the rotating shaft respectively penetrate out of the outer ends of the adjacent two end covers.

[0010] In the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the electric nozzle is internally extended to the inside of the cylinder.

[0011] In the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the gear ring is fixedly connected with the gear ring outside the ring, the gear ring is meshingly and drivingly connected with the gear, the first electric motor is drivingly connected with the lower end of the gear, and the plate cover is detachably connected with the upper end between the two separation hoppers.

[0012] In the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the conveyor belt is installed at the front end of the discharge port and is located below the discharge port.

[0013] In the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the third electric motor is installed at the right end of the receiving frame, and the receiving roller is penetratingly connected with the third electric motor and is drivingly connected with the power output end of the third electric motor.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model realizes the beneficial effects:

[0015] The upper and lower separation hoppers are mutually stacked together, the inner separation hopper is rotated to make the two separation hoppers staggered or aligned with the corresponding permeation grooves, so as to control the flow rate of the hard capsule granule raw material flowing through the permeation groove, and to control the feeding speed of the hard capsule granule raw material into the inside of the cylinder.

[0016] The end cover is tightly closed at the front and rear ends of the cylinder to realize the effect of tightly closing the cylinder and the spiral knife in the inside of the cylinder, the dredging hole increases the space for the hard capsule granule raw material to flow between the inner wall of the cylinder and the outer wall of the cylinder, the dredging hole is used for accelerating the flow of the hard capsule granule raw material through the surface of the spiral knife, the rotating spiral knife provides the peristalsis force in the inside of the cylinder for the hard capsule granule raw material, so that the hard capsule granule raw material can accelerate the flow in the inside of the cylinder, and the dredging hole generates the cutting force for the hard capsule granule raw material with the high-speed rotation of the spiral knife, the rotating track of the rotating spiral knife in the inside of the cylinder is generated, and the time for the hard capsule granule raw material to be crushed by the spiral knife in the inside of the cylinder is shortened.

[0017] The hard capsule granule crushed by the spiral knife flows into the inside of the receiving frame from the inside of the cylinder along the discharging channel, the rotating receiving roller can provide the peristalsis force from front to back for the hard capsule granule placed in the inside of the receiving frame, the hard capsule granule is discharged from the discharge port with the rotation of the receiving roller, and the hard capsule granule is conveyed out through the conveyor belt.

[0018] In combination with the above effects, the penetration groove plays a slow-release role on the hard capsule granule raw material placed inside the hopper. Since the speed of the spiral knife in crushing the hard capsule granule raw material is very fast, the hard capsule granule raw material entering the cylinder from the hopper will be quickly crushed by the spiral knife. After being crushed, the hard capsule granule raw material will be peristaltically moved to the discharge channel along with the rotation of the spiral knife, so that the hard capsule granule raw material in the cylinder is emptied by the spiral knife. Thus, the hard capsule granule raw material can slowly enter the cylinder from the hopper by the slow-release effect of the penetration groove, and the hard capsule granule raw material entering the cylinder is quickly crushed by the spiral knife. The crushed hard capsule granule raw material in the cylinder can continue to crush the hard capsule granule raw material sent from the hopper after being emptied from the discharge channel. The processes of feeding, crushing and discharging can be sequentially and continuously performed, and the feeding and discharging operations do not need to be stopped in the middle, so that the production efficiency can be improved to save processing time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a whole internal structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a whole external structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 It is an internal structure arrangement effect view of the separation hopper of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a sectional view of the internal structure of the hopper of the utility model.

[0023] In the drawing: 1, machine table; 2, end cover; 3, round roller; 4, spiral knife; 5, dredging hole; 6, cylinder; 7, rotating shaft; 8, discharge channel; 9, receiving roller; 10, receiving frame; 11, discharge port; 12, conveying belt; 13, plate cover; 14, gear ring; 15, separation hopper; 16, penetration groove; 17, hopper; 18, feeding channel; 19, gear; 20, first electric motor; 21, second electric motor; 22, third electric motor; 23, electric spray head. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] Please refer to Figures 1-4The utility model provides a technical scheme: a kind of comminuting device for hard capsule production, including machine table 1, the upper end of machine table 1 is fixedly connected with cylinder 6, cylinder 6 is rotatably connected with round roller 3 in inside, and the outer fixedly connected with spiral knife 4 of round roller 3, and multiple through holes 5 are arranged on the outer of spiral knife 4;End cap 2 is detachably connected by both ends of cylinder 6, and two end caps 2 are covered in the front and rear ends of round roller 3 respectively, and the upper side of rear end end cap 2 is provided with feeding channel 18;Feeding channel 18 tail end is detachably connected with hopper 17, and a pair of partition hopper 15 is embedded in the inside of hopper 17, and multiple infiltration grooves 16 are arranged on the outer of partition hopper 15, and the upper end of hopper 17 is detachably connected with the board cover 13 covered in the upper end between two partition hoppers 15, and the board cover 13 is opened to expose the upper and lower two layers of partition hoppers 15 in the inside of hopper 17, and the upper and lower two partition hoppers 15 are mutually laminated, and the hard capsule granule raw material to be comminuted is placed in advance into the inner wall of upper partition hopper 15, and the board cover 13 is closed to reseal hopper 17, so that the hard capsule granule raw material contacts corresponding infiltration groove 16 in the inner wall of upper partition hopper 15, and the upper end of inner partition hopper 15 is fixedly connected with gear ring 14 around, and gear ring 14 is engaged with transmission connection with gear 19 around, and the lower end of gear 19 is transmission connection with first electric motor 20, and electric starting first electric motor 20 drives gear 19 to rotate, and gear 19 drives gear ring 14 to rotate, and gear ring 14 drives upper partition hopper 15 to rotate along lower partition hopper 15, and infiltration groove 16 rotates along with corresponding partition hopper 15, therefore, rotating inner partition hopper 15 makes two partition hoppers 15 staggered or aligned with corresponding infiltration groove 16, and the opening area of infiltration groove 16 is maximum when being aligned, and the opening area of infiltration groove 16 is minimum when being staggered, so as to change the opening area of infiltration groove 16, and the opening area of infiltration groove 16 determines the number of hard capsule granule, to control the flow of hard capsule granule raw material cylinder flow through the inside of infiltration groove 16, and the more the number of hard capsule granule raw material flowing through infiltration groove 16, the greater the flow, and vice versa, and the flow of hard capsule granule raw material flowing through infiltration groove 16 determines the speed of flowing from top to bottom, to control the feeding speed of hard capsule granule raw material into the inside of cylinder 6, and hard capsule granule raw material penetrates downwards to the inner wall of hopper 17 from infiltration hole, and there is a gap of more than one centimeter between the inner wall of hopper 17 and the outer wall of lower partition hopper 15, and hard capsule granule raw material rolls down to the inside of feeding channel 18 along the inner wall of hopper 17, and hard capsule granule raw material rolls down to the inside of cylinder 6 along feeding channel 18, realizes the effect that hopper 17 sends hard capsule granule into the inside of cylinder 6;

[0025] The center of the circular roller 3 is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft 7, the rear end of the rotating shaft 7 is drivingly connected with a second electric motor 21, the front and rear ends of the rotating shaft 7 respectively penetrate out of the outer ends of the two adjacent end covers 2, the second electric motor 21 is started by power supply, the second electric motor 21 drives the rotating shaft 7 to rotate, the rotating shaft 7 drives the circular roller 3 to rotate, the circular roller 3 drives the spiral knife 4 to rotate, the end cover 2 seals the front and rear ends of the cylinder 6 to realize the effect that the cylinder 6 and the spiral knife 4 are sealed in the cylinder 6, the end cover 2 avoids that the hard capsule granular raw materials are separated from the cylinder 6, the hard capsule granular raw materials are in contact between the inner wall of the cylinder 6 and the outer wall of the circular roller 3, the hard capsule granular raw materials are in contact with the surface of the spiral knife 4, the through holes 5 are arranged on the surface of the spiral knife 4 in the form of spiral winding, the hard capsule granular raw materials are in contact with the through holes 5 on the surface of the spiral knife 4, the plurality of through holes 5 form a hollow mesh structure on the surface of the spiral knife 4, the through holes 5 increase the flowing space of the hard capsule granular raw materials at the gap between the inner wall of the cylinder 6 and the outer wall of the circular roller 3, the hard capsule granular raw materials penetrate through the through holes 5 from one side of the spiral knife 4 and enter the other side of the spiral knife 4, the through holes 5 make the hard capsule granular raw materials uniformly and fully cover each region of the spiral knife 4, the spiral knife 4 continuously revolves around the circular roller 3 to generate a centrifugal force for swinging the hard capsule granular raw materials, the hard capsule granular raw materials flowing through the through holes 5 accelerate the flowing on the surface of the rotating spiral knife 4, the through holes 5 are used for accelerating the hard capsule granular raw materials to flow through the surface of the spiral knife 4, the spiral knife 4 fully contacts with the hard capsule granular raw materials, the rotating spiral knife 4 provides the hard capsule granular raw materials with a peristalsis effect in the cylinder 6 under the action force, so that the hard capsule granular raw materials can accelerate the flowing in the cylinder 6, meanwhile, the through holes 5 generate a cutting force for the hard capsule granular raw materials with the high-speed rotation of the spiral knife 4, the rotating spiral knife 4 generates a spiral peristalsis rotation track in the cylinder 6, the hard capsule granular raw materials flow in the direction from the feeding channel 18 to the discharging channel 8 in the cylinder 6, the spiral knife 4 accelerates the crushing speed of the hard capsule granular raw materials, shortens the time for the hard capsule granular raw materials to be crushed by the spiral knife 4 in the cylinder 6, the front end of the machine table 1 is detachably connected with a receiving frame 10 which is communicated with the discharging channel 8, a receiving roller 9 is rotatably connected in the receiving frame 10, a discharging port 11 is arranged at the front end of the receiving frame 10, the discharging channel 8 is arranged at the lower side of the front end cover 2, the hard capsule granular materials crushed by the spiral knife 4 flow into the receiving frame 10 from the inside of the cylinder 6 along the discharging channel 8, a third electric motor 22 is installed at the right end of the receiving frame 10, the right end of the receiving roller 9 penetrates out of the receiving frame 10 and is drivingly connected with the power output end of the third electric motor 22, the third electric motor 22 drives the receiving roller 9 to rotate in the receiving frame 10, the surface of the receiving roller 9 has a friction force with the hard capsule granular materials in the receiving frame 10, the rotating receiving roller 9 can provide the hard capsule granular materials in the receiving frame 10 with a peristalsis effect from front to back, the hard capsule granular materials are discharged from the discharging port 11 with the rotation of the receiving roller 9, a conveying belt 12 is installed at the front end of the discharging port 11, the conveying belt 12 is located below the discharging port 11,Hard capsule particles are conveyed out by the conveyor belt 12 to empty the hard capsule particle raw materials inside the cylinder 6 in time.

[0026] The plurality of penetration slots 16 form a plurality of hole-shaped grid structures on the surface of the partition hopper 15. The hard capsule particle raw materials can only penetrate the penetration slots 16 to fall downward into the feeding channel 18 inside. The penetration slots 16 play a slow-release role for the hard capsule particles inside the hopper 17. Since the through hole 5 forms a sieve-shaped layout on the surface of the spiral knife 4, it increases the through-flowing space for the hard capsule particles. The spiral knife 4 can quickly crush the hard capsule particles. The hard capsule particles that enter the cylinder 6 from the hopper 17 will be quickly crushed by the spiral knife 4. After crushing, the hard capsule particles will be peristaltic to the discharge channel 8 inside with the rotation of the spiral knife 4. This makes the hard capsule particles be oriented peristaltic in the cylinder 6. The hard capsule particles inside the cylinder 6 can be emptied in time. Therefore, the hard capsule particles can be slowly fed into the cylinder 6 from the hopper 17 through the slow-release effect of the penetration slots 16. The hard capsule particles that enter the cylinder 6 are quickly crushed by the spiral knife 4. The crushed hard capsule particles inside the cylinder 6 can continue to be crushed by the spiral knife 4 after being emptied from the discharge channel 8. The machine 1 is equipped with electric nozzles 23 at both ends. The inner end of the electric nozzle 23 extends inwardly into the cylinder 6. The electric nozzle 23 can spray high-pressure air into the cylinder 6 to remove the residual hard capsule particles inside the cylinder 6. The feeding, crushing, and discharging processes can be continuously performed in sequence. There is no need to stop the operation during feeding and discharging. This can speed up the production efficiency and save processing time.

Claims

1. A crushing device for hard capsule production, comprising a machine table (1), characterized in that: the upper end of the machine table (1) is fixedly connected with a cylinder (6), the inside of the cylinder (6) is rotatably connected with a round roller (3), the outer surface of the round roller (3) is fixedly connected with a spiral knife (4), and a plurality of through holes (5) are formed in the outer surface of the spiral knife (4); the front and rear ends of the cylinder (6) are both detachably connected with end covers (2), the two end covers (2) cover the front and rear ends of the round roller (3) respectively, a discharging channel (8) is formed in the lower side of the front end cover (2), and a feeding channel (18) is formed in the upper side of the rear end cover (2); the front end of the machine table (1) is detachably connected with a receiving frame (10) which is in communication with the discharging channel (8), the inside of the receiving frame (10) is rotatably connected with a receiving roller (9), and a discharge port (11) is formed in the front end of the receiving frame (10); the tail end of the feeding channel (18) is detachably connected with a hopper (17), a pair of partition hoppers (15) are embedded in the inside of the hopper (17), and a plurality of infiltration grooves (16) are formed in the outer surface of the partition hoppers (15).

2. A pulverizing device for producing a hard capsule according to claim 1, characterized in that: the center of the round roller (3) is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft (7), the rear end of the rotating shaft (7) is drivingly connected with a second electric motor (21), and the front and rear ends of the rotating shaft (7) respectively penetrate the outer ends of the front and rear end covers (2).

3. A pulverizing device for producing a hard capsule according to Claim 1, characterized in that: the inside of the machine table (1) is installed with electric nozzles (23) at the left and right ends, and the inner ends of the electric nozzles (23) extend inwardly into the inside of the cylinder (6).

4. The pulverizing device for producing a hard capsule according to claim 1, wherein: the upper end of the inside partition hopper (15) is fixedly connected with a gear ring (14) around the circumference, the gear ring is drivingly connected with a gear (19) around the circumference, the lower end of the gear (19) is drivingly connected with a first electric motor (20), and the upper end of the hopper (17) is detachably connected with a cover plate (13) which covers the upper ends of the two partition hoppers (15).

5. The pulverizing device for producing a hard capsule according to claim 1, wherein: the front end of the discharge port (11) is installed with a conveyor belt (12) which is located below the discharge port (11).

6. A pulverizing device for producing a hard capsule according to Claim 1, characterized in that: the right end of the receiving frame (10) is installed with a third electric motor (22), and the right end of the receiving roller (9) penetrates the receiving frame (10) and is drivingly connected with the power output end of the third electric motor (22).